The last two weeks have been busy trying to finish everything I needed to do at work so that on the evening of 19th December I could completely concentrate on enjoying my two week holiday. No work until the 6th January! During the last two weeks I've been working on projects, but very slowly. I decided to use up my left over red and green yarn to make a pom pom Christmas wreathe. I already had the wreathe form and just had to decide how to attach the pom poms. I added some ribbon and candy canes. I'm quite pleased with the result. |When the photo was taken I still had a few last bits to fix.
Most evenings I do a little knitting. I can't knit for very long as my right arm gets pins and needles after a while. This means it takes me several months to knit a jumper but the effort is worth it. I finished the first sleeve last week and started on sleeve two. I'm nearly on the home straight. I love the colour and the yarn is so soft.
I'm excited to finish this jumper as I have two other knitting projects waiting to be started, a cardigan and a long cardigan.
I have also started on the orange round of the Grandmother's garden quilt. This is the last full round before I square up the quilt. I have a fair range of orange fabrics to work with but I might need to purchase a few more.
I like being able to prep the hexagons whilst watching TV or chatting with the family. Knitting takes more concentration than working on the hexies. They are also very portable and so a perfect project to take when we go away for the weekend. I working on this project tonight. I'm linking this post with Kathy from Kathy's Quilts for her Slow Sunday Stitching. It's always interesting to see what everyone has been working on this week.
Take care
Lyndsey
