Year Long Challenges: 6 Month Check In

At the start of this year, I posted about several craft challenges I was going to try this year.  Now that it has been 6 months, I thought it might be nice to check in about how I am going.

Iron Craft Challenge- Rockin' it.

Although one or two challenges have been late, I have completed every single one.  Oh yeah.  I love the variety of the challenges.  It's also been nice having them every two weeks; it actually gives me time to work on them!

Sky Scarf- Not going to happen.

I tried.  I really really tried.  But after four months I completely lost my desire to work on this project.  I don't care.  I don't really like the way it looks.  I'm sick of it.   I tried to keep doing it but decided it's not worth it.

Creativity Journal- Hit or miss.

 I enjoy having this journal.  I originally thought I would do it every day.  This was unrealistic.  I have so many projects I'm working on all the time, it was silly to stop those just to make something I wasn't planning on.  It is nice to have on hand though for those days I feel crafty with no direction. 

Unexpected Challenges- BBA and Granny Square Sampler

Although I didn't list these at the beginning of the year, I have been working on some other long term projects/challenges.  My etsy team Blogging Business Artisans has a craft challenge once a month.  I think I'm 5 out of 6 right now.  I've also been working on a crochet-a-long from wise craft that is really fun.  I'm not keeping on their same schedule, but I'm having fun learning the different squares. 

Sky Scarf: Four Month Update

Even with a few a lot of days off this month, my scarf is still continuing to grow.  As usual, my kitty helper is close at hand for the photo shoot.

Sky Scarf- Three Month Update

The scarf is continuing to grow!  I admit, I'm having a harder time doing this every day.  In March, I left off a few days that I forgot to record the weather.  Oh well, I think it's going to be long enough as is.

Yes, those are kitty paws at the top.  He just can't leave me alone.

Sky Scarf- Two Month Update

My sky scarf project is still going well.  It's growing and growing each day.  It's fun looking back at what I have done and see stretches of weather.

Sky Scarf- One Month Update

As I mentioned at the start of the year, I am working on knitting a sky scarf this year.  Basically, I look at the sky each day and use the colors of the sky to add to my scarf.  Luckily (or sadly) I already had plenty of yarn on hand.  I was able to find enough blue and gray yarn in my stash to create different sky shades, although they are a bit interpretive.  Here is my progress after one month:

I've managed to keep up pretty well.  On days I don't knit I at least mark down the sky color so I can catch up later.  My main problem was figuring out how to keep all my yarn together and following along with me.  I made some mistakes at first and ended up with some hanging loops, but I'm slowly working it out.