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June is here, and it's off to a pretty crazy start (see: TNNA recap from earlier this week). First, I should probably take stock of how I did with my fairly modest May goals (or so I thought). This one's gonna hurt! MAY GOALS:  1. Finish my  Lake Michigan Tee . NOPE. 2. Spinning Project: finish the one I started last month, 8 oz of BFL from New Zealand. Success! Blogged here.   3.  Finish & release a   new design  in  Baah Yarn  before TNNA. Also nope. 4.  Finish my  practice Tunisian crochet scarf  so I can   start  this project  for realsies. OMG, that's a BIG nope. 5.  Complete 12 squares (3 each week) on my  scrap yarn blanket . I got halfway there, but still nope.  Seriously, one (and a half?) of of five goals?! Wow, that's dismal! In my defense, I did have a lot of extra work due to the trade show, and I was also training to be a tech editor and working on my first pattern c...

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...