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Archive for December, 2011

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year…

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Lovely New Yarn!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was the perfect mix of a lazy Christmas morning, watching the kids open presents and devouring chocolate for breakfast when the teacup humans were looking the other way, followed by just the right amount of cheerful visiting with our families. I’m actually quite proud of the less-than-normal amount of stress incurred this year.

And dear readers…. boxing day treated me very, very well.

All I can say is that it’s a good thing I cleared out a second cupboard last week….. and that my husband must love me very much as he didn’t complain at all when I waddled in the door clutching three huge bags stuffed full of yarn. I’m sure visions of all my unfinished projects are still dancing in his head as we speak.

I know it’s a bit silly, but all the new colors are making my heart sing! Ah, the promise of projects to come, people to give them to – it’s wonderfully satisfying.

Speaking of which, I should really get on to that blanket….

Cheers!

Finn sitting next to "all of mommy's yarn"

Well that's it for the year!

 

Oh Dear! Time Flies!

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

A beautiful project by Erin Michael!

Ta da! I’m back after a very long hiatus. Not to worry though, I haven’t just been lazing on the couch.. alone and craftless (what a scary thought!) – I’ve actually been very, VERY busy ploughing through projects in time for Christmas and as these crafted beauties were sworn to secrecy, I haven’t blogged – though I didn’t realize it had been such a long time since I touched base!

I’ve also been working my butt off paper-route wise and that’s left me with very little free time of late. I promise, promise, promise that come the New Year, I will behave and update things every week. Let’s hope that this resolution has more clout than my usual yearly undertakings… Though I think I’m more likely to update the site than to give up chocolate!

Some things I’ve been working on – and will be posting shortly:

- A lovely mixed crochet & fabric dress (for one of my favorite toddlers!)

- A tedious blanket that has been picked up and put down for the past year… and will hopefully be finished before the zombie apocalypse.

- Yet another fat little owl.

- The most wonderfully redneck puff quilt, to help complete a hunting themed nursery.

Oh and I’ve succumbed to Craftsy’s holiday sales… I am now enrolled in Gretchen’s Hirsch’s Sew A Dress class (the neat bombshell dress I mentioned earlier), Stefanie Japel’s Knit Lab and both of Susan B. Anderson’s knitted toy classes; Wee Ones and The Not So Itty Bitty Giraffe. I’m bursting to get crafting, but I still have a blanket to finish! I will however, be spending boxing day at Michaels snapping up oodles of craft supplies (thanks to my mum who saw my need for crafty gift cards this birthday/christmas) … I’m really, really excited to run rampant in the yarn section.

Anyone else jumping on the boxing day craft wagon?

Happy Christmas!