2010 Retrospective: A Crafter's Year in Review

Before moving forward, I thought it would be nice to look back at 2010.  Sometimes its hard to recall all the projects--it doesn't seem like much--but I've accomplished quite a lot the past year.  

2010 Knitting and Crochet Projects

Some of the items might not look familiar: half of the above projects I blogged about here at Stitchery and Such, while others were projects I made for Blog Bernat.  If you check out my project page over at Ravelry, you can find all the details, including links to the relevant blog posts found here and at Bernat (where I blog under the moniker DinaPurls).

I created some lovely items (both large and small), learned new techniques (fair isle and intarsia anyone?) and rekindled an interest in crochet.  Not bad for a gal who still feels like a beginner--well, maybe an intermediate beginner (can a person be an advanced beginner?). 

There is so much more to learn and make: projects to finish (yeah, I'm talking to you, crochet afghan from Bernat's CAL), new techniques to master (dear cables, I hear your call) and new challenges (perhaps some designing?).  I'm ready to welcome 2011 with sticks, hooks and lots o' string. ;)

Happy Anniversary to Us!

On Thursday, dear hubby and I quietly celebrated 15 years of marriage--where did the time go? He surprised me with a beautiful bouquet and an awesome dinner: steamed veggies, grilled scallops and bacon-wrapped chicken--yum!

Then the reminiscing began in earnest. Leafing through our wedding album with the kids led to a search for our wedding video (do people still watch VHS? Gotta get the thing digitized before the tape becomes unusable). We hadn't watched the thing in a few years.

My how we've changed! Hard to believe we were once so young! The fashion perhaps a little dated, but not overly so. Many of our guests we haven't seen in years: some have gotten old and grey; some have grown up and now have their own families; some have since passed away.
Hope your weekend is a good one.