Saturday, December 19, 2009

more pj presents

we had two boy birthdays last weekend and, as planned, i simply walked downstairs and grabbed a couple of pj bottoms that i made earlier in the year.

there was a small snag... i'm notorious about not finishing things, and i've left the waistbands undone. so, i had to put elastic in the pants.

not so fast. no elastic.

so, i made drawstrings, which meant having to put in buttonholes. ah, well. it's never going to be as easy as walking downstairs and grabbing the pjs, is it?

here they are -- my middle bug specifically said that her friend jackson would really like the construction truck pants -- and he did!


Wednesday, December 2, 2009

if 2009 was the year of stash-busting, then 2010 is...

the year of WIP completion.  i've got a ton of them (WIPs, that is), so i might have to designate the upcoming decade to their completion.

perhaps when i have a few hours to spare, i'll post all of my erstwhile knitting projects on the blog.   but meanwhile, you can find a few of them on my ravelry page...   the 14 or so WIPs on that page are, i am sad to say, but a few of the ones i have lying around the house.   

i think i have a problem.  i mean, i must have loved these sad, neglected projects at some point in my life, right?  how could i have cast them aside like this -- constantly searching for the perfect project.  

well, something must be done.   and i've got a hunch that 2010 is just the year i've been waiting for.  

onward!