Twelfth Night

    Happy Twelfth Day of Christmas! Anybody got 12 drummers drumming?  Jeff's sister brought us a bag and a half of grain-free dog food (and a bag of assorted grain-free dog treats) that her dogs can no longer eat.  (One is allergic to grain and when you have 2, if 1 can't have it, you can't put it out for either.)  I just gave Fanny and Zoey a couple of heart-shaped turkey and  sweet potato treats and they gobbled them right down.  Well, Zoey did.  Fanny was a little more reserved.  After Zoey ate hers and nothing happened to her, Fanny ate her 2.  They are going to be very spoiled doggies by the time they finish these treats!  (Just hope they don't expect me to buy them more!  Have you seen the prices for fancy dog treats??  $5 and up at Hannaford!!)

   I finally got the heel turned on the 1st sock of MY pair.  I got Jeff's Christmas socks done by New Year's Day and I felt like I was playing yarn chicken!  The yarn was Mary Maxim's Elements, a DK weight blend (just what Jeff prefers!) of acrylic and wool in a green ombre called Forest that

was on sale for $1.99 a skein.  I usually get Patron' s Kroy sock yarn that's usually $5-6 a skein but I decided to give Elements a try.  There is 155 yds to a skein of Elements (to 165 yds of Kroy) so I wasn't sure the legs of the socks would be long enough to make Jeff happy but...I got great yardage out of each skein!  The foot of one of Jeff's sock is 10" long, then the turned heel and then I usually just use up the rest of the skein of yarn for the leg.  Well, the Elements lasted for another 12".  Jeff was pleased with his new socks...and so was I, so much so that I went back to the Mary Maxim site and ordered 4 more skeins!  They should get here today. Now that will be a great Twelfth Day gift!  (My socks are in Elements/Wildfire. It's pretty and bright and I like it.  I should be

able to do a pair for me in a skein and a half or less.  I thought I'd use what's left for baby socks and some Pinwheel flowers for baby and toddler hats for the shop. 

  I did this pullover as a special order just before Christmas and I think I'll do it again...this time for the shop...as soon as I finish my socks (I'm tired of wearing socks with holes in them!) This is a size 2 and it's

done in 100% acrylic. I may do the sweater for the shop in a size 4. I don't think I'll offer it as a set in the shop, either.  The hat will be available as a separate purchase.

   I've been reminded several times by different shop members that this year Induction should be a Biggie (NY Yankee captain Derek Jeter is one of the inductees!) so I want to do some extra baseball sweaters.  Of course,  I'll do my Pin-stripe hoodie and

the Red-White-Blue

Hoodie, and baseball hats but I think I need a baseball cardigan or pullover

without the hood.  But I've got to remember not to get too carried away with baseball because not everyone will want a baseball sweater/hat for their child.  If I really get inspired I can probably do a train hoodie, too.  Or a train instead of the sheep around the yoke of a pullover!  Got to do a sheep cardigan, too!

There is just too much to do before the shop reopens in April.  I guess I can't complain about having nothing to do this winter!!