Happy New Year!

It's starting to feel as tho things are beginning to get back to normal. Our family Christmas was held on Dec 30 to accomodate our son's leave from the Navy. It was a wonderful day, as most of our Christmas' are. We have 2 new additions this year: Dave is my oldest daughter's new boyfriend. Very nice young man who is well liked by the family. The second is our youngest daughter's boyfriend, Justin. They have a very sweet story. Justin has been our son's best friend since middle school. In high school they were together all the time so it was common for Justin to hang out at our house to play video games, etc. Our daughter had of course developed a crush on him some time ago but last summer when Justin was invited to her graduation party, a relationship began to develop. They have been dating exclusively now for 3 months. Justin is really already a part of our family.

The day after Christmas was New Year's Eve which was a busy night for us. Neighbors joined us and we had a fabulous time playing Farkle. I do have to say that I felt like I had been cooking and washing dishes for days and days!! Things have calmed down but since our son is still home, we have a few more days before the normal quiet sets back in.

I got the kids to stand still long enough for pictures yesterday so here are my kids, their special people and our youngest grandson Luke.

Nice looking crowd!!

So, on to more important things: Knitting

I wasn't able to get pictures but my holiday knitting was good. I finished the hats for the big boys, 2 Chinook Scarfs for my girls, the Advent scarf for my mother, socks for Mom and the youngest daughter. I had to IOU the afghan for Justin, not enough time.

I just finished a pair of socks for my son- a superwash/nylon blend sock yarn from Hobby Lobby knit on size 1 needles in a ribbed pattern, turned heel.  I wanted him to be able to take them back to the ship when he leaves this week.

I have a niece due to have a little boy next week (yes, I'm behind) so I started a diagonal blanket in a Lion Brand worsted denim blue yarn on size 8 needles. The yarn is wonderfully soft so will make a nice blanket for him. I will have to really get busy and then get it mailed to Las Vegas where they live.

I had started a child's sweater before Christmas for the World Vision group on Ravelry that I would like to get going. Below is where I left off. I'd like to make several sweaters to send.



I have ordered a lot of sock yarn so that is in my future and I really wanted to knit a sweater for myself soon. I have in my library on Rav the February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne. It's an older pattern but I think it will work nicely with my body type and my needs. I'll have to look at my stash to see what worsted weight yarn I have available.

Well, I guess its time to get to work so here's wishing everyone a great day and Happy Knitting!!