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It seems as though I haven't posted much about knitting this holiday season...looking back I've knit a lot of hats but stopped right before Christmas. I started the 'Girlfriends Swing Coat' for my friend Lindsays daughter Miss B. it's a lot of stockinette but I'm starting the increases for the flare at the hips probably tonight. It's coming along well. The buttons arrived yesterday for Bumps striped Coffee Bean cardigan! As soon as they are on I'll post a photo. They are super cute! Right now my travel project is a sock. Marcy almost fell over when I told her I was knitting a sock. Apparently I haven't knit a pair in a while, and to be quite honest I remember why...they take forever when you only work on them for an hour a day! Happy New Years Eve... Stay safe tonight and enjoy the people you are with!

I think that during the holiday season my absolute favorite thing is the glow from the Christmas tree in our darkened living room as I come down the stairs...it makes me sad that I'm going to have to take it down this weekend for another year. Plus taking it down interferes with my knitting time this weekend... Stay tuned...January 1, 2012 is day 1 of the stash busting challenge given to me by my friend Kelly of Creating a Family Home... Happy New Year

My very favorite Christmas gift from D this year...a Singer Curvy Sewing Machine. I took sewing in the fourth grade and made a hideous skirt that I proudly wore to our family Christmas Party. Then of course the required sewing during home-ec in junior high...did not do so well then either. However there has been a rash of seeing tutorials around the net lately that have sparked my desire to learn again. I signed up tonight for adult beginning sewing. Of course I was giddy with excitement which made me nervous and fumbling so what I actually said was... 'I'm here to sign up for adult beginning knitting' Happy Tuesday night everyone!

Merry Christmas all my blogger friends and followers! May these days find you safe, warm and surrounded by all your loved ones! Love, Carmel, D, Mr. Brown and Gabby Sioux!

Is it just me or has the Christmas Season been sneaking up on everyone? Not so much sneaking I guess but come barrelling at us like a freight train and me without the wherewithal to figure out if I should feint left, right, or just try to outrun the thing altogether. I'm ready, but I'm not. I'm looking forward to it, but then again I'm not. I don't know what my astrological lunar cycle is right now but it feels wonky and completely off course...and it's driving not only myself nuts but I think D is ready to pull bits of his hair out... It's a week before Christmas and I know this much; 1. all my gifts for my family in Minnesota have arrived 2. I'm having ham for Christmas Eve (not sure what else with it but there will be ham) 3. D and I are going to make a day of it Friday and do all our Christmas shopping for the Washington Contingent in one fell swoop. We had our annual Christmas Bash last night and it was just that, a blast. I hope everyone ha...

In my attempt to prepare for the 2012 stash busting challenge I have felt the need to pad my stash with some yarn...you know, just in case I don't have enough. I do have enough, even if it was a 2012 sock stash busting I have enough, but just in case... I bought 2 skeins of socks that rock lightweight (Thank you again Marcy for picking that up for me!) 6 balls of wool-ease in azalea pink for a little girls swing coat And tonight I am replenishing my super bulky stash to make more hats... God forbid that I actually empty a tote and use it for something else like craft supplies or race track cooking supplies...nope! Better off keeping those full of yarn lest there is a shortage like the butter shortage in Norway right now! I've returned to the land of the living after a nasty wrestling match with a nasty virus. He had the upper hand in me yesterday morning but I finally pinned him down last evening and plan on doing a happy dance on it this evening...while buying yarn. Happy Tues...