Back to Normal(?)

The holidays are now over. The final Christmas decorations have been packed away and the house put back into some sense of an organized mess. I am always a little melancholy when it all ends. There is so much build up, hype, and excitement that when it all ends I feel a little...oh, I don't know what word to use...I feel bored, I guess. The kids will return to school on Tuesday(don't ask, "Why Tuesday?" I don't know) and then the whole holiday thing is officially over.

I started putting my Ravelry page together last night. There is so much cool stuff on there! It is a fantastic space place to see what the rest of us yarnaholics are up to.

I started my January Sockamania socks. I am using some of my own hand-dyed yarn. It is a very basic sock, but the yarn makes them wild and the daughter has already claimed them. I will post some progress pictures next time.

It has been snowing here since yesterday evening. The power went out during the night for a couple of hours. We woke up because the house was so cold!!! Then couldn't get back to sleep. So we are all very tired today. It is getting ready to really lay down some snow here in a few minutes--getting very dark outside. I think I will take a nap zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Happy Knitting.

Playing "Catch-up" on Friday

Halloween has come and gone. We had a lot of fun! We carved pumpkins Tuesday night.
The Daughter had a white pumpkin so she decided to draw on her's instead of carving it.
I love how they look in the dark, all lit up. The white one doesn't exactly show up in the dark though.

As soon as the kids got home from school I took them "Trick-or-Treating" in town. Everyone was dressed up and the costumes were wonderful! Later, we went to a "Trunk-or-Treat" and the kids got more candy. After dinner (not that anyone was hungry after eating a ton of candy) the kids went around our neighborhood to collect more candy than we could possibly eat in a year. All said and done--we have 10 to 15 pounds of candy laying around. What happens if you gain a bunch of weight BEFORE Thankgiving and Christmas dinner? Then what? I guess I will ignore the bathroom scales for the rest of the holiday season and scare myself sometime in January.

This is my newest sock design (for all of the details and to purchase go to my etsy store). I love ski socks and sweaters and mittens and hats! This pair will turn up again at Christmas time as a gift for the Son who loves snowboarding. I know a lot of people are scared of "Fair Isle" knitting but I love it! It takes some time, and practise, to get the stranding just right. How you strand is important on sweaters, but crucial on socks! If you don't strand loose enough the sock won't even fit Barbie doll legs.

At last count THE afghan had 80 sts (rows) left. HoneyBunny says that it is fantastic and amazing and that the Daughter will cherish it forever. (SHE BETTER!!!) I had a very terrifying thought as I was reading my e-mailed Lionbrand newsletter. It said something about a "5 1/2 hour afghan". I honestly, in my insanity, thought, "Hey, 5 1/2 hours? I could make that!" Please! don't let me do it! It's a lie! It will not take only 5 1/2 hours because I will HAVE to make some sort of substitution, then add some sort of different border, maybe a skier motif here and there, etc., etc., and then I will be caught up in another afghan nightmare! Boohoo ;)

One more thing! I got my Ravelry invite!!! Yeah for Ravelry! I am so excited I can't wait to get it all put together. I will be sure to include links, to my pages there, on here. For those of you familiar with Ravelry I am "The Twisted Hare" of course!

HAPPY KNITTING ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I forgot to post the Halloween pics of my kids all dressed up! Thanks fiber Chic!

Little Black Ridding Hood.....................................................and Skater Dude (Zombie)