THE LAST POST OF 2017

Well, 2017 is almost at an end (or you may already be in 2018, depending on where you live in the world)!  It's been a rollercoaster of a year, with sadly more downs than ups.

The year started with the promise of so much, but ultimately failed to deliver - there's been a lot of sadness, illness and two family deaths to contend with this year, which has made it particularly hard to swallow.

I'm still not working due to health issues, and I no longer receive financial support from the Government.  It's been very hard trying to stay afloat and it's made Christmas harder to enjoy this year.  I hate social gatherings and am most happiest when I am at home, doing my own thing.

Saying that, crafting hasn't been easy either this year - it's hard to be creative when you have no motivation!  I haven't charted anything new since September!  I've been struggling with new ideas for a while now, and projects I've been meaning to chart have stalled.

Hopefully, 2018 will be the start of something new.

I'm hoping to start up on Etsy at some point as I am constantly nagged at by the ladies at my local craft groups to start making money from the crochet toys I make.  I would like this very much, as well as selling my own cross-stitch patterns, but haven't decided on a theme yet!

Anyone using Etsy already, your advice would be much appreciated as well as any "theme" suggestions, although I think I'll stick with the gaming theme.  Feel free to email me to discuss!

Before I sign off for this year, I have one last pattern to share.

Continuing my "Marvel Series" of patterns, I have the Spiderman Logo!

I have uploaded this to BOX.net in the Film & TV sub-folder.

Finally, just a word of note ... I will be having another break from Facebook as of midnight tonight (GMT), and for the remainder of January.  Long term followers will remember I had an absence back in August and I found it helped heaps as Facebook can be a very negative platform when you have a lot of bad shit in your life to deal with.

I am going to stay on Messenger though as a lot of my friends tend to contact me through that, and I'll continue to update my Blog and check the Gatchastitch Facebook page as and when I need to.

You can follow me on Twitter - @gatchacaz

So that's 2017 done and dusted!

Thank you again for your continued support throughout the year.  Wherever you're celebrating, have fun, but be safe!

See you on the other side!

Love Cazzy

(aka Gatchacaz) xx