4 days

The office I am currently working at is closed for the next 4 days, so I am going to have a bonus day before Christmas Eve.  I'm looking forward to it after working everyday for a month.  It came up so suddenly.  That is what I get for going temp!  I am looking forward to having a few days of family stuff and goofing off.   


I'm looking forward to being able to post my fall's mystery project.  But not quite yet.  I have one small part of it to complete and then a day or two to wait, but then I will have knitting content to show off.  Its been short of knitting content lately even though there has been knitting.


Over the next few days, I don't anticipate a lot of knitting time, but over the next week, I hope to do a lot of good relaxing knitting.   I want to work on a couple of little WIPs. One is the pretty little Damson made from yarn from a friend, and the other is a sweet little Victorian shoulder shawl started last spring and set aside on encountering lace problems on the border.  I can't wait to wear them, but there is more.  


Over on the sidebar, you will see the little knit tracker I use.  I didn't have a goal for it, but I know I will be over 20,000 km for the year. The closer I got, the more fun it was watching the numbers grow as I finished things.  Once the sweater and the mystery projects are recorded, I will be over, but I'd like to get just a little more.  I'd also like to finish the year with just a few less things in the WIP basket.  


So some pretty little knitting to look forward to for that week between before the world goes back to normal time.  


In case I don't post tomorrow, I wish everyone a very happy, blessed Christmas.  May all of your knitting days and all of your non knitting days be hapy and filled with the joys of simple things.




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All is right with the world.

I wish there were more hours in a day, but there isn't so I am going to have to fit my expectations into what time I have.  


My daughter in law is coming out on Friday to help me and to make vereneki.  I'd like to get the meatballs ready and to get the turnips prepped for the oven and stuff the potatoes.  The salad ingredients will be prepared and ready. Happy.  


I hope to make some dinner buns and some poppyseed rolls but I think the rest of the baking is going to be store bought.  We haven't made it to desert in years. The boys have always just liked to go back late in the evening for a turkey and dressing sandwich.  (I admit that is my favourite part too).  So, desert will be my moms traditional low stress light desert, strawberries and icecream. Plus if anybody wants to come back for brunch the next day, I have strawberries for on top of the french toast. Happy.


So...


Grocery list made.  Check.


Husband. Check. Son 1 and spouse.  Check. Son 2, the sweater guy.  Check on alternate under the tree gift, sweater OK after Christmas. Son3.  Check. Mom and Dad. Sister did.  Check.  FIL and MIL, Mr. Needles takes care of. Check.  Sisters. Almost check, but I don't need them till just after Christmas.


I should have just the right amount of time to make it to knitting tonight for just an hour. And since I will be working on the last of the knitting, I feel really good about that.  


The house might be a disaster, the gifts are not quite wrapped and the kitchen?  Well lets just not go there, OK? Its going to be messier before it is clean.  It won't be quite the Christmas of my dreams but then they never really are, are they?  


I will be surrounded by all my family.  There will be way too much good food.  A woman could not ask for more.  


All is right with the world.
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And so it goes

Arrived.  And we are so glad.  



Now back to our regularly scheduled knitting.  There is going to have to be a real push to get the fall's long secret project out of the way.  Mr. Needles will be delivering it...that is if he gets to go to Saskatchewan over the holidays.  The doctors are not letting him off so easy just yet.  More antibiotics are going to be needed.  Oh well.


I have about an inch of cuff left to do and then some short seams and sweater number three is complete.  I'm still miffed about not getting sweater 2 done, but I spoke to the gentleman in question and he claims he will survive.  He might but I really wanted to have it done for the holidays.  He is being awfully good natured about it, so I am going to work my buns off after the holidays to get it done.


And without the pressure of a deadline, I anticipate having a lot of fun with it.  I really do like the yarn.  Its the perfect guy look and all that simple stockinette of Brooklyn Tweed's design, are just right.  Very very guy. The bonus to all this is that I am going to have said gentleman try on what I have done already, so I can see just how much more I need.  I'll be able to move on with complete confidence, a much more interesting way to knit.


And then after Christmas, during that long time before gardening and yardwork, there is a winter full of knitting just for me. October, November and December have been mostly about knitting for those I love and care about, and it is time for a little bout of selfish knitting.
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One last day

One last day.  I spoke with our son yesterday afternoon and you know, if his smile was any bigger, his face would crack right in two.  


This part, this day is much harder for our daughter in law.  Its got to be a tough thing to leave your world behind.  A hundred years ago, many many young Ukrainian men and women did so before her and thrived and I pray that she will too.  But I have no doubt it was a very hard thing to take that last turn at the airport and wave goodbye to her mum and grandma and go through into the secure waiting area at the airport.  


One short flight to Frankfurt, one longer flight to Calgary and then a very short hop home. 


 
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Flying time

Right around 5 a.m. on Monday morning, Kiev time, my daughter in law will be getting on a plane to come to Canada.  

I am counting the hours.  


We have waited so long, hoped for so long and by Monday right about 5 p.m. Edmonton local time, she will be here.  


It doesn't sound like much and if you only counted hours in the air, it really isn't.  But, add in a stop in Frankfurt and a shorter one in Calgary and well, check out local time in Kiev right now and you get the idea.  


It is almost as far away as you can go before you get closer again.  


May the weather right across the world be particularly wonderful come Monday, right around the world and make her flight and the flights of anybody flying home, safe and smooth.


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I've been waiting all year

Seriously, I have.  I love this video.  Enjoy!
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Arrrrrgh

Still knitting.  Need more hours in the day.  48 please.  24 is just not cutting it.



I am thinking a lot about textures these last few days.  It started with lace and moved on to texture when I kept coming across perfect ways to use these two yarns.  



Can't you see it? Pretty green sweater looking like it is overlaid with a net of pretty green multi yarn?  Easy knitting with slipped stitches.  Maybe easy knitting.  I know how this knitting thing goes.  


Looks easy, but there is always a little something tricky about simple in knitting.  I forsee a 'learning' opportunity.




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