The time of my parents arrival for the Christmas season is fast approaching! Not being able to see them very often with them living rather far away, I always get so excited counting down the days when they will finally arrive on my doorstep or, as the case may be this year, when I pick them up at the airport. All the waiting and counting though gets me rather fidgety and this leads to a rearranging of a good portion of my household furniture. With some of the heavier furniture just moved to other rooms I have decided to take a short break to write about the goings on in my knitting world.

Having finished the knitting project for my husband I went the next day into starting up the hat project for my niece. Sitting around a large table listening to other knitters chat about a variety of things, I apparently was not giving the hat the attention it apparently needed. After knitting what I felt was a sufficient amount of ribbed rows I went to start on the main part of the hat only to realize that there was a twist in the works. Trying not to beat myself up over such a silly mistake I took the whole thing off the needles and started over. Sometimes it is all one can do but as it had not taken terribly long to get to that point it was not at all devastating. Such a fun and quick project. The basic hat part was finished within a matter of hours.

Finishing off all these projects really makes one breathe a sigh of relief! With such wonderful timing I can now move on to preparing the house for company. My husband has been working ever so very diligently on house projects for the past month it seems. I occasionally look in on what it is he has accomplished. He keeps with him now a small stereo to provide himself some much needed entertainment. At one point I was hearing through the walls “Wait wait don’t tell me” on NPR. During that show it sounded very much like someone was barking like a dog! Not sure what that was about but it certainly was entertaining!

So, my knitting friends (and those who just love yarn), I am happy to report that Christmas projects are coming to an end and soon I will have the joy of spending time with family which will more than likely mean a drastic decrease in time spent with yarn!

Until next time, happy knitting!