Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

holiday cards!


Oh dear god, it's December. It's a bit of an understatement to say there hasn't been a whole lot of knitting or wayfaring or pretty much anything other than work this year - but despite being insanely busy and not doing any of those fun things, I managed to get my act together enough to a) buy a heat embossing gun and b) make some holiday cards these last few nights. It's the first remotely craft-y thing I've done in ages, and even though they came out a little smudged and uneven, I'm still pretty pleased with them:


They're not quite as awesome as my rabbit cards of two years ago, but the Year of the Rabbit only rolls around so often, and in the meantime I like my giant tree stamp:


And also embossing! Nothing like covering your entire kitchen with glitter and messiness because you're a grown up. 


As crazy as this year has been, I *have* managed to get some knitting in, and even some designing. Whether I manage to write any of it up or photograph it in a timely fashion is another question, but for now, here's a sneak peak of the stitch pattern :) And here's hoping for a wonderful holiday season for you all and an amazing, happy and healthy 2013! I'm hoping to finish this year on a good note, hanging out in Vietnam - so more from there, hopefully! 

Sunday, December 25, 2011

happy holidays!


We never do much during actual Christmas day at my house, so it's a perfect time for knitting and watching TV. The happy elf above is, of course, a Korknisser knit in Cascade 220 wool - but my sister was using my computer at the time so I kind of winged the actual pattern from memory, so I was relieved that it came out okay, and also that I was able to find a brand new Sharpie marker to make his face.

In any case - happy happy holidays! I hope that you are having a wonderful holiday season with your families, eating lots of good food and staying out of the cold.