Of Turkey and Marsupials and Crafty Things

The Thanksgiving holiday from work has been a welcome break. Thanksgiving dinner was quite good and celebrated with my aunt and uncle, Jim and Neile, their friend John, and my friend Jeff. We had a free range turkey with issues this year. First of all, it still had feathers. I don't know if this is normal for turkeys because I generally like to stay as far away as possible from anything resembling the actual animal I am eating. But I saw them. And it was weird. They were on the inside of one wing. Just a few, but enough to weird me out. Then more were discovered on the inside of the other wing a few minutes later. After that I stayed out of the kitchen mildly obsessing over the situation and talking myself into eating the turkey despite the feathers. There was an amusing sight when dinner was through and I had worked up the courage to be in the kitchen with the turkey. Neile was literally arm wrestling the turkey. She was attempting to break the turkey down for leftovers and she could not get the wings off. I wish I had my camera. There were several jokes about the turkey being allowed to range too far, but am horrible at retelling jokes so I will leave that one alone.


The break has given me the energy to remain faithful to my handmade holiday pledge. Yesterday I made an engineer's cap from Readymade and a bird ornament from Last Minute Patchwork and Knitted Gifts.




And finally, the break has given me more time to spend with my sugar gliders. They were very photogenic today.

Currently listening to: Ravens and Chimes

So I Lied

I know I said I wasn't going to post anything I'm working on for Christmas gifts but I couldn't resist the temptation of sharing the stocking I made for my mom. She won't see this anyway. I don't know which is better, that I like the way it turned out or that it's done BEFORE THANKSGIVING!



In other news, I want to thank Glueslabs for being my first subscriber. Can't wait for Friday night, wink wink!


Currently Listening to: Night Canopy

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Hello. Welcome to the first post of the blog I have been intending to create for a few years now. Perhaps that will give you a clue to one of my worst habits- starting things that I never seem to finish within a reasonable amount of time.

Today is one of the windiest rainy days Seattle has seen all year, which also happens to be our Veterans Day holiday from school. What better reason could I have to sit around in my sweats and have an excuse for not doing anything that involves leaving my apartment, except to take this picture of the screen that was blown from my living room window last night.

I have decided to take the Buy Handmade Holiday Pledge seriously this year and have started early. I'm hoping to make 75% of my holiday gifts this year and have actually started before December 15th (which previously meant that I only made about 2 or 3 things). I cannot divulge details of what I am working on since some readers are recipients. Though I can share that there will be quilts, sewn items, knit accessories, and sugary treats!


Check out this video done by Sigur Ros and the Royal Danish Ballet of one of my favorite H.C. Andersen stories, Little Match Girl, which seems appropriate for this time of year and this kind of weather.

(Photo of Hans Christian Andersen's statue from my trip to Copenhagen in February)

Currently Listening to: Sigur Ros: Hvarf-Heim