I am deep in the trenches of holiday crafting.  There are things to knit, crochet, sew, hot glue, bake, etc….  Surprisingly, I am more on schedule than I’ve ever been.  And yes, I realize by having just made the previous statement, I will now be cursed with a serious lack of motivation and my crafting will crash and burn and I’ll spend Christmas eve frantically trying to create a christmas miracle with sticks and string.

As, for what I’ve accomplished, here are a couple of highlights.

I’ve knitted up a lovely little gift with the most DELISH cables ever!

It’s a woodland hoodlet and it was a breeze to knit up.  Super bulky yarn is my friend.  All it took was a few evenings with episodes of Top Gear on the DVR and it just flew off the needles.  I need more instant gratification projects like this in my life.

I’ve also jumped on the yarnie bandwagon and using this tutorial, made myself a little christmas cheer in the form of a wreath.  Sadly, I cannot hang it on my front door, so I get to keep it inside where I can see it all of the time.  I’m in love with the colors.  They don’t scream Christmas colors, but they are still very festive.

And lastly in our tour of knitted gifts, I finished up this groovy scarf made with some yarn that I handspun with moonrover batts.

Mitered squares with striping handspun is the perfect knitting combination.  It’s a little sad to part with this one, but I know that it’s going to a good home.

I still have a lot to finish before Christmas hits:  2 shawls, a pair of socks, a baby sweater, and various other little items that are non-knitted.  If I can pull this off, it will be my greatest Christmas crafting season ever.  Maybe I’ll even reward myself with a country spinner spinning wheel if I can get it done!  Hmm… that’s a great idea,  actually.  I feel the motivation surging through me now.

Alright, I’m off to earn myself a new wheel!!!

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