I'll start with the people part and leave knitting for last. Well, ok, maybe not people, but check out this bug! It's a stick bug!
I took a wonderful trip to Long Beach, CA for the SWE '09 National Convention to do a little recruiting. I was fortunate enough to be able to meet up with my great friend Kimberly. The recruiter I went with was awesome and we all had a good time. Here's the view from my hotel room!
In November, I went to Los Angeles for a conference. My first time in LA! The coolest part was the hotel we stayed at, it was where they filmed part of True Lies. The elevator to my room was one of the two used! Great movie! Here's two videos from the hotel.
I also happened to see the building that was blown up in Independence Day AND on the way back from the conference I saw a movie being filmed (looked like a winter scene, which is strange in LA). Ah, Hollywood!
Thanksgiving was with the hubby's family. Lots of eating and family and laughs. The video doesn't show any Thanksgiving food, but was quite funny to watch!
Along came December! It was definitely a busy month. I took a trip to Washington state. The town we stayed in had a Christmas show every night until Christmas! It was awesome!
THEN MD had a very impressive snow storm. I think we got somewhere near 2 ft! It was beautiful, except for the shoveling (though, the hubby did that). Needless to say we carpooled to work until we left for Christmas. The hubby's Mustang is in the background of the left picture, under the snow.
The day after the storm we held a Secret Santa Fancy Dress Dinner. It was a very good time. I don't have many pictures, but the rest are on Facebook from others that attended. My gift was two sets of really nice stitch markers from Michelle.
Christmas was good, we got to see both families. Though our plan for leaving was derailed when we had to wait for the last few gifts to arrive. So a day late we headed out. The in-laws house was chaos with all the people and the niece and nephew. I don't believe I have ever seen so many presents. The kids got so many! I have a really great video of the mother-in-law opening her gift, but it's too big to upload. I'll put it up as soon as I can.
In the meantime, check out the eye candy that is the quilt my mother-in-law made me. I picked the fabric with the cats on it (the colors drew me) and she did the rest! She did an amazing job!
We then traveled over to my parent's house. We had our wonderful traditional dinner of pernil and rice and beans. It was awesome as always! Here's how pretty it is.
And this is one of the things I love to see at Christmas. My Dad getting ready to carve.
There's not a lot of pictures, but there's a nice one of the pork and other stuff here. Meanwhile, here's the kids, hubby and my sister
And the one picture from 2010! Emmy being lazy and sleeping in the Sun on New Year's Day.
Now for the Knitting Pr0n! I randomly decided that knitting things to sell at the Wicked Faire. A friend (Greenwood Creations) has a booth and was just looking for random people to sell stuff. So I decided to give it a go. Though if nothing sells, someone's getting something for a gift. :o)
I saw the pattern for this neck scarf thingie (pattern is called Fourteen) and liked it. It's really easy to make, so I made a bunch. Here they are! There's one that is black and white yarn which I used for the 5-hour hat (in the second picture below). I just didn't get a picture of it.
This one is for Amanda, the yarn is totally her!
And this one is for me!
Then I saw this very cool pattern for the Punk Rock Corset Gloves. Loved it! I know exactly where these will go if they don't sell. I will make myself a pair later after I'm done knitting for others.
My favorite project by far is the Flying Spaghetti Monster! He is just so cool. Here's the page for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster if you want to learn more.
Sheldon the Turtle has been on the needles a long time. I finally decided to just keep going with it. I'm stuck on a section of having to do crochet (which I have no idea how to do). But I will get back to it soon, need to finish some of the stuff above first!
Talk about being on the needles a long time, the Central Park Hoodie has been also. These are the fronts (yes a terrible picture, but whatever). So I'm making progress!
Finally, the project I get the strangest looks for is the Womb. Everyone asks, why would you make one of those?! It cracks me up. I think it can help any woman who has days when she is pissed off at her reproductive system (ie major cramps, you can beat up the Womb, won't help stop them, but might make you feel a bit better) or when she is so happy she wants to hug it! This one is meant for a friend, but I think I'll make another for the Faire. I have to add wire to the fallopian tubes, to make them posable. By far, my favorite version is the Knitting Womb, check it out.
My next project is to catalog all the yarn I obtained. My stash is growing and never seems to get smaller. For 2010, I treated myself to the Rockin' Sock Club, I love the idea of random yarns and patterns. Though, really, my stash probably doesn't need much more enhancement. Looking forward to my first package!
No comments:
Post a Comment