I am not one to make a big thing about entering a New Year with resolutions and such but the Ravelry group I belong to has a “MakeNineMAL 2024″as one of their discussion topics. I joined in with last years’s and it was quite fun,  so I have been thinking about what my plans for the next few months are.

Haven’t got nine yet but I know one of the things is to finish the blanket I am currently working on.

I showed you how far I had got, in November, when I had completed the first third of the central part. Well now it is two months later and I have completed a little bit more than the next third.

The start was all blue and green but now I have left blue and green behind me and am working on purples and reds and yellows.I have already started making the hexagons for Row 17.

Another plan, that I have yet to start, is to make a cover for the cushion I use for a bit of lumber support when I sit on the settee.I can see that I bought it almost nine years ago.

It has had new innards since then because the original stuffing was polyester and that always goes flat and lumpy with time.

I bought a feather filled cylinder for it, that I thought might last longer, and have always intended either to embroider the design or make it a crochet cover.

Well, I have never fitted in my original plan and lost the piece of paper for it. Now, however, I have decided that I like the colours and texture of my Springfrost blanket so much  (Last year’s Attic24 CAL)that I am going to make a cover to match. This will be a useful way to use up more of my stash, which is actually the Ravelry group topic for January, so maybe I should start it before I finish my blanket.

I have other plans for some of my stash, not as specifically stash busting projects but because the blanket I am making will leave me with lots of different colours to use up and the projects I have in mind only need small amounts of colours.

I want to make a sleeveless top / jacket. I have already drawn up plans.

I also am working on plans for a new cushion for my bedroom.I have sometimes felt, I could do with a cushion for this chair in my bedroom. (This is a photograph from when I finished the blanket – the blanket is till on the chair but the bookcase is the other side of the bed.)

I have often found that cushions are a good way of trying out ideas that might otherwise be incorporated into blankets that would take a lot longer.

Have you got plans for projects for this year? Do you make plans in advance or go with the flow?