I think I’m good at a lot of things. I think I can write pretty well. I’m good at keeping things organized, maybe a little too organized. I can remember names of actors that had exactly one line in a movie that my husband and I loved that we saw on our third date 25…
I think I’m good at a lot of things. I think I can write pretty well. I’m good at keeping things organized, maybe a little too organized. I can remember names of actors that had exactly one line in a movie that my husband and I loved that we saw on our third date 25 years ago. My memory is weird, but good like that. I’m also pretty good at knitting and crocheting.
I don’t post much about the cool things I can make with yarn. In fact, years ago I wrote a whole post about why I don’t post about knitting. I can’t even remember why now. And while I really do make some pretty awesome stuff out of yarn (photographic evidence below), these aren’t my original creations. When people say that I’m talented, I’m grateful, but I also immediately say, I’m just good at following a pattern. That’s the truth. Of all the projects pictured here, the volleyball (Wilson) from the movie “Castaway” is the only project that I designed myself. To be fair, I saw a picture of one that somebody else had made and reverse engineered my own. This has been a hobby of mine for so long that I just have a really good understanding of how the stitches are constructed. I’ve gotten much better at following more and more complex patterns as I’ve been at this too.
So, in honor of the fact that I really don’t talk much about what I do with yarn (except for Steve’s hats– A Steve for Every Season), here is a series of projects that I’ve made over the years that I’m the most proud of. I’ve made hundreds of shawls, socks, sweaters, hats, etc. But these knit and crochet creations are the most unique and stand out in my mind the most.
WilsonThis shawl won 1st place in the shawls category at the North Carolina State Fair. I can’t remember the year.One of my friends is a sci-fi lover and asked me to make her an alien facehugger, from the movie “Alien”. I kid you not, there was a pattern for this.I made this for a teacher at my old school who did something pretty big to help me out one year. Ashoka is her favorite Star Wars character. I made Taylor Swift here for my oldest niece who is a huge fan. I was proud of this one because the pattern was in Spanish. Two days ago I got an email to say the pattern had been updated…in English. I made this krakken hat to wear to my school’s fall festival one year. I don’t think I finished it in time. I still have it and like to wear it on Halloween when I open the door for trick or treaters. I made this to give to Peter Billingsley the year I met him at an event celebrating the 40th anniversary of “A Christmas Story”. The tour guide at the house where it was filmed said he kept the original bunny suit, so I thought this would be a fitting tribute. He loved it! There’s a post all about it on here too. I got stranded in a little town in Virginia last summer. The mom and pop mechanic shop I had my car towed to had a Scooby Doo Mystery Machine on monster truck wheels out front. That shop went above and beyond to help me and to thank them, I made a crocheted version of the Mystery Machine and sent it to them (along with some homemade cookies). A friend of mine asked if I could make a replica of the banjo Kermit the Frog plays in that one scene where he’s sitting on a log and singing. Another instance where I looked at the picture and made it up as I went along. It was part of her youngest son’s Kermit costume for Halloween that year. I hate to say it, as much as I truly detest my old boss, back when I hadn’t completely checked out, I knit this Queen Elizabeth for her. She was a massive fan of the royal family and Queen Elizabeth died not long before her birthday. She took off of work to stay home and watch the funeral. I made this as a gift for her birthday. It was the only time in the 16 or so years that I knew her that she hugged me. I hate now that I made it for her, but I think the finished product was pretty cool nonetheless.
Those were my favorites of all the things I’ve made. Honorable mention goes to the can of Spam I made for my mom and step-dad. Apparently the same can of Spam had been used in the family white elephant/Yankee gift exchange every Christmas. I made a knit version in case the original can ever became too deteriorated to keep exchanging. And yes, there was a pattern for that one too. Like I said, I’m just good at following a pattern.
Middle-aged Maverick is indeed middle-aged and she’s proud of it. She has a tendency to over think and over analyze many of the things she encounters in her life, as evidenced in many of her posts. She knows how to drive a stick-shift car, prefers Coke over Pepsi, and spent many of her adolescent years being obsessed with Jim Carrey.
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