I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas full of family and friends! I just got back from my vacation home, and I had a great time! The gifts I gave were well received, those bought, those computer designed, and those knitted! However, I need to work on my graphics for my knitting! It wasn't clear enough that the card came with the gift, and that it indicated a hand-knit. I've brought home some light cotton/linen cloth to try and make actual tags for my knits, I'll have to see what I can come up with!
The rest of my time at home was fabulous - I got to hang out with my good friends, try out a bunch of new bars, and eat some tasty home-cooked meals! I also got to try my hand (again) at screen printing. We did the easy way this time - no burning the image onto the screen, just using plastic sheet stencils. Check out my bibs!
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| Butterflies! |
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| Flowers! |
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| My screen printing partner - not as useful as you would think! |
I need to work on my screen print photography - those are terrible, eep.
ALSO - I did, in fact, FINALLY finish the Simplicity Cowl! Drumroll please:
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TA-DA! Looks good, don't it?
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Completed before I even made it home! OH YEAH. I think it looks pretty snazzy, here's hoping it gets good use!
The fingerless mitts however, were not completed without a mad knitting session at the airport, on the airplane, and at 11pm on Christmas Eve. But they were done before Christmas, and that's all that matters! I did not take a photo, however, because I am a genius. Oops. I'll have to ask the sister for that as well. She and her husband both liked them, I'll see what I can do for him. It'll probably be next Christmas. I'm not really what anyone would call, "Speedy".
In other hometown adventures, I took the parents to the Science Museum (since I bought them a membership last year and all). I think this is some amazing wayfinding signage:
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| It's really well-balanced and instructional! You can see the passage of time and the variety of the species on the planet, and it's a pretty graphic! I love it! |
While at the museum, we saw some re-created panels from the
Lascaux Caves:
The newly renovated Hall of Egyptology:
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| This gave me some color ideas - should I ever start doing something colorful! |
And some gems. Lots and lots of shiny gems. It was a little overwhelming, those gems. I'm not as much of a fan as I feel I should be. Oh well. It was a good time anyway, and the parents got out of the house!
How was everyone else's Christmas? Any awesome adventures or gifts? Amazing food perhaps? hmmm, food..... :)
I'm going to coordinate my thoughts for my New Year's post and get that up as soon as possible. Until then, I leave you with Glitter Dancer and Friends:
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| Meet Stompy the Parapalegic Trike, Glitter Dancer, and as-yet-unnamed Mr Fox. They only came together this year to form my supporting crew. :) |
Have a great night!
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