Hi. You know what I don't do much anymore? Blog. But you knew that.
The past couple of weeks have been 100% gray. I have a bit of trouble with the short daylengths and cloudy days. I didn't really want to post about how I was doing nothing more than holding down the couch. I'm barely knitting. I'm working on a second fetching for a gift (LATE late Christmas gift) for my friend Nicole. But I've hardly even been interested in that. Much less the miles of fine knitting to be done on my Enid cardigan in GRAY when it was so bloody GRAY outside.
BUT! Today, in my narrow swatch of upstate NY the sky is completely blue and cloudless as far as I can see! It's sunny and lovely and I've a new spring in my step. I thought I'd finish a post I'd started last Friday (sorry). This is the 2006 Year-in-Review. I know, it's late for that kind of thing, but I think I could use a kick start.
Knitting (completed projects):
Harry Potter Scarf
Annouk
Homely Socks
Kitty Toys
Clapotis
Baby Yoda Sweater
Kitty Hat
Felted Bag - No pic - bad blogger
Jaywalker socks
Baby Pullover - No pic again - see jaywalker picture for pieces of the body
A single Fetching for me - You'll get pictures when you deserve them, dammit!
Knitting (incomplete projects):
Tempting - To the Frog Pond, Baby!
Art (completed projects):
Still Life in Color (pics later?)
Portrait of Steve
3 Women (did I ever show that one?)
Sets and backdrops for Pirates of Penzance
September Piece-a-Day project (Just look at all of Sept '06 and the first of Oct '06)
Backdrop for A Christmas Carol
Art (incomplete projects):
Still Life in Color - did you catch that? It's done, but I'm not happy with it. Must fix.
A lovely little oil of some squash that has nothing more than the underpainting
Portrait of Miranda - one of those from my class last spring that just never looked right
Wise Guys - A painting based on some of my Grandmother's pictures from the 20s and 30s. It doesn't even have the underpainting.
Additionally, I managed to plan an art show where I work, and snare a couple of awards for my artwork. Oh- and I started a blog about the creative work I do. Yes, I just linked to this blog. Delicious.
I feel better. When I'm sitting at work, I feel like I'm not making any progress toward an artistic career. This little strutting-of-my-stuff reminds me that I'm not as far back or inactive as I feel sometimes. Thanks for indulging. Love you!
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2 comments:
Congratulations on all you accomplished on 06. That's quite a list!
Enid was kicking my backside, but I finally finished the first part of the body. I plan to cast on my first sleeve tonight. I'm driving while blindfolded on this one, cuz the gauge is off, I don't know how to steek, and I'm worried about the provisional cast on. But I'm just going to take it as it comes, and see what happens. If it' doesn't fit me, it'll fit someone else!
Depending on how upstate you are, you should come to Wellesley Island and the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center on Saturday.
There's going to dog sledding demonstrations, snow shoeing, and x-country skiing. Al sorts of fun activities, and it's supposed to happy fin and sunny that day (knock on wood)
There won't be much knitting, but you might meet a fellow knitter! :: waves ::
And wow, I say you've accomplished quite a bit last year, cool!
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