Hero of Canton Hat?
It’s easy being a nerd/geek AND a crafter.
Particularly on days when you find entire interviews with cult-fantasy master Joss Whedon done by crocheter extraordinaire Kim Werker. I laughed, I cried, or something like that, and snickered at the “desperate war between crocheters and knitters” (which has long been one of my pet peeves – I mean, really, how pointless is it to rank the ways people make knots with yarn?).
You should read the interview too, if you haven’t seen it already.
Craftzine has the links to the story of how the interview came about, which is one of those lovely webernet stories where something just takes on a life of its own. I love that it’s an interview that asks different questions instead of the same old boring drivel. Kind of reminds me of Hunter S. Thompson talking to Nixon about football. Must be refreshing for these oft-interviewed types to say something new!
And now to make a couple of these Jayne Cobb hats. My brother would absolutely wear one, I think. He is the King of Crazy Hats.
In Other News …
We continue to be under the weather in our house. I have had a bad case of the the flu for a week and have very little voice or energy left. Audrey is still tired and sick, although she’s home now and is acting mostly like her usual bright, cheery, loving self. We still don’t know what went so wrong, or whether she will make a full recovery, but we are hopeful and stubborn, and so we are going for the best possible outcome. It’s been a long and painfully anxious couple of weeks, and a real eye-opener in terms of what people and vets will or won’t do for animals. Maybe you are an animal person and our worry makes sense, maybe you’re not, but Jeff and I are doing our best to do what our hearts and minds tell us is the right thing to do for Audrey, and that’s all we can do. As I always say, prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Thinking Back, Looking Forward
Now that it’s 2009, it’s time to do what I seem to do every year without fail, even if it’s cliche: a bit of thinking back, a bit of goal-setting for the year ahead.
I always like to take a look back through my pictures from the year right now, such as this random collection of things I saw or did:
Picture Mosaic 2008
1. The trees are falling off!, 2. Hiding, 3. Corn, 4. CAT, 5. Pullman – Clover Glade, 6. Swirls, 7. Aprons, 8. Looking down, 9. CATS, 10. Tasty and Pretty, 11. Herman and Basil, 12. Square Detail, 13. Audrey Sniffing the Flowers, 14. Herman and Basil, 15. Stack of Squares, 16. Country Schoolhouse
2008 Goals: Last year I said that I would get more familiar with the technology tools I can use – Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and PHP. I did those things quite a bit, less so with PHP, it’s still on the list for 2009. I also said I’d work on finishing some old projects. I did that a small bit and am pleased with what’s checked off the list, but I still have lots to still work on this year and get finished. I said I wanted to sketch more, and I definitely did that, I gave much freer reign to my random ideas than I ever have before.
Those things, those projects, are still on my 2009 goals. I still want to get more familiar with my ideas and with the tools that help bring them to life, and I want to make it a goal to finish things as well.
I did a lot of things in 2008 that I am happy with or proud of – I figured out canning and made a hand-quilted and appliqued quilt. I spent time with family members that I miss and who I care about, and went to Iowa for God’s Portion Day for the first time. I redesigned this blog in a way that I’m still quite pleased with. I completed a rather large charity project. I started training for hiking long distances, and actually doing a lot of hiking. I did some traveling to places I hadn’t been before. I sewed my first piece of clothing, and nearly finished crocheting a piece of clothing too.
That’s what I can think of for now, but I’m happy that I can see that I was busy and learning things through the year, and doing the things I wanted to do. I hope 2009 is a happy, productive year, and brings me closer to the things I dream of. I hope it’s that way for you, too.
