{"id":294,"date":"2015-01-11T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/?p=294"},"modified":"2017-12-16T12:58:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T11:58:01","slug":"2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk\/knit\/2015\/","title":{"rendered":"2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How did\u00a02014 fly past so quickly that it&#8217;s 2015 already?! It\u00a0doesn&#8217;t seem a year ago that I decided I wanted to start learning to sew, and was borrowing Mum&#8217;s sewing machine to get to grips with the basics!<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, with the new year in mind, I&#8217;ve decided to take part in Crazy Little Project&#8217;s <a title=\"Crazy Little Projects\" href=\"http:\/\/crazylittleprojects.com\/2014\/12\/big-announcement-2015-crazy-new.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy New You<\/a>\u00a0challenge! Looking at\u00a0the really cluttered way I store my fabric &amp; yarn,\u00a0I figured that I needed to sort that out, and that&#8217;s my challenge for this month \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>So far, I&#8217;ve bagged all my fabric in freezer bags (surprisingly useful to make sure it&#8217;s kept reasonably tidy), and\u00a0put it all neatly into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whsmith.co.uk\/products\/pink-cherry-storage-box\/35476399\" target=\"_blank\">cardboard storage box<\/a>. Of course then I managed to find some really fantastic fabric in the sale, so I still have a couple of things that won&#8217;t quite fit into the box&#8230;. 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