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It’s been over six months since I updated my blog for my knit/crochet projects.  I admit, I haven’t been doing as much knitting or crocheting.  Since I’ve been working out and busy at work, I haven’t had as much time or energy to focus on making things out of string.  However, I have made more than the personal trainer and “mini-me” I’ve posted about.  Most were made prior to the end of the year.

Hockey skate baby booties for a coworker

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Yarny games

Spoiler Alert!  Rob, Renee, Brett, and Kirsten – if you don’t want your baby blanket surprises ruined, do not read on!

It’s time for those famous summer international games!  In London!  Personally, I did not watch any of the coverage, due to my annoyance with the U.S. Committee.  I mean, protecting your copyright, I understand that – but there’s no need to be downright RUDE!  (Plus, really, we have to cease and desist from using adorable images of Ravelry’s mascot “Bob” in a hand-knit hat?  That’s sad.) (Information on the controversy here and here and lots of other places.) Anyway, while the Ravelry games (our play-along with yarn) had to be renamed to the “Ravellenics” to avoid lawsuit (since we’re such a horrible threat to the U.S.O.C’s money-making ventures), we still HAD the games and I participated for the first time.

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Sticks and hooks

More fun with yarn!

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A cowl crocheted from sari silk ribbon yarn

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Some finished projects… most crocheted, one knit.

A commission crocheted baby blanket for a coworker

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Bobble Baby Blanket with baby’s initials, VMT

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Happy endings

Finished several projects over the past months!

I made shamrock pins for my mom’s Catholic Daughters of America meeting:

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shamrock pins

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Last summer my brother and I walked by a construction site that had been “yarn-bombed” (aka yarn graffiti), and I loved it.  I started collecting flowers knit or crocheted by friends (or myself) and today Kurt and I yarn-bombed my own backyard fence.  I love it.  It’s a beautiful reminder of so many wonderful friends and the visit from my brother.

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Gift-o-rama

I made LOTS of holiday gifts this year!  I’d love to say it was because I was full of cheer and good will and whatnot… but honestly, a large motivation was the need to feel I was doing SOMETHING productive while laying around home sick and recovering from surgery.  So, I made a huge “gift list” and made something for everyone on it – as well as a few items I intend to gift or donate to charity.

Most of my gifts were “kitchen sets” consisting of a potholder and a tawashi (a cotton puff great for washing dishes, cleaning, etc.)

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"Skull" set for my niece and her husband (who loves skulls and served in the military)

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Off the Hook

Finished a HUGE project!  I started this afghan for my living room back in April.  I hate motif projects (where you make lots of little squares/rectangles/circles/whatever and join them together).  However, this one was join-as-you go, which made it a little more tolerable, and I loved the pattern (“Asian Beauty”).

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Asian Beauty Afghan

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Hooking up

More crocheted creations completed since July:

A coworker saw the horrible Yoda and Princess Leia I made, and asked me to make a set of Star Wars softies. She gave them as a birthday gift:

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Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Yoda

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My friends seemed to like the tape measure covers I’d made, so I made some more last weekend.  I made one that vaguely resembled a horse, and another that was supposed to look like Harry Potter.

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Horsing around with tape measure covers

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