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11/27/2006

so much to share!

I have so much to share! We've been so busy this week, which we usually are when Mike is home on break. First off, I wanna say Thank you to Eva my tea-swap pal, the postal service was taking there dear sweet time with my package which arrived today!

 
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Just what I needed today to calm down after 5 days of running, 2 lovely teas to try out, a box of SUPER yummy cookies (I've eaten well.. a lot so far) LOTS of yummy chocolate (does this girl know me or what?) two balls of regia cotton in surf color and the cutest bird tin. A big THANK you to Eva! I'm so glad my box came today, it was just what I needed!! Thank you!!!
We had a good Thanksgiving at Mike's Mom's. We really enjoyed spending the day with family and friends. Friday night I finished the 6th hat for Christmas knits to help
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did ya know, its *really* hard to take a good picture of lots of hats?
Pattern: based off of this pattern off of the yarn label.
yarn: Lion Brand Boucle 79% acrylic, 20% mohair, 1% nylon in the following colorways
 1 (white) sprinkles, 2 (red, yellow and blue) Jelly Bean, 3 (the other ones) parfait
needles: First two that I wrote about in a previous post I used size 9 dpns, the last 4 I used 10.5 dpns.
guage: 3sts/inch
notes: took 2 hours to knit each hat, since I started knitting these on Monday I knit 1 hat a day!
Saturday night I started my square for Comforting Jenn, Sunday morning I finished it up and blocked it
front of square on left, back of square on right
Pattern: Little Arrows. casted on 44 stitches (multiple of 8+1)
 row 1: K2, P2, K1, P2 *K3, P2, K1, P2, rep from* to last 2 sts, K2
 row 2: P3, K1, P1, K1 *P5, K1, P1, K1, rep from* to last 3 sts, P3
 row 3: K1 *P1, K5, P1, K1, rep from* to end
 row 4: P1 *K2, P3, K2, P1, rep from* to end
yarn: Joann's sensations bellezza collection tesoro 100% wool color 954 light pink
needles: size 8 straights
guage: 5sts/inch
notes: so freakin soft and squishy! Love this yarn.
Right now, I have some mittens on the needles and I have to figure out what I'm going to bring with me up to Boston later this week.
Sunday Mike and I brought down *ALL* the Christmas boxes from the attic. Damn. After all that he was such a sweetie, he went down to the grocery store to buy me ice cream sandwiches that I.had.to.have. Today, we decorated the tree and rocked out to some Christmas tunes. I'll leave you with these pics
 

 
must go catch up on emails...

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Ahh... it still hasn't really hit me yet that the holidays are almost here!

Posted by: Melissa | 11/27/2006

Wow! So much knitting! And so many goodies in your Tea Swap! You're coming to Boston this weekend? Where to if I may ask?

Posted by: Valerie | 11/28/2006

Great hats, Looking at your kids brings back such memories!

Posted by: frances | 11/28/2006

The tree decorations looks great, but I still think the yarn was better :). Can't wait to see how that regia colorway knits up... Isn't it amazing what blocking can do...

Posted by: Tisha | 11/28/2006

6 hats - WOW! They're really pretty. And I love the square too. I'm gonna steal that pattern for a scarf :)

Love the pics of your kids!

Posted by: Julie | 11/28/2006

Aww, you've got some cute kids!!!!! Those hats look great!!

I found holidays a bit harder when I was pregnant - there was just more stress. So I'm glad you had a good holiday!!

Posted by: Elinor | 11/28/2006

What a great package to recieve :)

... and the kids - looking so happy. They are wonderful.

Posted by: Anni | 11/28/2006

Awesome Pictures! Great hats - gorgeous square (thank you so much!) and adorable kids! coming up to my neck of the woods? I hope you have a good time and it doesn't rain! :)

Posted by: Cathy | 11/28/2006

:)

i think you have a houseful of christmas joy!

Posted by: gray la gran | 11/28/2006

Your kids dancing around remind me of me and my brother and sister, acting silly and goofing off in front of the camera. They're going to love those pictures when they get older!

Posted by: Olga | 11/28/2006

Great knits and what wonderful pictures of your family decorating the tree!

Posted by: Kelly | 11/28/2006

Okay, Hubby and me decorated the tree this week too, but we didn't do any Christmas tree dancing! MAN, gotta remember that for next year. Your babies are precious!

Posted by: Petra | 11/28/2006

Wow, lots of knits. The kids are adorable! I love the action shots!
Looking forward to seeing you - tomorrow!
Mom

Posted by: Jane(crzjane) | 11/29/2006

Great hats and I am really psyched to do holiday decorations as well.

Posted by: Bev | 11/29/2006

You've been a busy beaver! The tree looks great. I really need to get going on that myself!

Posted by: Suzanne | 11/29/2006

Woohooo knitting, dancing...now where is the pregnant lady dancing pics huh? huh? huh? hehehe Cool hats!

Posted by: Amanda | 11/29/2006

I love your blog girl! I love the pictures of those cuties in their Santa Hats, so much fun. Husband, Christmas boxes, Attic...sounds like my weekend too! Ha!

Posted by: Tracey | 12/02/2006