HEY!
'Tis another one of those days tomorrow!
Category: Throwback Thursday
TBT: Before knitting…
Before knitting — or, rather, I should say "between" — I did a lot of cross-stitch embroidery! I ran across these projects the other day. The stitching is finished but they've never been framed or "finished" in a way that allows them to be used or enjoyed.
My first "hobby retreat" was in early December 1992: "Christmas In Williamsburg," sponsored by Just CrossStitch Magazine. The main event was "The Dorcas Haynes Christmas Sampler," a reproduction sampler designed and taught by Darlene O'Steen. It was the first time I'd flown by myself in years, rented a car, drove from Norfolk to Williamsburg… I arrived a day early and remember going to see "A River Runs Through It" that night. It was a lovely retreat.
I liked kitchen-y designs such as this fruit piece; I also stitched a fun "herb" design for my sister Ann. (And a quilt design for Sharon, a Santa for Karen, duck stamps for my brother-in-law, commemorative wedding and birth pieces, Christmas stockings, ornaments… so much stitching!)
Sometimes a little whimsy! I love this goofy angel, and I left this piece out the other day with the intention of finishing it… very soon. A small bolster pillow? A hanging? I'm not sure yet…
I don't recall the story behind these pieces. I'm certain that they were for my mom… but there's already a finished/framed trillium exactly like this one hanging in her dinette. They match designs that were etched into the glass transom windows in that room.
Ha. Obviously, I was as much a process stitcher as I am a process knitter!
I haven't stitched in years, or looked at new designs. It was quilting designs that first caught my eye and interested me in stitching — I have no idea what's "new," if anything. I still love samplers to death. If I ever take it up again, though, I'm going to need a magnifier lamp!
Cleveland maybe? #tbt
We moved so much when I was a kid and few of the photos are identified, but I think I've straightened out the Christmas timelines — and this is Cleveland! I'm pretty sure…
Cleveland! My first bike, Karen's Charmin' Chatty, Michael's Mr. Machine, for some reason "Thumbelina" comes to mind when I see the doll that Sharon's holding — Madame Alexander, maybe.
Some of those ornaments are hanging on my tree! The gold glitter balls, and the striped one just to the right of Sharon.
Wow. What a week of get-togethers! A knitting group on Tuesday, book club on Wednesday, the last Thursday knit night before Christmas tonight, an anticipatory solstice gathering on Friday… thank goodness for a fairly normal day off yesterday!
Next week, there's only one extra-curricular holiday gathering.
We still haven't firmed up the Christmas Eve menu. What are you having?
Obviously, I've things to do, but I'm hanging in there, how about you??
#tbt Santa Claus
This is the earliest photo I've found of me and the "jolly" old guy. It's a wonder I ever went back. #notjolly
(St. Louis? or maybe Denver. Do I look 2 or 3?)
I am wearing a knit hat — and I know just the one! It's from "The Beginner's Book and the A-B-C's of Knitting by Bernat." I think I still have a copy. Sharon & Karen's jackets were red and purple.
Knee socks! Same Santa. I love how lightly he's holding Sharon's arm, but has a very sure grip on Michael! I'm sure we were at H.C. Prange Co. in Appleton. Loved that store, especially at Christmas, especially then… when I was a kid.
‘Tis the season
#tbt First Christmas Tree!
It was in an apartment in Milwaukee, and I was 7 weeks old on Christmas Day! All of the ornaments were blue, and a few of the survivors were hung on my own tree last night.
I'm thinking that this was the following year…
#tbt Snowsuit & Mittens!
…because I know that this was the year after that, when I was 2, and I detect bangs… barely, though, because the photo is so badly deteriorated. Maybe I just *know* that I had bangs then. Heh.
#tbt Red & White!
I tuned in a Christmas playlist on Spotify and put the 2 new strings of lights on the tree last night, and that was all it took to get Katie in on it! She hauled the decorations from the upstairs closet and we got busy trimming. The girls' boxes of ornaments await them!
Ooops! I just remembered that St. Nick comes tonight. Yes, he still comes to our house!