Holiday Stashdown Challenge – Week 14

(Join along with me any time if you need a head start or moral support for your holiday crafting.  You can read more details here.)

Thanks to everyone who voted last week about which yarn I should choose for my friend JS’s scarf.  And the winner is…

I pretty much love this yarn, which I bought at the Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival last year.  (As an aside, if you’ll be in the Hemlock, NY area on Saturday, September 15, I will again be teaching at the festival this year.)

I am on the fence about using the same pattern I used for OB’s scarf (since the three of us celebrate the winter holidays in a group) or just designing a different scarf for JS.  I have two design-related goals for the second Year of Projects, and with time being a premium these days, I might just need to combine my Holiday Stashdown Challenge with my YOP goals.

I haven’t made any other progress on my holiday crafting list since my last post, and I definitely want to finish at least one more project by the end of August.  This Bitsy Knits yarn is so pretty that I’m itching to get started on the scarf.  I just have a few secret projects to finish up first .

Have you been working towards your holiday crafting goals?  Or were you stalled by the summer heat like me?  Feel free to share your progress on your personal holiday gift making journey in the comments!

Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, bitsy knits, bitsy knits squoosh superwash, finger lakes fiber arts festival, hemlock, holiday crafting