Christmas 2010 came early!

I am done! I finished David's sweater!! I started this project back in October '06 and promised the sweater by Christmas 2010. I'm very excited, happy, and proud that I finished it. I learned quite a bit from this project and feel a bit more confident to take on harder knitting projects. I think my next project will be a few socks. Time to get out my double pointed needles!


I think he's happy I finally finished! :)

Seaming Away

I have been working on David's sweater all weekend and it's starting to look like a sweater now! I have the sleeves attached and now I'm seaming up the sleeves. Once they are seamed, I will seam the body! I will have to buy a zipper and teach myself how to attach it onto the sweater. In my mind, I cannot possibly see how a zipper is sewn onto a knitted sweater, but I know it can be done with some research. I love the internet!

oh so close

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I'm getting very very close to completing David's "Christmas 2010" sweater. Could it be, could it be that I may finish this early??

This is the front and back of the sweater. I had it on our table so I could seam up the shoulders! Currently I'm working on the neckband. Once that is done, I sew on the sleeves, sew the front to the back, find a zipper and figure out how to get the zipper on! The internet has been a godsend for getting this sweater put together!! I'm doing lots of techniques I've never done before. I just hope it looks like a sweater when I'm done! And it only took me 3+ years!

I love Tuesdays!

For those of you on Facebook, you may have seen my statuses of Massage Tuesdays at work. Every Tuesday, two massage therapists come in and all employees get a 20 minute massage. I find this benefit to be one of my favorites. I work part time and appreciate them allowing me to participate in Massage Day. I feel more companies should provide massages to their employees. It's amazing how relaxing and uplifting it is. I come back to my office feeling quite refreshed. I also found out today that I receive some paid time off! Being part time, I figure I wouldn't receive any benefits - so I'm pleasantly surprised by my PTO.

Work is going well. This week I worked on a Cultural Diversity presentation for one of our clients. I also worked on Medicare D notifications and an FMLA/ADA issue. I'm learning so much at this company. I'm a true HR geek and am so grateful for the opportunity to learn the different facets of HR.

This weekend, my friend Christine and I went to a chili cookoff. I'm not a huge meat eater, but did partake in the judging of the chili dishes. My favorite was a pork chili. After the cookoff, we went to JoAnn Fabrics and Hobby Lobby. I attempted to sign up for another sewing class, but as I looked into the class further, I decided not to go forward with it as I feel I need to practice some more before moving on. This class was making a fleece robe and pajama bottoms. Sounds like an awesome class, but I don't think my skills are quite that advanced yet. Once a month, JoAnn Fabric holds a '1/2 off classes' day. The next one is December 5th and I will sign up another beginning sewing class. The next beginner class makes a reusable gift bag. This could be handy!


me, Michelle and Christine at the chili cookoff

Jack of all trades, Master of none

For those of you who know me well, you know I like to dabble in many things. I do a little knitting, crocheting, stamping, cross stitching and now sewing. I'm looking around for some very easy sewing projects. I think I'd like to try to make Lily a few summer dresses next year once my skills are a bit stronger. I did fix my pillowcase by the way! I bought a seam ripper and fixed my middle seam issue and now my seam is on the side. I am currently using the pillowcase too!

I'm working really hard on David's sweater so he can use it this winter. I'm about half way done with the 2nd sleeve. I will need some help putting the sweater together. I will most likely hit my favorite knitting store as they are quite friendly and helpful.

I also have two months worth of cards to make from Kimberly's Stamps in the Mail projects. I generally only like to work on cards when I'm hanging out with some friends. So, card making friends - let's get together soon and I can get those projects under my belt! :)

I'm a class taker. I love love love to take classes! Some classes I'm interested in taking in the near future would be: more sewing classes, a calligraphy class and perhaps an HR Law update class!