The Old and The New

January 3, 2013 by mariajhmom | 9 Comments

Wow!  How did it get to be 2013?  Life just continues to fly by, doesn’t it?

I haven’t even looked at what I completed for projects in 2012.  In fact, I’m guessing my completed projects page is hopelessly incomplete.  Maybe I’ll fix it today, or maybe not!

I do have a couple of 2012 finishes to show you.  First up is Sartorial.  It was a three week mystery cowl from Star Athena.  The yarn was De-Vine from Blue Moon Fiber Arts.  Yep!  I got sucked in by Tina and her gorgeous yarn again.

I’m not in love with this cowl.  I love the yarn and it was fun to knit, but I just don’t think I’ll wear it.  Good thing I’m a process knitter.

This was a really quick scarf to knit up!  It’s called Twist and Flounce.  It’s knit with Plucky Bulky.  I don’t remember what the color was called, and I’m too lazy to look for it.  This one is being gifted to a mom that needs a hug.  I really enjoy knitting a project for someone and taking that time to pray for them.

 

This finish makes me really happy.  I love it!!!  Introducing Fiar.

I think I’ll wait and do a better post on her once it’s off the floor in my bathroom.  I’ve mentioned before that I love blocking finished projects.  I’ve been trying to put my house back in order after the Christmas break, and every time I walked into my bathroom yesterday, this made me smile.  It’s lined up so perfectly.  It’s in order!!!

And…there’s something else blocking.  I’ll do a detailed post on that soon as well.

 

For those of you that are wondering why I block stuff in my bathroom, I will tell you why.  Two words.  Heated floors.  Stuff dries really quickly!

It looks to me like I need to knit something other than stuff that goes around my neck.  I do wear a lot of this kind of thing, but I only have one neck.  I’m getting old, but not old enough to grow my own turtleneck yet.  (That was a book written by a Christian comedian, but it’s out of print.)

While I’m thinking about it, I’m going to make a list of stuff I’m going to blog about in the near future.  That way I won’t forget.

1.  One, possibly two, scrap quilts.

2.  A sweater I dug out of the back of the drawer.  I think I started it ten or twelve years ago.

3.  A new pet in our house.  Frankie is in heaven.

4.  New spinning stuff.

5.  How about a few new recipes I’ve tried that are yummy?

Anything else you want to hear about?  I haven’t complained about laundry, although that’s the plan for tomorrow.

Tonight I’m feeding 25 kids, so I better get busy!!!

 

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