Hooray! A whole new year to look forward to. It’s off to a good start with dinner with good friends, everyone in the family healthy and doing well, Maxwell the Great (Nephew) blossoming, a beautiful morning, a long walk with Jack and Purl, and a welcome cup of coffee. Oh, and a new class schedule for you to peruse. I hope you find something that you’ll love to make!
But first, some old business. In, December, we drew names from all the Frequent Buyer cards you folks turned in last year, and all these lovely people won $25 gift certificates:
Anne Alderman, Janice Bieber, Jane Brubaker, Janis Edwards, Marci Frey, Donna Hain, Melissa Korth, Kim Lally, Mary Ellen Leidy, Beverly Meserole, Jill Pelchar, Sarah Ruppert, Claire Sanacory, Laura Vilardo, Sheila Yarus, and Tracee Yawger.
Congrats!
If you missed Purl in her Christmas finery, here is a (as always, blurry – does she ever stop moving?) little pic of her. This lasted approximately 10 seconds:
and then she was happy to donate it to Virginia’s grand-dog Booey so that she could also be humiliated for the holidays.
Here is a picture of thrummed slippers from our class this fall, in various stages of completion:
The class was so much fun, and I hope everyone’s tootsies are cozy and enjoying all those little thrums!
Knitters are strange creatures and get excited by strange things. Karen and I spent some minutes admiring the Fancy Hen pictures on Ravelry one day, and she stealthily made me one for Christmas!
I absolutely love it, but Purl did not feel the same. She had a rather noisy confrontation with the chicken, and I’m happy to report that, while Purl won the barking event, the chicken handily won the staring contest.
And see that carton quietly lurking behind the table? It’s full of Madelinetosh Twist Light. Happy New Year, indeed!
