Sigh.  Have you ever had that feeling after a sauna or a hot bath?  It's that relaxed, warm, pleasant feeling.  That's how I feel on this cheerful December morning as I look back at the last few days. 
Except for a few backseat fights on the way to grandmother's house, the whole family and extended family put their best feet forward and made an effort to enjoy each other and to enjoy all the merriment that goes hand in hand with the holidays. 




I hardly touched my knitting, but did manage to finish my owl sweater.  I really like it, but the back puckers in weird way and the bottom ribbed hem is too tight and too short. It tends to highlight my bubble butt.  Next time, I'd probably continue the ribbing for at least two inches.  But the color is scrumptious and the sweater does indeed fit like a hug. 

Here she is:

See how happy I am in my first (finished) grown up sweater.  Hooray for me!

Specs:
OWLS by Kate Davies
Yarn: Drops Eskimo light blue
Needles: US 11


Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a very happy new year!!

Lesson #1

Did I learn something new at my first knitting class? YES! The tail-cast-on (I guess I didn't learn what it's actually called). This method proved to be much easier than I had anticipated.

The bad news: I wanted to knit really cool striped socks (my own stripes, not yarn-self-striping stuff). But they didn't have colors I liked. Hmph. So I bought this instead and decided to knit socks for Mr. Moody, my 8 year old. I was grumbling until I figured out how easy and fun the magic loop needles are and how truly entertaining self-striping yarn can be - especially when pulled from inside the ball. But they're too small and I'll have to pull them out and start over. sigh. GAUGE GAUGE GAUGE

So I did learn something and enjoyed myself - despite the fact that the teacher thought it would be great fun to start me out on #1 size needles.

My Choco-socks are kind of boring, but still coming along.

Oooh! And I ordered my yarn for my Nordic Stockings AND ordered THE last three skeins of Rowan Summer Tweed from Patternworks so I can make this:

for her (my niece):