kadyellebee - knitting designs/patterns by kristine beeson

instagramed: It’s E’s bday and I made him a chocolate raspberry cake with peppermint buttercream and chocolate ganache!!! 😳 wow! 🎂 #kristineskitchen - on 12/17.

instagramed: The Kristine of yesterday 🙂 purple hair wearing my X-men earrings, channeling my inner Psylocke! Purple knit dress and giant brioche cowl (which I knit during Gilmore girls revival, my first brioche). Purple lips and cat eye liner. A very fun holiday geeky look 🙂 #fancifulchatter - on 12/17.

instagramed: Lorenzo il Magnifico. #boardgamegeek Started out an afternoon at @guardiangames with this newer game. While I liked some elements of it, I didn’t like battling for spaces and I wished I had read through the rules myself for some things I misunderstood. It’s very pretty and I like the worker placement-ness of it. It just wasn’t my game! #fiberanddice #grinchalong - on 12/16.

instagramed: Altiplano. #boardgamegeek I got E the Traveler expansion for his birthday weekend 🙂 it is great! @renegade_game_studios the new events and asset cards were cool additions as well 🙂 knitting on my Christmas socks while playing. #fiberanddice #operationsockdrawer - on 12/15.

instagramed: After! Newly cut, toned, and colored by Miss @hairbymakaylao 🙂 we have some good purple, a pinky purple midtone, and even some lavender in there. And my curls were exceptionally sproingy which was really cool. Oh look, I feel more like me! At the end of yesterday, I finally got selfies 🙂 also wearing my new favorite shawl gave me an extra bit of joy while out and about. #fancifulchatter - on 12/14.

instagramed: Good morning 🙂 @seizethebagel cinnamon delight bagel with apple cinnamon cream cheese, and a yogurt parfait. And vanilla almond milk dirty chai ☕️ out and about today, I have some projects I’m going to work on 🙂 - on 12/13.

instagramed: E resealed the countertops this weekend, and they look all shiny. Here’s one of the sections – the little flecks of stone are purple! One of the reasons I thought this house was waiting for me 😀 #thebeesarehome - on 12/12.

instagramed: This is my laundry room, and entrance to the garage. The shelves above the washer and dryer aren’t ideal for my hanging clothes, so they end up in the extra bathroom. And I needed a spot for my handknits to dry more easily. Enter this rack I got off amazon, and the inaugural sweater washing. It works great! Also note, I have a laundry sink! What a cool spot for washing things!! #thebeesarehome - on 12/11.

instagramed: Thinking a lot about my Rina today, she’s had a big day. She made these ornaments for me when I was newly into knitting and I have them out year round. They haven’t found a place to hang, but the one window sill without boxes in front in my craft room is a great place for now. I decorated this mini tree with pink so far, with the gems also inside an angel wire decoration. The tree may get something more! #holidayEXTRA - on 12/10.

instagramed: On the 7th day of Christmas, these figures joined the fray – I wanted to build a snowman, a happy stocking foot, and a nice big camera too! #legofriendsadventcalendar I missed yesterday because I was out a day, so I built the two newest ones today. Such such fun!!! #holidayEXTRA - on 12/7.

instagramed: It’s Christmas time at @blackrock_broadway with holidays cups, Christmas music, and decorations. I had a lovely time drinking my chai, knitting, and reveling in the holiday spirit! #vancouverwa @blackrockcoffeebar - on 12/6.

instagramed: I started out my morning at the drs and started a new sock (and spent time with two of my favorite Jenn(ie)ys). 😀 @marigoldjen yarn in Merry and Bright with a new @kitchencountercrafter bag. I set this pair of things aside to wait till December way back when I got them pre-move, and I’m so proud that I was able to put my hands on it again post-move!!! #operationsockdrawer #grinchalong - on 12/6.

instagramed: On the fourth day of Christmas, my Rina gave to me… nutcracker fireplace, 2 jingle bells, a guitar, and heart gift topped with a star! She send me the #legofriendsadventcalendar so I can build a little something every day, and I opened it Monday so I got to build two things each of the last days 😀 such cuteness! #legofriends #holidayEXTRA - on 12/5.

instagramed: Step one of door progress. I love my daddy for helping me make this closet door turn into a full bathroom door!! - on 12/3.

instagramed: This weekend, I wore my tubey Christmas cowl for the first time, feeling seasonally appropriate:) I finished this the end of last holiday season after having it on the needles for 2 Christmases. It’s just a tube kitchenered together. The yarn is @knittedwit Bad Santa 🎅🏻 that I got at OFFF. Worn with my Happy Home (contented cardi) that I knit at my smallest and my wheelchairing muscles are really too big for it. But I love it so that I keep trying to wear it, in that lovely Fiber Company Canopy Worsted. Not shown, completing the outfit was an amazing Kat Von D red glitter lip color. Here’s to more dressing for the holidays! #projectsweaterchest #ravelry #yarnings - on 12/3.

instagramed: As November is ending, here is my #nakniswemo (national knit a sweater month) sweater. First year since I started participating that I didn’t finish. But I ripped and restarted he yoke and it has been a crazy time in my life. I’m glad to have gotten as much done as I did. I’ll put in more colorwork as I get down the body, and that will be fun to design still. I don’t know how long I’ll make the sleeves yet. Maybe just short sleeves because I’ll always have something under as a layer. It’s Fiber Company’s Cumbria in Cowberry, St. Bee’s Beach, and Castlerigg 🙂 @thefibrecompany #nakniswemo2018 #projectsweaterchest - on 11/30.

instagramed: Not ideal. #wheelchairgirl It’s not just sitting there, it’s on blocks (!) Esme and I made it to the mailbox by going on the street. These curbs (I think it’s considered a mountable curb from a monolithic pour) will take some practice to be able to go up and down though! #disabledandcute - on 11/30.

instagramed: Hurrah! I found my stamps 🙂 such a funny collection of different denominations, aren’t they? I may be hoarding those 32s because Angels and LOVE are some of my fav things (yes, I bought them when that was the right rate for a letter 😀 probably around the time of my wedding in 2000!) #declutterama - on 11/27.