New starts...yarn-a-long

A new year means new starts. Last year, I purchased my yarn ready for two fun crochet projects this year. Both are large so I will see what other crochet things will fit in with them. Jos took me up to Almere to the yarn shop Het Spoeltje for my coffee colored yarns from Bravo Schachenmayr. Hunter green and denim blue are added in for a little extra kick. I have been itching to get started on this.

I am using Teresa's tutorial for a circle in a square granny but adding extra rows. I will always end with the same color as it matches my couch which you can see in the photo. The edging will also be in this color.

I decided to join in with Ginny at SmallThings for her YarnALong this year. I love to read along with all my hobbies and she asks that we post a photo of our current yarn project along with our latest read. My book which I am finishing is The Brontes' Christmas. I will continue my holiday themed reading until January 6th (Three Kings Day). This book is a compilation of Christmas excerpts written by the three Bronte Sisters or pieces written by other authors of their day.

I am also going to start linking to Tami's WIP Wednesday as I am hoping this will help me to get moving on getting some projects done. I am going to start reporting a UFO for this each month with a goal for 2013 to accomplish 13 finishes which is one more than 2012.

Do you have some exciting new projects to start this month?

Heidi