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May has kind of snuck up on me, perhaps because we've had such a cool spring, but I suppose it's time to evaluate how well I did with last month's goals before I set some new ones for the month ahead. First, here's a rundown how well I did with meeting last month's goals: APRIL GOALS: 1.  Project Gnome Diplomacy:  I want to make 6  gnomes  total to donate to the cause (3 are already completed). Done & blogged here !  2.  Spinning Project:  I'd like to spin a couple of my  Cloudlover  Fiber club braids, and I also have a Turkish spindle that I've been meaning to try out for about a month now. Oops! Totally got sidetracked and only managed  to spin halfway through a completely different project, blogged here .  3.  Small projects!  Before I start my next sweater, I want to finish lots of smaller projects which have been tempting me the last few months. I have a backlog of  FreshStitches  Kit Club shipme...

Another month has flown by! Since April is looking to be as action-packed as March (if not more so), I thought I'd be efficient by evaluating my progress on this month's goals and also sharing my plans for the month ahead on today's post. First, let's check in to see how I did this past month! MARCH GOALS: 1. Launch an  awesome new blog feature  to keep things interesting while I work on some projects which I can't share publicly (more on that later this month). Launched! You can see the first two posts in this feature here , and I have more exciting guests planned for April! 2. Finish  2 new designs  and  one top-secret project  by the March 26 deadlines. Over the weekend, I made a knitting schedule of where I should be at certain times this month for each project, and it's totally doable to have them done in time if I stick with it! Completed ahead of schedule...I can't wait to share these projects with you once they are made public. 3. Finish m...