{"id":1695,"date":"2023-12-22T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:33:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:33:52","slug":"close-to-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/close-to-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1699\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1699 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/90-donated-scarves2023-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Three large bags of hat and scarf sets\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/90-donated-scarves2023-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/90-donated-scarves2023.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ninety hat and scarfs sets in three bags of thirty each.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When people say to me, you crochet fast. I say, it&#8217;s not a race or a competition, it&#8217;s a craft. I&#8217;m proud of what I made this year, thought it&#8217;s likely that I won&#8217;t meet my goals and that&#8217;s ok. I made two baby blankets and experimented with a few new techniques. I bit off more than I could chew by starting later than I should have for a few Christmas gifts. One was already mailed, another finished tag sewn on and ready to wrap and I&#8217;m in the homestretch for a third..<\/p>\n<p>Having goals may seem like too much pressure, it&#8217;s not pressure but accountability.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1697\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1697 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023Redscarves-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"One dozen red and burgundy crocheted scarves\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023Redscarves-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023Redscarves.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year&#8217;s set of scarves for Foster Care to Success!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I did complete 12 red scarves and dyed the yarn for one of the scarves; currently at 97 completed sets, and 17\/25 hats completed. Plus, I made two baby blankets for shower gifts this year. I didn&#8217;t feel pressured to make anything and all the gifts were well received. There is so much more space in my workroom, since 90 sets were donated.<\/p>\n<p>Though I may fall short, I&#8217;m impressed with what I made. That&#8217;s when I remind myself that it&#8217;s not a race or a competition, it&#8217;s a craft. There&#8217;s still time to make more items before the thirty-first.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Happy crocheting!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people say to me, you crochet fast. I say, it&#8217;s not a race or a competition, it&#8217;s a craft. I&#8217;m proud of what I made this year, thought it&#8217;s likely that I won&#8217;t meet my goals and that&#8217;s ok. I made two baby blankets and experimented with a few new techniques. I bit off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}