Snowflake the Fourth

Challenge #4

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Well, the last two years I said for a goal I'd like to post more and that didn't happen. I always mean to but... This year I guess I'll mix things up and say I'll try to write something that's not for an exchange, challenge or fest of some sort- something that's completely unprompted and not a gift for anyone. Considering the last time I wrote something that wasn't for something along those lines was 2014 or 2015 it's probably not any more likely an achievable goal, but whatever.

Nonfannishly I want to keep up with craft projects. Last year I unraveled a sweater that didn't fit and used the yarn to make a throw and then, when hunting for my yarn stash, found nearly an entire afghan's worth of granny squares I never put together (because I hate attaching them) but completed it anyway. This year I pulled out a braided rug I abandoned probably 15 years ago because I *hate* the way you're supposed to attach new pieces and since it being made out of cut up old jeans there were a LOT of random-sized strips that were always needing to be added. I played around with different methods and eventually found another way of adding on new strips, it's not as visually appealing and is a bit messy, but considering I'll actually *do* this method, wth, why not. I actually have already braided enough that I had to pull out old jeans too used to be donated that I'd put aside to maybe craft with and made a bunch of new strips. Not sure how big I'll make it, but I am determined to finish it (and hopefully take a picture and post about it) and once I do maybe find a new project.