I didn’t get the second sweater finished for the birthday party.
But it ended up alright.
The Christmas gifts I ordered came earlier so I substituted the Christmas gift for the sweater. Now I can finish the second sweater and give them both one for Christmas.
Do you remember the post where my daughter bought buttons and asked if I would knit the twins sweaters that matched those buttons?
Well, I just finished the body of the second sweater and was ready to start the sleeves when I discovered something was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
I lost 10 stitches across the back section.
Well, I didn’t actually lose them. I didn’t cast on enough to begin with!
This sweater needs to be finished by Saturday morning.
Pass the tissues, please.
On my way to work this morning I experienced a variety of weather.
It was cloudy and misty when I left my house. Then a ray of sunshine shown on the mountains and drenched them in brilliant red. This same beam of sunshine also caught the rising fog and mist and created a short but beautiful rainbow. I wanted to stop and take a picture but knew as soon as I would, the scene would change again.
It got misty again then rained. As I crested the last mountain I was greeted with rain mixed with snow and the ground had a powdered sugar dusting of snow.
I’ve lived my entire life with four seasons and I love it. I just happened to see all those seasons this morning within a 25 minute drive to work.
For some reason I am in the Christmas spirit.
You may think I’m nuts for saying that but the past 10-12-14 years, I have not had much of the Christmas spirit in me. Last year I put a wreath on the door and hung out the garland on the front porch but no other decorating inside until I found out some friends were coming over. I rushed to The Barn two days before Christmas and bought a 6 foot tall “primitive” tree at 40% off. Used a few choice ornaments from my collection and called it Christmas. Bah humbug.
While I’m in the Christmas decorating spirit, I better do something about it!
Knitting In Flashes 