christmas

here is a quick recap of my holiday for you. it was nice. i spent a lot of time playing with my parent's cats. everytime i am around them i think about getting a kitty of my own. but anyways..i made both chase (above) and abby ann (not pictured) some felted catnip mice. i think the pattern was on about.com, but can't recall right now. they were super quick, the only pain was that they were hand felted. this would be fine, but i have been having hand problems lately. it hurt. here is chasey enjoying mocha the mouse.



i promised pictures of the handknits, but only have one to share. all in all i made seven items. a hat for my brother (acrylic, he is allergic to wool!), a scarf for my mom (forgot to take a picture), the tree drawstring bag (posted earlier), a flower washcloth (weekend knitting), another wine bag (posted earlier), catnip mice and the cascade 220 scarf for my dad shown below (the blue wasn't so intense).



i made out pretty well this year. i received 2 swifts! my dear friends jan and berna bought me the plastic/metal japanese one and my mom bought me a wood one. with knitting gifts, if you receive two, it is usually not a problem to keep both. however in this case i don't think i need 2 swifts :) anyone have a preference between the wood and plastic one?

hope everyone had a happy holiday!