12.31.09
Happy 2010!
Well, this is it! Last day of the year. Once again, we’re cooking and heading over to my parents’ house to usher in the new year with them. Cookies and pies are out of the oven. Muffins are in. Stew is cooked, chickens are steeping, veggies have been cut and washed, shrimp and salmon are waiting in the wings until later, so I have a few moments to add one final post for 2009. Nothing heavy to post about, just a couple things to share that I learned this year that I’ve had on my list of things to learn. One is a knitted tam or beret. As usual, I like to try them out in baby size first. So, I made one for Banini. Here he is with Brian at my parents’ house after Christmas. Be warned that Banini is very particular who holds him. Only a select few are allowed, and if this picture is any indication, Brian is not one of the select, heheh. Neither am I for that matter, wah. I so much wanted to hold him, too. . .
This is Banini modeling the beret I knit for him when he’s a little happier.
And here is his backside, which also shows another angle of the beret. Hee! He’s so cute. . .
The other thing I learned how to make just before the year ended is mini needle punch. I have wanted to try this for literally years now. I have even bought a little kit to get my feet wet. I think I purchased this kit about a year ago. . .
This is my first time trying an iron-on design. It’s super easy, and now I want to try to make my own design. I’m also wondering if I can reuse the iron-on transfer and change the color scheme to make a set of these.
Here it is in progress after I finally got the hang of it. It’s a very simple process, but it took a little practice once I figured out which was the appropriate size needle, how to thread it, and then which direction the needle worked. It’s worked from the back, and the actual design comes out on the other side like latch hook rugs.
It works up pretty fast, and here is it completed.
Now I’ve got to figure out how I want to display this thing. Make it into a small pillow, or frame it or what? I also found some other old cross stitch things I made years ago, which I should assemble as well.
And that about wraps up the last minute things I learned to make in 2009. Shortly I know I’ll be going over what I want to learn in 2010. I’m currently reading Eating Animals, by Foer and just as I suspected, I’m learning something more that I had not realized. It’s likely gonna influence my 2010 new years’ resolution.
Okay, bye 2009! Welcome 2010! HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!
Marlakins
