Merry Christmas and Happy new year to you all!
Its been a whirlwind of a season for sure. I think the unnervingly mild temperatures and lack of snow (until yesterday that is!) meant that the season really just didnt feel like Christmas until it was right upon us. We have had a great holiday so far with lots of meet ups with friends and family and more than a few dinners and drinks with them all. The kids are happy, piled high with a new cache of loot to rifle through and Mamma is happy with a new camera lens and some new yarn. Daddy is always happy.
In keeping with our tradition I provided Bean with her annual pair of Birthday socks to open on the morning of her Birthday.

These are a morphed pattern using Lisas Toe up sock pattern and a chart from another pattern. Peeps I’m so lazy i’m not even taking the time to link the proper references but if your interested check my rav pages or msg me and I’ll shoot you the deets. I got them done literally right on the line as I was weaving in ends and wrapping them while she was having her morning breakfast. Then she tore them open and smirked with delight. Putting them on and not taking them off until three days later when her dad and I armed with a truckload of threats pealed them off her stinking feet. Thats love.
And I did manage to get a knitted gift off the needles for Rachel (although Rena is kindly modeling it here for me as this is pre christmas, and besides the teenager wont let me photograph her. Hrrmph)


Its ‘Through the Woods’ and its on Ravelry if you are so inclined to make one for yourself. It was a pretty quick knit and actually the darn button placket took the longest. But It looks great and this is truly one of those cases where the photos just dont do it justice.
I had a pair of Thrummed mittens I was hoping to finish for Bean for Christmas but that didnt quite happen so she will get them this week. See you soon with Thrums and more stories!
Happy Knitting