See you in 2010!
Petra had a fine time this morning ripping open her parcels and trying to play with everything at once.
We Wish you All the Very Best
for the Holidays
and throughout the New Year!
Christmas Peeps!
We
made it home in time for Christmas, Hurray! (In case you don't know, we
were forced to move out for a month because the homeowner's assoc. was
replacing roofs!), I've been frantically working on getting our delayed
Christmas tasks completed
I haven't uploaded any amigurumi photos to flickr in quite a while, so haven't posted them, but I really have been making lots of things! Honest! Someday I'll get caught up. ;o)
Here are the little peeps I made for the youngest members of our family for their little Christmas treats.
Peeps for Christmas...
We
have Rudolph the Red Nosed Pocket Reindeer Peep, White Chocolate Pocket
ChrisMoose, Chubby Rudolph, and Chocolate Pocket ChrisMoose, and their
grassy snowbank pockets. :o)
And this is my knit version of a totally adorable Lion Brand Rudolph crochet pattern
I made him like my Petunia Phlying Piglet, all in one piece, with the Loopy Legs technique.
I also made a Frosty Snowman Peep for our older niece - he was a failed experiment for a snowman that converted into a snowball (it worked, but not well) so I made him into a traditional snowman. The yarn is Moda Dea Cheerio, which is sparkly, and makes him look like he's made of snow! :o) Great yarn! Such a shame they discontinued it. I used that for the grassy snowbank pockets that the pocket Rudolph and ChrisMeese are in, too. :o)
And last but not least - yet another Christmas Elmo! This time for a young disabled friend of our nephews.
I've changed the method that I use to make this guy, and he came out much neater. I'll share a pattern when I can write up the changes. (And don't hold your breath, because I'm glacially slow!)
We hope that you are all enjoying your holidays and wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, a (belated) Very Happy Channukah, and a very Merry Kwaanza! Enjoy whatever you celebrate! :o)
Now I have to go give away all my cute little ami's!
More pics on flickr http://www.flickr.com/knittycat
It's a sunny, warm Christmas Eve down here in the antipodes. We have guacamole and salad to prepare tomorrow morning and presents to wrap after Petra's gone to bed tonight. But apart from that we are pretty damn organised.
I can't quite believe that the year is ending already. 2009 has run away, disappearing in a rush of relocation and renovation. It's been a full year, and in some ways, a difficult one, but it has given me great pleasure as well. People have died and others have been born. There have been accidents and engagements, illnesses and parties. Travis has had pneumonia, been made redundant from one job, and acquired another one. Petra has changed from a toddling, gurgling baby into a climbing, dancing, talking little girl. I am learning how to make my way in the world as someone's mother while still retaining some sense of my own identity and purpose.
Dunedin is fabulous. I love having my own house and yard. And I'm really enjoying having so much of my family around. All in all, life is good.
Merry Christmas everyone. And a happy healthy prosperous New Year.
