What ever happened to December?

Super busy = neglected blog. I'm the oldest of 7 children and most of my siblings have a handful or two of children of their own. If I haven't completely lost count, I have 13 nieces and nephews at this point. Each year we draw two families for Christmas because gifting 20+ people is just cumbersome. This year I drew the two of the larger families ... 7 + 5 = 12 hand knitted gifts. Twelve may not look like a lot, but with a baby and a full time job, it's hard to find the time. Did I mention that I also made dress ups? In the rush to get things out the door in time for Christmas delivery, I failed to take pictures of most of the gifts, so I'm hoping my family will take pity on me and send me photos of said items being modeled.

I'd planned to only make hats, but I got a special request from this darling little guy. It went along the lines of "Will you make me a scarf today because I don't have one?" This little five year old already knows how to stroke the knitter's ego! There's nothing more rewarding that knowing that someone actually WANTS a hand knit gifted. He didn't get a scarf the next day, but he did get one for Christmas.


These Medieval dress-ups I made are REALLY big. hopefully that means they have a lot of years of entertainment in them.


Now that the Christmas gifts are done and delivered (all except one small delinquent item) I can start playing blog catch up.

Speaking of time flying ... What happened to may baby and where did this little boy come from. More on that to follow.