Happy New Year! (a bit late, I know, but my Christmas gifts were late, so what do you expect?) Before I start with my new year craft resolutions, let me respond to a meme I got tagged with last month. 6 Weird Things About Me

1. I have a play-doh-phobia. Play-doh grosses me out. I hate the smell. I hate the unnatural and neon colors. I can't be near it. I played with it when I was young, but I absolutely cannot stand it now. As a result of my play-doh-phobia, I can't stand to watch claymation, with an exception of the old school Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer holiday special.
2. I love make-up, but I rarely wear it. I used to buy tons of make-up, and loved doing my friends make-up when we'd go out. My favorite brand was Stila. If you didn't know me, you'd think I was a Stila make-up artist. As a matter of fact, I'd love to trade in my job right now to be a make-up artist. Oh, the dreams we have.
3. I can't wear "street clothes" in bed. If it's the middle of the day and I need to take a nap and it's cold, I won't hop into bed with my "street clothes." "Street clothes" are dirty and the bed is clean. The only clothes allowed in bed are pjs. If I need some warmth, I'll create what I call the "taco" and lie on one side of the bed on top of the covers, reach over to the other side of the bed, grab the edge of the blanket and yank it over me. Voila, instant taco.
4. I love making goofy faces when I take pictures. It's pretty hard to get me to take "normal" pictures. I can take normal pictures when it counts, but I'd much rather make a goofy face if I can. It's so much easier to make a goofy face in a picture and have it come out good, than it is to make a "normal" face and have it come out good. I'm almost 100% guaranteed that everytime I make a goofy face in a picture, it will come out great and give me a good laugh.
5. I rip out all the subscription cards and perfume samples from magazines before I read them. I can't stand those cards falling out while I'm reading, or flipping to a card or perfume sample when I'm trying to find something else. Those are the first things that go before I start reading.
6. I don't shave my legs. Fortunately for me, the hairs on my legs are barely visible. They're there, just hard to see.

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Now onto the resolutions! First a review of my 2006 goals: Knitting

• Finish one fair isle project - Accomplished (and practically at the last hour -- more proof of this forthcoming)!
• Take a stab at intarsia - Not attempted.
• Design something - Not attempted.

Sewing

• Learn how to cut fabric on the grain - Accomplished. This wasn't as hard as I thought.
• Learn how to straighten/align fabric - Accomplished.
• Sew a garment - Attempted, but not accomplished. I have a 3/4 of a dress draped over a chair next to my sewing machine, and a skirt that needs to be hemmed, covering my sewing machine.
• Make a quilt - Accomplished.

Overall I'm fairly happy with what I accomplished last year. I'm definitely happier with my sewing accomplishments than with my knitting accomplishments. I knit more than I sewed, but all that knitting amounted to was a huge pile of socks (not that it's a bad thing)! But I feel like I pushed myself more with my sewing. Onto the 2007 goals: Knitting

• Knit at least 3 garments - One of these being a sweater that B will wear.
• Design something

Sewing

• Sew a garment - It's so sad for me to admit that I haven't even sewn a garment yet, especially as one of the co-hosts for Sew? I Knit!. I am determined to sew at least one garment this year (and if it's just one, it has to be the shirt that B picked out fabric AND a pattern for).
• Make a bigger quilt

And there you have it. Here's to another year of knitty sewy crafty lessons, success, failures and accomplishments.