Hmmm...a lawyer??

So I took this little personality test and I agree with most of the outcome however, I do not think I would ever make a good lawyer. WEIRD! I just can't imagine being a lawyer.

Anyway, it's kind of a fun little test. Try it for yourself...

You Are An ISTJ

The Duty Fulfiller You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking - you get the job done. You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knittings. Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you. Conservative and down-to-earth, you hardly ever do anything crazy. In love, you are loyal and honest. If you commit yourself to someone, then you're fully committed. For you, love is something that happens naturally. And you don't need romantic gestures to feel loved. At work, you remember details well and are happy to take on any responsibility. You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer. How you see yourself: Decisive, stable, and dependable When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, conservative, and egotistical

What's" Your Personality Type?

Spring is springing with tiny things!

I have finished off more tiny knitted items.

More baby socks by request of a proud momma.

Sartjee's Booties that I'm not too sure I like. The ends are all weird to weave in and the little loop for the button is no too cute up close. The picture does not do the flaws justice.

I've also been doing some felting. I have a lot of wool odds and ends in my stash that I want to use up so I've been trying some patterns for some felted bowls.

So that's about it for recent projects. I've started a felted bag and toying with the idea of some bibs for gifts from the Mason Dixon book.

Other than all that knitty goodness I've been getting into soap making! "What in the world made you want to make soap Becca?" you ask? Well, I recently heard a podcast from craftsanity.com (I love that Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood) and I really wanted to try it. I just imagined myself surrounded by potions and fragrances and not to mention dangerous, caustic lye so with a mad scientist grin... I just had to try it! So my mom and I signed up for a class at soapcrafters.com downtown. It's a two part class. The first class was Wednesday where we learned all about the cold-process technique. It was quite interesting. Next week we will actually be making soap! Yea! I'm excited for soapy goodness now! I'll post pictures when the soap is ready.

It's a beautiful spring day so I'm off to sweep my porch off of all the winter filth.

Here's where my talent really comes from...and we all thought it was from mom!

There has been an amazing recent discovery in my family. My dad is crafty. Seriously. We've all known that he has many, many talents including, making siren noises in the car while everyone looks around for a cop, telling great stories he swears are true but are really just well told un-truths, and we all know he has an amazing singing voice that can undoubtedly be compared to Pavarotti and a more mature Josh Groban. Little did we know that my dad is on his way to being a master carver. Seriously! Who knew?? We all knew that my mom is a very crafty person. She was and is always into something like sewing, painting, making cards, cake decorating, etc. but wow, my dad is an artist, too.

It all started out with a visit to the home show a few years ago. A former dentist was demonstrating a modified dental drill making intricate pieces of art. He was carving amazing designs into wood and of all things, ostrich eggs. I can just see my dad there now, "That's pretty nifty. I can do that. Excuse me Mr. Ex-Dentist sir, where can I get one of those machines?" Actually it took a few years to decide if this was a hobby suited for a siren sounding, singing railroader. So last spring he and mom went to a free class on the whole process and he was hooked.

Now after a day of battling with vendors and managing employees for Union Pacific, he rushes to his make-shift studio in his garage. 40 to 60 hours are spent on these one-of-a-kind delicate carvings. Gone are the days of TV watching, leisurely puttering around the house, and wondering what he'll do when he retires. He's found it folks. He's an egg carver.

Oh and this is what happens when you find a passion that involves hours of tediously making microscopic marks into egg shells...you get a little loopy and send these kind of pictures to your daughter--who by the way is pretty proud of her dear dad, even though he's a bit, well...the pictures say it all.

I am finally me.

Before I get all nostalgic about another 10 years wizzing by, I must tell you about a certain frogging incident...yes folks I had to sacrifice a WIP that I was not fond of, for its precious Noro yarn to make another Rhythm scarf. The Argosy scarf has been sitting dormate for months and I just don't like to pattern for some reason. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful pattern but I'm dying to see the colors of it in the Rhythm design.

So 30 is actually feeling great! I'm ready for another decade of who know's what! 10 years ago I was venturing into an engagement to my high school sweetheart and not knowing that I was in for rough waters and a stormy adventure of finding who I was. A job in the medical field, a trip to Ethiopia, one to the jungles of Borneo, and one to Italy, a teaching stint at a daycare, a spouse dealing with meth addiction, a battle with anxiety and depression, a divorce and then rounding the corner with finally getting to know who I really was and facing my fears, I ended my twenties married to an amazing man and realizing what marriage is SUPPOSE to be and that I'm not defined by what I do or who I'm married to.

I learned so many lessons in my 20's and realized how to love without being a doormat and that all the heartache I went through was worth it to find that I know who I am! I am me. I am loved. I am creative. I am light in the darkness. I am worthy. I am a good cook. I am not perfect and don't ever need to be. I am captivated by my creator. And he is captivated by me. I am Becca. So now I kinda wanna break out into a soulful rendition of "I AM WOMAN!"

I've been busy!

Yes, I've been busy knitting! It's been so freaking cold here that it's all I can do to keep warm. (Good excuse huh?) So here are two of my FO's:

Enterlac Hat that does not fit my ginormous head.

And here's the Rhythm Scarf. It's been felted a bit which really does make it nice and soft but it didn't shrink much at all. I love NORO!I've also casted on a sweater for my Yorkie, Sebastian. Like I said, it has been so cold here that when we go outside he play for 2 minutes and then sit and shiver begging to go back inside. So my manly husband, who does not approve of doggy attire, is letting me knit a fantastic cable sweater for him. Bless his big manly heart!

The other project I've completed is a charming hand bag from Amy Carol's book Bend the Rules Sewing. I'm hoping my dear friend Lisa will like it as much as I do. It's a birthday gift for her. I added a felt humming bird rather than the suggested ribbon because I just didn't have any that I liked with the fabric I had.

OK well, enough jabbering...off to the post office.

PS Count down till I'm 30 is down to 2 days people! 2 days! Ahhh!

It's a new year? I need a new hat then!

Yea! It's 2008! I expect good things outta this year.

• I'll still be working part-time this year and I'm currently still loving it. Well Christmas was a bit hectic at work but I survived and made it through Christmas Eve.

• We are tentatively planning a trip to the UK with a few days in Ireland! I'm so praying this will happen. Some good friends of mine have been begging us to visit before they move back to the states in December. Hopefully we'll make it around October or November. Oh I love international travel! I haven't been out of the country since the spring before we got married and I'm dying to get the &?%$ outta Dodge!

• New knitting projects are on the needles! I found this great pattern for a scarf and hat at the Unraveled Sheep by a local designer. Here's the start of the scarf. Yes, it's Noro Silk Garden. The pattern calls to felt it a bit because it makes it softer yet the silk won't let it shrink too much.
  The hat is and Entrelac pattern. Gulp. I'm a bit nervous for that but I hope to tackle it soon.


• A new year calls for a new hat! Here's my new cable & rib beanie. (Yep, if you're looking closely I AM still in my pajamas. And no, I'm not giving you the evil eye. It's just a crappy picture.) I knit it with Rustic Wool that is Superwash. I actually have a really big head and I have to keep tugging it down. I rarely wear beanies that I've made, but I really love this hat.
  


• Deep breath...ready? I'll be turning the big 3-0 this year! In just a few weeks as a matter of fact. I'm sure it will be better that turning 29. That was crappy because, hey, it's your very last year in your 20's. Depressing. But it's my first year in my 30's so it will be grand. I'll MAKE it grand if I have to.

• I've also joined Ravelry and I think I'm really liking it. If you're a member just click on my link on the sidebar. You can see details of the hat above.

Time for a list!

How sad! I should be kicked off of the knitting rings I'm in because I haven't posted in months! Oh well. How do I get back into the swing of things in the blogging world? A list maybe? Ok. How bout a list of WIPs:

1. Many, many Mary Jane Slippers. I've been commissioned by a friend to knit up 5 pairs of said slippers. Oh they are cute! Here's a pict.

2. The log cabin blanket for my hubby. Yeah...haven't picked that up for longer than I've been absent from blogging.

3. Mitered square blanket...sigh...blankets do not keep my attention I guess. Oh but I love imagining it on the yet-to-be-bought bed for our yet-to-be-guest room that is serving as my "project" room for now.

4. Tiny socks for an emergency baby gift knit on size 1 needles. Size 1 needles...need I say more?

I think that's about it. I really don't like to have too many projects going at one time. I get too overwhelmed.

Have I bragged about my new house yet?? Oh let me...ok. We moved in August. It's in an oh so cute, small (only 200 houses), township on the West - way West -side of the Salt Lake Valley. If you are familiar with the SL Valley, we live just under the copper mines. Our house was built in 1928 by Kennecott as a home for some lucky, well paid miner and his family. It's just what we wanted--a charming, cottage bungalow on a quite street in a small town. But not too far away from civilization.

Oh the charm of this town is incredible! I never knew it existed in all the 18 years I've lived here. People actually sit on their porches in the summertime and wave to you as you drive by. Yes, it's true folks! In our busy society today, places like this still do exist. Kids play outside and I'm not afraid to walk my dog at night.