Morag's UFOs

No, I'm not blogging about unidentified flying objects... my UFOs are UNFINISHED OBJECTS, of which I have built up a wide selection over the years. This is a result of my passion for starting new crafts... then finding another interest before I've finished the work started on the previous one. In the middle of last year I started sorting out and photographing my UFOs, but there are still more hidden away in cupboards, wardrobes and loft which haven't even made it to the camera stage. I did manage to complete one or two towards the end of 2015; my resolution for 2016 is not to start any new craft without clearing up the projects I left unfinished. This blog will chart my progress. Just for starters, here are some of the UFO photos taken last year. Firstly, the embroideries:

The right hand one is, I believe, one of a pair - but I've not yet found the other one!

Next, the knitting:

The problem with several of these is that although I've found the work, the patterns seem to have vanished into thin air. There are at least two major knitting projects I recall but which haven't yet been photographed: a large knitted doll with all her clothes also knitted (project halted when I was unable to embroider a face - lack of artistic talent) and a bedspread of squares knitted in a variety of different stitches - halted when I couldn't decide how to put them together.

Next, the crochet:

Crochet being relatively quick to work, I get a lot more crochet pieces finished than any other craft. The beret, for example, is the current "travel companion" - I can usually complete one of these on any long journey. As I'll be flying in a week or two, I expect this to be the first UFO to be completed this year. The ripple scarf was one of the few which got completed in 2015 - having been left for months with just the ends to be sewn in!

Then, the plastic canvas work:

Enthusiasm for plastic canvas work was very fleeting! Maybe some of these will turn out to be useful one day...

Finally - the sewing:

Strictly speaking, the two block quilts aren't MY UFOs - they're a joint project with my U3A stitchery group, but as I'm the group co-ordinator I take responsibility for getting them finished.