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Archive for January, 2010

We’re back home in Sweden, in our own winter wonderland. I have taken a few pictures of the snow, but while I get those sorted out I will continue with summing up 2009.

Obviously, there was a lot going on this year, so I didn’t do as much knitting or sewing as I would have liked. But I did manage to throw together a few things.

On the sewing front, I put together an outfit for Anneli to wear to big cousin George’s wedding in Spain:

Plus a sun hat for the same trip.

I also made about a million cloth nappies (well, at least 24 I think).

And, I finished my very first quilt – a cot quilt for Anneli made from the remnants of her nappies!

Then I whipped up another quilt and matching pillow for the upcoming Baby Clarkville:

And as you can see I knitted a cotton cardigan for Baby Clarkville as well. We had a lovely time staying at the cottage while in NZ, which I will write more about at a later date.

I churned out more knitted items than sewn items this year. Anneli got a fair isle cardigan:

And quite a few pairs of socks, none of which stayed on her feet:

I made myself a chunky neck cosy:

And armwarmers:

And I finished a spring cardigan in the summer. I really did finish it, I just don’t have any pictures of the completed item:

The kitchen was a new recipient of knitted goods this year, with a tea cosy, coffee cosy, and cotton dishcloths:

And mum was lucky enough to get a pair of socks for her birthday:

Just for variety, I turned my hand to a little bit of embroidery this year as well. I completed this cross stitch kit that had been lurking in the craft room for a couple of years:

And then I whacked together a couple of freestyle projects based on floral designs from books. Here is the first one:

I really enjoyed all my craft projects this year, especially the quilting and embroidery, and I hope I’ll be able to find time this year to play some more!

It’s hard to sum up the whole of 2009 in one blog post, so I’m going to break it up into topics. First up, the greatest and by far the most important thing that happened to us in 2009: our amazing little daughter!

Little Anneli burst into our lives on February 2nd, 2009, and starting stealing hearts all over the world.

She grows in cuteness and cleverness every single day.

She loves her food …

And a good laugh …

And exploring the great outdoors.

She’s a deep thinker:

With an interest in technology:

And she’s a cheeky monkey:

We’re hoping to see those first unassisted steps happening soon …

But mostly we are just enjoying every day with our little treasure.