Lookie Cookie

This afternoon we finally frosted the Christmas cookies. We made a few very pretty snowflakes.


We have a cute vintage bird cutter, which I made into cockatiels.


Some had more fun than others...


-吴碧芙

Wild Socks

I finished my second sock today. The second sock is the one on the right, which is not so stretched out yet. I also took out the toe of the first sock, and made it longer, so now both socks fit.


It wasn't supposed to get done so quickly. Now I don't know what to do with myself over this break. It hasn't really sunken in yet either. I made two socks, which are really cool, and turned out like they were supposed to. They match the Wild Flower necklace, too.

-吴碧芙

Wild Flowers

In celebration of making it through the crazy semester, I remade and added some beads to one of my previous designs for a slip necklace.


I finished my last take-home exam last Thursday. Since then, I still haven't felt like I'm supposed to be relaxing. The birds and I came back to NE Iowa on Tuesday. Since then, I've been working on my second sock. I finished the heel and gusset, and now it's a straight shot until I get to the toe.

We are waiting for our big dump of snow. So far we scraped the old ice and slush off the driveway. It rained a little, but the snow hasn't come yet.

-吴碧芙

Garden Path

The following is a new design I made for my aunt, whose name I had for the Christmas exchange this year. I thought it turned out well. This design is a good way to use those flower button beads. (click to enlarge)


Someday soon, I will have time to finish knitting my second sock, read novels, and go dancing.
-吴碧芙

It was snowing...

...and it was going to snow.

Today we are having a blizzard. It's been snowing and blowing all day. This is the view from my doorstep at 11:00pm Tuesday night. The snow is knee high, and my door is imprinted in it.


It's almost the end of the semester. Hopefully someone will come dig me out before my 8:00am class.

Update: I got out of my apartment, got the car out, drove down the street and got stuck a block away from home. My logic was that it would be better to drive because the streets would be cleared before the sidewalks. Anyway, two of my neighbors and a guy who lived nearby came to push and shovel me out. I parked right there on the side o f the road and walked to class.

-吴碧芙