I’m tired. Really tired. Last I checked, vacations are supposed to be relaxing. I’m not in my normal environment, nor eating my normal foods, or sleeping in my own bed so my body is not doing so well. I guess that’s a sign of getting older. I am enjoying my time with my family. Christmas was great. All the family came over and ate a lot of food and opened a lot of gifts. I got some really nice gifts, one being, and Oral-B Sonicare Toothbrush. That may not excite most folks, but for me it’s great. The dentist won’t be getting anymore of my hard-earned dollars.

I didn’t get many “knitty” gifts because I specifically asked NOT to get any. I did however get the infamous Knitting Pattern-a-day calendar .

I did give some knitted gifts. Only two to be exact. A pair of socks for the sock monster Bill made from Sockotta

and a teddy bear from the Last Minuted Knitted Gifts for my cousin’s son who is 3.

His grandmother (my aunt) thinks it’s too nice to play with and wants to put it up. I spent time finding a yarn,Pakucho Cotton, that would stand up to play and washing and she wants to put it away. I told her, “No, I made that bear for him. It’s his to do with it what he wants”. He’s 3, what did she think I expected him to do with it???

I’ve been working on some other things but I’ll save those till next week when I’m back to my regular blogging schedule.

Have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve. See ya next year! Happy New Year!!!

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I had the whole day planned. I would log into work, be productive until about 4:30, log out, clean my apartment,finish packing from my flight tomorrow (Thursday),and head to SnB for an hour or so before I came back home for some sleep. Don’t ask me why, don’t ask how, but for some reason I kept thinking that the 21st was Thursday and not Wednesday. So it was a little bit of a shock to me when I logged into work at 9am and had my friendly calendar remind me that today(Wed) I was taking a half-day because I had a flight to Cleveland at 1:30pm. After about a 5 minute freak-out, I rushed around my apartment, watered plants, unplugged things, finished packing(clothes and knitting), and rushed off to the airport.

So I sit here writing to you from good old Cleveland, where I’ll be until the new year. I obviously need a vacation so I’m going to take a few days off from bloglandia to enjoy Christmas and my vacation time. I’ll be back after Christmas.

Happy Holidays to everyone! No matter what holiday you celebrate I hope you have a great time and enjoy the holiday spirit.

I thought this was funny…

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In case you are looking for a quick last-minute knit, my “One Flat Hat” pattern is available on the sidebar for FREE-ninety-nine! —->

It’s knit flat with chunky yarn (LB Wool-ease Chunky) on US 10 needles. It’s a really quick knit, 2-4 hours based on your knitting speed.

All done! The charity show is a wrap and it was all good. Almost everything sold and we made a good amount of money for the cause.

In between all the sleep I’ve been catching up on I finished something else…

It’s my Socktoberfest socks. Yeah it’s December but better late than never.

I also dyed a little yarn while I was cleaning up the disaster that is my apartment. I like the fact that dyeing yarn pretty much takes care of itself and only requires about 10 minutes of actual attention. I was inspired by Carrie’s My-So-Called Scarf and the mixture of colors that I saw on in Purly White’s sweater. I like the concept of a green with a mixture of other colors in it. For 2 seconds I considered running out looking for some Manos but I remembered I had some Rowan Polar that I recycled from an old scarf. It looked a little crazy during the dyeing process but I like the results.

It’s here….

We are ready! The ladies of the Raleigh & Chapel Hill SnB’s have been working hard and tonight things will pay off. We have over 40 items to auction off and they are impressive. They range from hats,scarves,and handwarmers to felted purses,sweaters, and capelets. It’s amazing.

These are my two favorites. Hopefully the ladies won’t mind me bragging about them and showing their items.

This is a capelet made by Sue with Rowan Felted Tweed. I give this one the award for best color.

And this one gets my award for ingenuity. Jen made this lovely scarf out of silk fabric she cut into strips.

All of the proceeds will be going to the North Carolina Center for Women in Public Service . This non-profit organization works to prepare women to seek and serve in public office. I’m all for women’s empowerment!

Before I go, I wanted to show you my “muppet scarf”. After my four hour nap yesterday, I woke up at 11:30pm and decided to do a little something before I went back to sleep. Going right back to bed would have me up at some crazy hour like 4am instead of 7am. This is a scarf I made out of Katia Nepal yarn. I “borrowed” the idea from Laurie . It’s just a lot of loops and drop stitches on size 17s. Fun,mindless knitting.

Have a great weekend everyone.