Once more for the road

This final blog should round the year out. I have managed to post at least once a month for the full year. Go Me! Next year, my goal for blogging is to manage twice a month. Not that anyone actually reads this, but hey, it's doable. Baby steps. 

Speaking of baby steps, I did a little dyeing today. Ok- side note- this morning over breakfast, we were discussing what was the game plan for the day. I said, "I'm going to try and get some dyeing done." 

At that point Littlest Miss looked at me and said, "Dyeing? You mean like this?" And she tilted her head and stuck her tongue out of the side of her mouth. 

I assured her that indeed I had hoped not today that kind of dying. 

And today was a good day for dyeing. I accomplished from naked wool to now coloured, hanked, wound, and re-hanked two good size hanks. I can post the pictures because the intendeds never look here. 

I really don't want to give them up now. What is worse, I didn't take any notes on how I managed it so I am really quite hosed. Sheep nuts!

I am almost done with the Christmas knitting; one set of mittens and a bind off for a blanket. I keep thinking I can add one more thing to my list for that one more person. But, really, it is the middle of the month, think about it. Umm, no. I keep reminding myself, umm, no. I will not let myself go crazy trying to do it all.  

So enough for now and back to the grindstone. I really must start sooner next year. So, good luck to you if your not done with your shopping or knitting, it's going to get ugly. Just remember the real reason for the season. Celebrating the birth of Jesus. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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.