branching out

I have yet to assemble my Aimee Sweater, my secret xmas project I can't blog about, OR my Sweater Number Two.

And yet, I'm having crewel thoughts

I've always liked how visually bold and expressive this kind of embroidery can be. Does anyone have other "cool" sources for iron-on patterns/kits? The crewel community doesn't seem to be quite as organized as the knitting community. Online embroidery pattern searches yield a lot of stuff that is (I hope I'm not offending anyone here) very cutesy and old ladyish.

I suppose I could design my own...

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a wonderful christmas and a happy new year!


The Friendship, Derby Wharf, Salem, MA

multi-tasking

At the moment I am:

1. blogging
2. making lasagna
3. doing 3 loads laundry
4. thinking about finishing my xmas wrapping
5. "supervising" DH, who has started re-painting our bedroom and bathroom
6. admiring my updated ravelry page. check out the projects and stash sections. I added some photos.
7. drinking a beer.

DANG! I forgot to take a "before" photo. Our bedroom has had purple barney walls and magenta wainscotting. from the previous owners. Throw in some velvet and you've got yourself Prince's "Purple Rain".

I'll be back!

holiday greetings!

I've been a lazy blogger lately. Bear with me! There's been a lot to do at work and at home, and I've had a few secret projects I've been working on for DH and others that I can't blog about yet.

I won't be able to make it to SnB this week. Lots of work, sadly. Have fun ladies!

I hope to get more up on my blog this weekend, and I'm looking forward to organizing a post-holiday knit-a-long with Rhonda, my kid silk haze enabler!

Farewell Emmy.

My friend, The Rev lost a very dear four-legged friend this week. I'm thinking about you! I tried to send you an email, but I got some weird error message, so I thought I'd send you a message via blog instead.

hih, hih, hih!

That's the sound of me hyperventilating. I just went online to Knitty, an online knitting mag that for some insane reason I don't really read that much, and I saw ICE QUEEN.

I must make it.

It would be the perfect pattern to learn how to do beads on a lace pattern. Maybe I should try this before attempting Butterfly? Eh?

oof !

There's hardly been any time for blogging!

This weekend I had to take patches to the vet (annual checkup, and NO she's still not speaking to me!), then caught a movie with DH (Dan in Real Life). In between, lots of errands and chores. On Sunday, I joined a few new friends in Salem for the annual Christmas in Salem walking tour of historic homes. Some very fancy places out there. I got a few decorating tips.... monogrammed silver goblets, for instance! They go with everything!! ;-)

On the train I've been working on a knitting project I can't blog about at the moment as it will ruin someone's christmas if I do!

I've also embarked upon a top secret xmas project for DH.

This HARDLY leaves time for working on my ravelry page, now does it!