I’m hoping 2024 brings joy!

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I have never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. As a kid in grade school I’d sneer at these fake platitudes. We did the assigned task for the teachers, but no one was actually going to stop fighting with their siblings or start eating all their veggies. As I got older, my opinions on this didn’t really change.

For me, a goal has to be reasonable. And this year, I’m stretching my limits a bit and reaching for joy. Joy in the small moments. Joy in the everyday. I will create magic in my life and bring joy to myself and my family.

Hopefully, I’ll bring a little bit of joy to you as well.

I can’t make promises about which patterns will get updated or how many new designs I’ll come out with. The only guarantee I’m promising you is the Year of Dogs series. After that, it’s all bonus material in my mind.

Normally, around the first of the month I’d be telling you about the next dog square in this year’s series of large squares. I published January Dog a few days early so there’s a little bit less excitement now but February will be here sooner than you know!

2023 Summary

I’ve compiled a list of my new patterns and tutorials from 2023 to help me focus on my accomplishments. I posted it to my website (you can read it at https://ashleeslint.com/2024/01/04/looking-back-at-my-projects-patterns-in-2023/). I didn’t write a lot of negative things but I did think a few of them. lol

My biggest trouble of 2023 was illness. Between migraines and the family getting the flu and me getting run down through it all, being sick has been the major hurdle for my ability to get things done in 2023.

I hope 2024 will go better. But more than just ‘hoping’ I am also going to actively work on making sure my body gets what it needs (like sleep and exercise) so I can be strong enough to manage what comes my way.

Speedy Train Update

If you purchased Speedy Train on Ravelry you should have found an update in your library. If you used Etsy you should have received an email directly from me.

I updated Speedy Train in April of 2023 to have the solid, adjusted mosaic crochet option but there was an error in the foundation row which has just now been fixed. My apologies!

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I will be changing our featured pattern in the middle of each month this year. The code has changed to say ‘2024’ but our featured pattern remains Comfort Cat until the middle of the month.

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Wishing you all the best,

Ashlee

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