Really, there's so much.
- I knitted like a mad woman for last Christmas and I thought the gifts turned out beautiful. I'll have those pics up in just a bit.
- I studied at one of the best massage schools in Sweden, Hälsoteket, and am now ready to do Swedish massage for a living. Studied from Feb to June. Turns out I have to sort of start my own practice to survive, so I've resumed serving coffee to help my pregnant boss out while I form some picture of design and web and image and paperwork for my idea.
- I've knitted like crazy since Christmas. It's my new passion and I can't get enough of it. I've even done 2 special request pairs of socks for girlfriends of mine here! They turned out just as beautiful as the first pairs!
- Doug and I have renovated our entire hallway, only walk-in closet and much of our living room, with tearing down a wall and cabinetry, putting up a different wall, new door, new paint and floor trimmings, new floor... much has been done! Pics on that later some time.
- Garden planted and tomatoes and herbs are the most flourishing, woo hoo!
After this blog, I'm gonna post some more pics of stuff I've made since Christmas and then of course ideas for y'all to ponder that you might enjoy.My sisters-in-laws each received a scarf. Sarah bought this chunky alpaca soft yarn with me and I turned it into this handsome chunky cabled scarf. I thought of Seattle weather being similar to here, and thus did this bamboo woven look for Ali because I thought the color fun and bright, but the fabric soft and light.
Then I made a pair each of coffee clutches and ice cream clutches for Ali and Charles in Seattle since many Chicago family members already got a coffee clutch or 2. I used left over organic natural shades of wool from Jason's convertible glove-mittens to make them. I thought that was cool! Jay's turned out beefy, but I still imagine him enjoying them on his never-ending drives... especially for Periphix.
I made sunny yellow leaf laced but double padded sole socks for my mom. I tried to think of something comfy around the house since they have so much cold tile! But yet, a nice warm and springy color to bring out the brighter days of February and late winter when we're all sick of the grays. And since my mom's birthday is in January, I made and sent this little hug scarf. the sleeves, or rather main scarf body in dark purple and the fleshy tone hands. What a funny treat for anybody! My cousin Yiota has just placed an request for one of those! Girl! I got you covered!
I almost forgot the farmyard animals I knitted for my niece, Cadence! That little cutie lined up the tiny animals into a fun row, and they're knit in 100% cotton for easy care too. Sarah took this cute photo of them, thanks again for that. I love the pic. I bought a fun red box as a make shift barn to hold them all when not in play. There's 2 cows, 2 horses, 3 pigs, and 3 geese. Turned out so cute, I had made a green horse for a friend and a monkey for my best friend, Rebecca, wearing the red scarf above. And one little piggy made it to Doug's work computer!And I've just finished this beautiful alpaca red and cream blanket for my bosses, Cristina and Sebastian. Their baby is due in August and I hope to give this fun treat, colored with their business in mind, all red and white too, next week. Ted E. Bear couldn't help but be in the photo shoot!
More photos soon of all the cool, or rather warm creations since Christmas 2008!
