Archive for December, 2007

What did you do this weekend? (knit more than one row?) Holidays, anyone?

Celebrating two days migraine free, Sunday was like a real day! I miss just hangin’ with my boyz (they’re so cute). Here’s what we did this weekend, probably not too unlike weekends had everywhere. Out to breakfast (yummm, pumpkin waffles), took our annual holiday photo (if you are on our holiday card list, act surprised when you open the envelope), The clouds were just lifting, and the Flatirons covered with powered sugar snow (see them back there on the left?) (nice sweaters, don’t you think? From L to R - Jack wearing Jack’s Aran (child) from Men in Knits, Tara wearing the O’Brien Sweater (unpublished, thus far) from my Graduate Thesis Collection, and Bill wearing Double Crossing Diamonds from Men in Knits. Zane is not able to stay still - we’re just glad he’s in the photo). xmas-pic1.jpg

We got our Buddhist-Pagan-Solstice-Children’s Day Tree, and then I went and test drove a few Fenders (yea, Baby!).
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My sweetie digs the lipstick red Tele - something about it matching a Santa Hat.

 

Perhaps today some cookies to bake? I don’t dig cleaning - so anything to avoid that even though the big crew is coming for the Yule celebrations.

 

And did you do any knitting this weekend? One row - that’s all I got. Damn I mean Bless the ravelry, Okay, I really can’t pawn this one off, I’ll own it! Meanwhile, it got cold and snowy - (see said holiday picture - there were well over a hundred sledders in the park yesterday- CUTE). And, have you visited winter knitty.com? Maybe you are reading this because you already have. Mindful Knitting Column - It’s not bad, check it out.

Mindful Knitty

Are you just going crazy with the knitting and the fibering right now? It got cold. It got holiday. Tis the season of very busy fingers. Well, here I am to let you know that the Winter Knitty is now live (Rock on and props to Amy Singer!), and my Winter Mindful Knitting Article is ready for your reading pleasure.
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Take a little break from your knitting - leave the Ravelry alone for just a few minutes (really, I totally understand), and check out Winter’s Mindful Knitting Column.

I really like this one - and having just read it again on-line, I realize it is still very very warm and fresh for me. Yowsah. What am I talking about? Read it - let me know if you have recently been there - maybe you are there now.

Keep breathing - that’s what Bill reminds me (several times a day). I’m sure you have at least three events you’ve been invited to this weekend too. Enjoy the time to reconnect with loved ones - even the ones who make you a little crazy - remember that everything can be an invitation to apply mindfulness (read the article), and treasure what you have. Groove on - I’ve got to go knit some doll socks, some hats, a scarf and something else, I don’t remember what . . .


 

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