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2014 - Kicking It Off With A Free Pattern!

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Yes, everyone, it's FINALLY HERE !!!! Happy 2014, Shtickers! (What do you think of that one, mom? ;) ) I previously did a post on my blog,  Kat Knap , detailing a few of the New Year's resolution that I have for my business, so I thought I would start the year off with you all by announcing my resolutions for The Shtick I Do. By all means, feel free to keep me on track with these via your comments and feedback! I am going to provide a free pattern once a month. Who knows what it will be? No one... Not even me, haha! I plan to start this resolution today at the end of this post. I'm going to help you knock out one of what I know  has to be one of your resolutions.... Organization! I am going to talk more about all of the different crafts that I do. There are a lot, so trying to develop a schedule for them will be a constant work in progress I'm sure! Embroidering, knitting, looming, crocheting, maybe even make some book recommendations, but most of those go through ...

Crochet Resolutions? Why not!

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Whew! This Christmas crafting season was a whirl-wind of activity in my family. How about yours? Of course it was. And now that Christmas is over, we turn our thoughts to the New Year. We also resolve to get started earlier next year, don't we?   "Resolutions", for me, have never been easy to keep. I've had a gamut, too. I will lose weight.  HA! I will be nicer to ____. Well, that one I've done better at. I will eat healthy. I will exercise 3 times a week; daily; learn Yoga; join the Y. I will learn a new language. I will balance my checkbook. (Does anyone even use checks anymore?) ANYWAY, you get my point.  Have you ever made any crochet related resolutions? Browsing through the vast depths of the internet I've found some that you might consider for this year. I will crochet ____ number of items for charity . I will organize my yarn/thread stash. I will teach ____ number of people to crochet. I will finish (or frog ) my Works in Progress. I ...