Posted in handmade, knitting on December 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Inspired by Lolly, I’ve been having fun using up the day getting all my knitting into little grids. What a process it’s been! I had no idea I’d made so many projects this year.
6 Sweaters
1. 365:33 Dahlia front, 2. Dahlia detail, 3. smocked sweater, 4. smocking, 5. Paprika, 6. Paprika buttons, 7. Aleita [...]
Posted in adventure, handmade, knitting, sewing on December 31, 2008 | 9 Comments »
A nearly complete sample of my gifts this holiday season:
My reaction: Wow. What a season!
Last year I gave everyone at least one handmade item and I was determined that undertaking a completely handmade gifting project not mean a decrease in gifts. Rainer and Sandra made fun of me a little for this, quoting [...]
Posted in A Quote and a Question, handmade, quotes on December 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
“Nothing and no one makes sure that the creative side of your existence is honored except you…”
Jill Badonsky “The Nine Modern Muses”
What will your 365 days in 2009 create?
Posted in art, handmade, knitting, parenting, sewing on December 29, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Here’s an overview of nearly everything the four of us made as gifts this year. There were 8 people in our celebrations this year, and each of us made at least one gift for everyone there. The process was so big I hardly know how to lay it out so you can get the [...]
Posted in Project 365 on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Enjoying the little things. May the season of winter be full of them.
Posted in travel on December 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s Christmas Eve. That’s the big day for Rainer since he’s German, but we do most of our celebrating in the Canadian fashion. So our family has created a strange but special tradition of having a sushi supper and then opening the presents from the German grandparents. This year, we’ll be adding [...]
Posted in A Quote and a Question, parenting, quotes on December 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »
When we speak to someone about the holidays, especially to children, why do we ask what presents they’re excited about receiving rather than what presents they’re excited to be giving?
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
Gilbert Keith Chesterson
Posted in handmade on December 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
We’re getting to the time when we crafters are either spending time on holiday activities or crafting while wishing we were done and actually spending time on holiday activities. Thanks to my early October freak out, we’re just about done everything. Thank goodness.
Here are a few easy, quick gifts that will still impress:
Delicious gifts from [...]
Posted in adventure, art, homeschooling, parenting, travel on December 18, 2008 | 10 Comments »
A key part of my approach to parenting and homeschooling is the belief that it is more important to look to the setting than the explicit lesson. Are you teaching politeness or modeling it? Are you telling them to read or reading in front of them? Are you sitting at the table [...]
Posted in handmade, knitting on December 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m done my Christmas knitting, although not all of the other gifts are done. That means that my needles can go public again and I can work on few things for me…the coldest person in the family.
Layer One of my mittens project. Knit very densely on small needles and in garter stitch, these will form [...]
