Okay - I'm a BAD blogger (and it seems just saying that doesn't shame me enough to do better!) But I have been doing a few things I wanted to share with my sister in NC and blogging really just makes sense! In October I saw a trug knitting bag clicking on links at Mason-Dixon Knitting that lead me to this lovely trug at Philacraft's blog - see October 14 - Love is a trug. I also went to the website for the trug that inspired her for dimensions. Here's my take on the knitting trug
take 2
I plan to try again - I use it alot but it really needed fabric with more substance - I love the colors - it was a pack of fat quarters I picked up at Hancock's on sale for about $5.00. I used some fusible interfacing to stiffen up the outside layers (ummm - as demonstrated by the puckers on the outside) and I didn't put an inside pocket which I will do next time. All in all I do like it.
I also finished ONE sock from the 2007 rockin' sock club before the end of the year.
If I can get the toe started correctly on the second one before I head for NY eve party at church I may work on it some there tonight. I LOVED getting the yarn/pattern every month - loved the extra's - dyers notes, etc. but I've decided to pick my own colors this year. I am going to finish the other socks first but may not use all the patterns. Funny, I was "scared" by the toe-up first pattern which is my excuse for putting it off again and again but in the end I didn't have any real trouble with the pattern at all. Inertia is a big problem for me - lots of ways - not just knitting.
And finally, we (DH and I) made 4 child-size adirondacks this year for various great nieces/nephews. Duh-me, I only have a picture of this one unfinished (Bob the Builder was done for the grandson as the demo model several years ago) - no face on Snow White! We did a Belle from Beauty and the Beast and 2 Thomas the Train - one front on and one side view. When I called my blog 'labsandsticks' I had forgotten about the woodworking thing. I cut out the pieces, DH sands and puts them together, then I paint and finish. 
It's been a good year - I really can't complain - I have LOTS and LOTS of blessings. Immediate plans for 2008 are 1) as usual - lose weight (and yes, I have a plan - more later), 2) walk the Little Rock half-marathon March 1 - training already started, and 3) and DARN, I got LOTS of socks to knit! Sitting here, right now, I think if I try to blog every day in January it may get me going again. I'm not promising pictures every time but surely I have a thought to share. Looking forward to the new year. Be careful tonight - no drinking and driving guys - be SAFE!
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