I did get all the Christmas stuff back in the attic. There it will sit until the end of Nov. when I get a spurt of energy to bring it all back down again. I have to enlist the help of Hubby to get it down and put it back up again. The only access to our attic is with a ladder. It’s hard for one person to climb the ladder hanging onto a plastic tote heavy with decorations. Oh, to have a real staircase to the attic! Maybe one of these days. . . .
#1 Daughter has a blog, Write From Karen. She wants to highlight one of my crafts every week on her blog. I love the idea! Another way for me to get motivated to make more crafts! Yea!! I sent her the pic of my scarf I made with the knitting loom that I had pictured in my last blog entry to be used this week. Next week will be the wristers that I finished knitting last night.
You know, they really are warm! I’ll have to keep a pair for myself. Anyway, be sure to check out her blog. She has one of the best blogs I’ve ever read, (and I’m not the least bit prejudiced, of course!) 
I put up the card table in my sewing room and have been working on my new clearance craft kits that I went a little nuts buying.
They’re all so cute. I like the cards with the felt characters on them. And the Christmas tree out of wooden spools. The little gift sacks made into a snowman head are cute too.
I bought two packages of these little felt stockings. Each package makes six stockings. Yes, that’s twelve stockings I have to make! I timed myself on one and it took me about an hour and a half to make it. Let’s see, where’s that calculator? Wow, that’s eighteen hours to get them all done! (I can’t believe I had to use the calculator for that!) I’m planning on making at least one a day and so far, I’m good to go. It really is relaxing also. I think I like working with felt and hand-sewing all those little sequins on. (I’m really not kidding!)
I finished the first sleeve of the sweater and started the second one. Usually I work on it at work during my lunch hour. Hubby downloads a knitting and crochet podcase from the Lion Brand blogsite. They usually have a new one once a month. It’s very interesting and entertaining as well. The newest one has an interview with Vanna White. I listen to them at work while I’m knitting. The only problem with that is, my friends want to know what I’m knitting on, so I have to pause to talk to them. I usually have to listen to it again at home while I’m working in the sewing room. That’s ok, though. I like to talk to my friends about my crafts.
That brings me to another subject. I’ve taught a young gal at work how to knit! She’s only 21, well 20 at the time, but she was getting ready for another surgery on her hip. (She’s had several since she was born.) She was going to be layed up for a few weeks, saw me knitting one day, and wondered if I would teach her so she’d have something to do instead of watch tv all day long. At first I thought she was just humoring me, but boy has she run with this! She’s made scarves for all her family and friends, and is now making baby sweaters for nieces and slippers for herself and I don’t know what all. She gets so excited when she talks to me about what she’s making, yarn sales, etc. She actually reminds me of myself about 40 years ago! Maybe this is my granddaughter I was never met to have.
That’s it for now. Grab a cup of tea, cozy up in the big chair and get those fingers flying until next time
