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I received some lovely fibery gifts this Christmas.....

Some ornaments and sheep dishcloths!

My daughter was extra sneaky and knit me a whole scarf...without ever letting me see it before Christmas!

I know it took her a very very long time and am so proud of her for sticking with it and I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

I finished most of my Christmas crafting in time....I did get sidetracked with a few extra projects that I somehow thought would be easy to bang out quickly. heh.

I made elderberry jelly:

Four pounds of berries went a lot farther than I thought it would! I ran out of jars and had to stick some of the jelly in tupperware to be used right away. I'm a midnight toast
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It snowed a lot yesterday! Three out of four activities were canceled so it was a good day. I got a lot of baking done...but still have a lot to do. At least all the dough is made and in the fridge. I made these snowflakes out of royal icing:

That's just some big crystals of sugar on top.  I wonder if these would survive being hung on a Christmas tree...in a house without...

Superwash Merino sock....just one done so far

Almost done with second one of these!

I've been packing up soap this week....with all of their classes and activities my kids have lots of teachers to give presents to.

Please send xanax chocolate.

one week to go....usual state of affairs here chez crazy crafter....panic setting in over unrealistic crafting goals....

living on diet coke and the chocolates I'm stealing from the kids' advent calendar.

Will post pictures of lots of fo's soon.

meanwhile....here are my babies enjoying the season....took a LOT Of treats and lots of tries to get everyone to sit still at the same time!

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I finished another pair of socks...and promtply started two more pair.

One pair is from this yummy superwash worsted weight:

Stripey socks that are knittingup very quickly!

I also bought this nice ...

To look a lot like Christmas!

The view from my front porch.

Here's what's ON my front porch:

I spent all day yesterdy beating on my hands. It seems to be an annual holiday tradition that I have cracked and bleeding fingers.

Oh hi there!

Just wanted to stop in and remind you that there are

ONLY 22 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!

There seems to be some different fiber mixed into my wool....

Daisy finally got fed up with me spending so much time with my wool and ignoring her. Being a SMART dog she decided to take matters into her own paws. She snuck behind the couch pillows and hid herself in the middle of my wool pile. Heh. Of course I put the wool away and gave her l...

I've been needle felting A LOT lately....which of course comes with a certain amount of stab wounds. I made a few felted playscapes and while working on them managed to stab my leg several times. I don't know how I did that since I had to get all the way through the 1 1/2 inch felt and the 2 inch foam pad!  I think I need to put the needles away when I'm stressed.

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