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Just a little spinning for a short night…color is all munched, though. Really much more purple and much less wine. Yeeee heeeeeee. Here’s the link to the site I used to help me join the afghan squares. And here are some pictures of my work over the past 24 hours.
The afghan–done! Brown is not my fave color (it’s SO 1974 in my mind…just one of those things) but it works.
The Map o the World Afghan (the pattern is back at the Vogue site!!!)! I’m going to teach myself to knit backwards (fast) on this bad boy. That is the fire I’m lighting under my tuchus to keep me going. I WILL finish (at least) this panel… before 2011. And the cute little sock yarn hat: size 3 (US) needles, leftover Cherry Tree Hill yarn from forever ago, and this pattern. Now, off to write for gainful employment. Ah! The new year! Last year I spent the First doing little more than spinning silk. This year I did that on the 31st. Yeasterday (the 1st) I spent working on repairing an afghan for my mom. I’d made this 17 years ago for my Grandmother. When she passed it went to my Grandfather. When he passed last Fall, mom handed it back to me. It’d been my first big crochet project and I didn’t really understand how to finish As a consequence, I’d tied off every end and cut it close. In food, I continue to learn to live gluten free. It’s not so bad, mostly because my mom gave me a breadmaker with a gluten-free setting this Christmas. I’ve been making crazy amounts of bread lately, and am currently finishing off a slice of GF cinnamon raisin toast for breakfast. Weaving. And, being a new year, I’m back at my annual, “of COURSE this year I’ll finish that Map of the World afghan!” It’s just hard because it’s so not portable. And it’s quite warm on the lap. And it’s detailed (duh) so it requires attention and cool weather. Does that sum up the start of the year? Lots of hope, though. And hoping you have a great new year/decade, too!
…six shots of some kind of steroid infused into your neck? Yeah, until an hour ago, me neither. And yet, now I have. Here’s how it feels: Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Here’s how they tell me it will feel tomorrow: Aaaaaah… Knitting hurts. Turning my head hurts. Supporting my head hurts. Typing in a semi-prone position…oddly this doesn’t hurt. Could be the heating pad I’m lying on… So instead of knitting, I’ll update you on my f.o. knitting–it’s been awhile, no? For Christmas, I knit and distributed the following:
ALMOST finished two woven scarves. But all-in-all, I’m pretty impressed because I managed to finish the wedding shawl in plenty of time…and the rest of this in the middle. Now I’m finishing the Auntie socks (plain vanilla with Welsh heel), waiting for more of the Scarlet Letter yarn, and writing online curriculum…oh, and prepping for Spring classes. Then there’s that novel I’m still writing. Golly…that sounds like too much, even for me. Herm. The other good news is that our holidays were heavenly. This was the first year that I truly had to gift entirely from my stash. No new yarn was bought. There was no money with which to buy new yarn. I was, quite frankly, very nervous giving only handmade…which I know, sounds ridiculous coming from me, but there’s something about being able to buy gifts for your family that is…oh, I don’t know…adult. And this year wasn’t a very adult year when it came to contributing financially to our family unit. Not by choice. Just by the economy. You know. So it was weird heading into it and I was more upset, nervous, and stressed than anyone should be after successfully officiating her sister’s wedding. The stress was for naught. But as my husband said, it was one of the nicest Christmases ever. Low key, happy kids, whole family was here (would have liked Bro-in-Law to be there with my fab new Sister-in-Law, but they were on the road), and everyone was happy. Sister’s wedding had been a success, as had the honeymoon, (which included sleeping in a Hogon–17° outside, 47° inside…hellooooo fire!) so everyone was very relaxed. Kids did stockings when they woke up (at, you know…prehistoric hours) then when DH and I were up they opened Santa gifts. Then we waited. When everyone else arrived we sat down to a rolling breakfast–people just ate when they came, then got up and relaxed. Did the kids complain? Nope. Then present opening was the way I like it: go around in a circle, taking the time to see what everyone got. That way I could explain the knitting (it always has a story) and, I guess I also like it because it’s not a free-for-all of consumption. We actually care about what we give each other–maybe more this year than usual–and that’s nice. Really nice. Then hikes, naps, games, and eventually reconvene for dinner. Pictures of all v. soon. Now heading towards New Year’s. Last year I spent the day spinning yarn. Gosh I’d like to do that again…right now…but I don’t think my shoulders will let me. This is all that’s left. Waiting for more scarlet yarn from Meg at The March Hare (Etsy) to finish Thing 1’s Gryffindor Scarf and about to finish Bubby (Knitty) for Thing 2–he asked for a fuzzy brown bear?!. Thing 1 shouldn’t mind the wait…he’s awful good that way. Phew!
So a few days ago I spent over an hour writing and refining a new post–it’s been so long since I wrote rather than just uploaded pictures. I went to click “Publish” and Safari (I’m thinkin’) had a little argument with Wordpress and…my ENTIRE database was erased. It took a couple of days to figure out what to do and how to fix it. So…a short post for now to make sure I don’t destroy everything again. Then more. Tra la la… I think the vast majority of my blogging for the last few months has been via picture and picture only. It’s been a hectic few months–school, teaching new classes, working on my sister’s wedding shawl, and shawl pin, Things 1 and 2 are doing very well. Thing 1’s Lego Robotics team made it to State We’d had long discussions, the husband and I, on whether he should be allowed to read one a year for awhile or all at once. We spent a considerable amount of time reading with him in the beginning, then reading with him only on the scariest part (Goblet of Fire–the graveyard–brrrrr), then he pretty much would finish a book and come to us and ask, “So…can I get the next?” How can you say no to a kid reading voraciously…especially when it took him so long to LEARN to read. Thing 2 is dancing up a storm. He’s been invited to come to special Nutcracker classes as he’s one of the only boys. He’s also pretty darn good. He was going to sing at my sister’s wedding too (“Moon River”) but chickened out. Instead, he asked my sister if he could dance while a signing cowboy sang. She said yes and he did a lovely interpretive dance which won him raves. So that’s the gang. Now we’re gearing up to a crafty Christmas (we’re in the midst of the Happy Hanukkah) since I have no income to speak of these days. Lots of stash knitting and painting happening in our corner of the Old Pueblo this year. Hope everyone doesn’t mind…because there really aren’t any other options. Newsy Bit for Craftlit: If you are a new designer (any craft, really) and would like to get your name out there, I now have an iPhone/iTouch app for CraftLit. Every week I send out “extras” along with the episode–a pdf with the shownotes, pics, and–as often as possible–a pattern. So I’m in the market for patterns. When I post the next episode, I also post the pdf from the previous show, so everyone has access, ultimately. If you’re interested in getting a pattern out there, step on up and email me with your idea or pictures. We’ll tawk. Off to knit! |
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(which was huge for a fourth grade team), he’s in advanced band at a new school and loving it, and he’s read all of the Harry Potter books in under six months.
And then she’s all…