I made Cory some alpaca socks for Valentine's day. (No, he doesn't wear them without pants; yes, he wears them with Birks. What do you want, we live in Oregon!)
I copied an Anthropologie headband for my choir friend Elva.
I was invited to the birth of Oliver in March, and missed it by about 30 seconds! (His mama brought him forth about 15 minutes after arriving at the hospital!)
Our golden retriever Linus joined us on May Day, and then preceded to be adorable and grow like a weed.
We road-tripped up the coast to Astoria, and stopped at (among other places) the Goonies house.
While at the coast (and before, and after) I worked furiously on a Tunisian jacket for Inside Crochet magazine.
We went out for way more walks once we got Linus. This is Marys Peak, the tallest mountain in the coast range. (Later, we spent the 4th of July up there and enjoyed tiny silent fireworks from several cities in the valley.)
Also in July, I found a '70s-era Ashford Traditional spinning wheel, after having played with a local Raveler's wheel.
My pattern, originally (and jokingly) called the Mastitis Robe was released, in Kim Werker's Crocheted Gifts book. (I'd worked on the sample in October '08).
I also finished a stole that had languished, unfinished, for quite awhile.
In August I chopped my hair off.
Linus continued to charm. (We used this photo for our Christmas card!)
My two best friends and I enjoyed a 3-day camping trip in southern Oregon, where we lived in the water most of the time. (I hadn't been swimming in years; it felt so good!)
In late September I was a last-minute pinch-hitter for a friend's madrigal group who lost their soprano. (I was asked to come to the renaissance faire on Thursday, got there Friday afternoon, learned the music that night, and then performed all weekend in borrowed garb.) It was a blast.
I made Linus a big-boy bed.
After the faire, I spent tons of time researching historic costumes and then went over the mountains to Mom's house to sew, for two weekends in October. I was jumping the gun a little, as I hadn't been asked to come back to sing for the madrigal group permanently, but luckily they did invite me into the group in November.
Also in November, my military jacket was published.
I made vegan turkey for Thanksgiving. Mmmm.
I finished Twig in November! It'll be published in January.
The first week of December was not a good week. Our bike rack was stolen off the back of our car, the dog chewed through the wall of his kennel and into my dresser, and we hit a deer which ruined our Christmas plans of going to Disneyland. (We still have the tickets though; they're good for a year; so we'll try again soon!)
It wasn't such a bad year, despite all but losing my job and Cory not being able to find one in his field (he got his degree in December '08 but the recession is keeping people with no experience out of the workforce). We were able to spend a lot of time with family and friends, we enjoyed several weekend trips, and overall had a nice 2009. However, I'm ready for 2010 and I hope it treats all of us well! Happy new year, folks.
