{"id":763,"date":"2009-12-28T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T23:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/?p=763"},"modified":"2010-08-09T06:26:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T13:26:01","slug":"have-you-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/have-you-ever-had\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Ever Had&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;six shots of some kind of steroid infused into your neck?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, until an hour ago, me neither. And yet, now I have.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it feels: Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how they tell me it will feel tomorrow: Aaaaaah&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Knitting hurts. Turning my head hurts. <em>Supporting<\/em> my head hurts. Typing in a semi-prone position&#8230;oddly this <em>doesn&#8217;t<\/em> hurt. Could be the heating pad I&#8217;m lying on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So instead of knitting, I&#8217;ll update you on my f.o. knitting&#8211;it&#8217;s been awhile, no?<\/p>\n<p>For Christmas, I knit and distributed the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluealvarez.com\/bluealva\/patterns\/hotlava.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Lava Cardigan<\/a> (for sister)<\/li>\n<li>Moccasin Socks (Zimmerman&#8217;s pithy directions&mdash;Brother in Law)<\/li>\n<li>standard socks, Welsh heel (Father in Law)<\/li>\n<li>Baby Dottie 12&#215;12 pillow (my take on a Mason Dixon pattern&mdash;Step Mom)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/knitty.com\/ISSUEsummer06\/PATTfetching.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fetching<\/a> cabled fingerless mitts (BFF Sam)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"knitty.com\/images\/TucsonFeb09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> Plug-n-Play shawl<\/a> (Amy Singer class&mdash; in silk for Mom)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/knitty.com\/ISSUEfall05\/PATTbubby.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bubbe<\/a> the Fuzzy teddy bear (Thing 2, knit with worsted and matching fun fur, by request)<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter Gryffindor Scarf (Thing 1, by request, \u00a0using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/MegWarren\" target=\"_blank\">Meg&#8217;s Scarlet Letter yarn<\/a> and a friend&#8217;s knitting machine)<\/li>\n<li>almost done with socks for Auntie (they were hers, but she got frustrated on the heel turn and handed needles and ball over to me. I was going to surprise her with the fo&#8217;s for Xmas, but&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Craft portraits (my take on a project in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1596680849\/?tag=crapofocrwhlo-20\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed Mania<\/a>) of boys for DH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ALMOST finished two woven scarves. But all-in-all, I&#8217;m pretty impressed because I managed to finish the wedding shawl in plenty of time&#8230;and the rest of this in the middle.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Syd-with-Shawl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1184\" title=\"Syd with Shawl\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Syd-with-Shawl.jpg\" alt=\"Syd WITH Shawl\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Syd-with-Shawl.jpg 360w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Syd-with-Shawl-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m finishing the Auntie socks (plain vanilla with Welsh heel), waiting for more of the Scarlet Letter yarn, and writing online curriculum&#8230;oh, and prepping for Spring classes.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s that novel I&#8217;m still writing.<\/p>\n<p>Golly&#8230;that sounds like too much, even for me. Herm.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8230;which I know, sounds ridiculous coming from me, but there&#8217;s something about being able to buy gifts for your family that is&#8230;oh, I don&#8217;t know&#8230;<em>adult<\/em>. And this year wasn&#8217;t a very adult year when it came to contributing financially to our family unit. Not by choice. Just by the economy.<\/p>\n<p>You know.<\/p>\n<p>So it was weird heading into it and I was more upset, nervous, and stressed than anyone should be after successfully officiating her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/13\/fashion\/weddings\/13hutchinson.html\" target=\"_blank\">sister&#8217;s wedding<\/a>. The stress was for naught.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s wedding had been a success, as had the honeymoon, (which included sleeping in a Hogon&mdash;17 \u00b0 outside, 47 \u00b0 inside&#8230;hellooooo fire!) so everyone was very relaxed. Kids did stockings when they woke up (at, you know&#8230;prehistoric hours) then when DH and I were up they opened Santa gifts. Then we waited.<\/p>\n<p>When everyone else arrived we sat down to a rolling breakfast&mdash;people just ate when they came, then got up and relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>Did the kids complain?<\/p>\n<p>Nope.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s not a free-for-all of consumption. We actually care about what we give each other&mdash;maybe more this year than usual&mdash;and that&#8217;s nice. Really nice.<\/p>\n<p>Then hikes, naps, games, and eventually reconvene for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of all v. soon.<\/p>\n<p>Now heading towards New Year&#8217;s. Last year I spent the day spinning yarn. Gosh I&#8217;d like to do that again&#8230;right now&#8230;but I don&#8217;t think my shoulders will let me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;six shots of some kind of steroid infused into your neck? Yeah, until an hour ago, me neither. And yet, now I have. Here&#8217;s how it feels: Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Here&#8217;s how they tell me it will feel tomorrow: Aaaaaah&#8230; Knitting hurts. Turning my head hurts. Supporting my head hurts. Typing in a semi-prone position&#8230;oddly this doesn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6,3,7,10,13,18],"tags":[142,144,143],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-fun","category-family","category-knitting","category-love","category-shawls","category-sock-knitting","category-spinning","tag-christmas","tag-insanity","tag-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}