Holiday Crunch

I am going to begin today's writing with a piece of advice. In the midst of the preparations leading up to Holidays is not an ideal time to have a surgery done on your wrist when the bulk of the Holiday gifts are intended to be handmade by yourself. It is just not a good time. Unless you really don't want to make something for the person. Then it just becomes a great excuse.

I really did want to make something for the someones and now I don't think it is going to happen. BOOGER!

Let's recap what we have done. 

1. Cable knitted hat- orange

2. Cable knitted hat– off white

3. Ribbed Vest- purple/blueish

4. Hemlock Blanket- brown

5. Two socks- german flag colourway

Let's recap what we have on the needles.

1. Encore Hemlock- tan

2. Clogs- blue and green

3. Hemlock Blanket- brown (yes, I know this is a repeat but I was doing a second one same colour.)

4. One sock- german flag colourway

5. Market bag- pink/brown/greens

Let's recap what we are suppose to be doing as well.

1. 3 more socks- german flag colourway 

2. mittens- blue

3. Cable knitted hat- grey

4. Gauntlets- green

5. shawl- multi

6. Market bag- pink/brown/greens (again a second one so there is no gnashing of teeth that one has it and the other does not.)

7. 5 skeins of sock yarn hand dyed for knitterly friends.

8. fingerless gloves- red

9. Something beautiful for me to wear to Dude's office party. YIKES! I am so hosed!

10. This is not even counting the kids' teachers that I had every intention of knitting up something small for....

11. Or my fellow employees that I work with.....

Now since I no longer can knit at hours on end nor do I have the time to sit and knit for hours on end, what am I going to do?

I think I will go and start a new project. Maybe I will go and see what everyone else on Ravelry is knitting and vicariously live through them.

Happy Knitting. 

p.s. I will post pictures and talk about the Stitches Trip next time. I haven't finished uploading everything yet.