At last!

Wishing everyone, everywhere, a Peaceful Day!

Are any alike?  I don't think so...  What fun, and next year I'll use them!
OK.  I cheated... I have two more to complete the set. 362 days to finish!

Christmas Eve

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Felted

And some music to accompany it!

Here's a great explanation of Christmas Carols. I learn so much from NPR:

Carols Meet Christmas.   Let's all sing now:  "The Fruit Cake That Ate New Jersey, never shows no mercy!"

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Before felting

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Interesting news from the C, H, and J front.  They've found Christmas in the most unlikely place!

Here's a report from NPR.

Two Emirate men look to a Christmas tree which has been decked out with 11 million U.S. dollars (14.3 million euro) worth of gold, at the Emirates Palace hotel, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday Dec. 16, 2010.

Here's news from Dubai via Juju:

 Today we wanted to visit the tallest sky scraper in the world, the 828 meter tall Burj Khalifa. Alas, we were not alone in having such desires, so when we arrived at the ticket office we were told the waiting time was 7 hours.

C says there are 3 enormous Christmas trees in the lobby of their hotel! 

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More slippers in the making.  Who thought up this pattern?  I sew one little seam, and then I spend 10 minutes examining what I did wrong, cuz... It can't be right!  Then I check, re-check and decide it's OK.

Annoying....

Lest you think I'm spending hours and hours on these Advent Socks, keep in mind that I cast on 24 stitches at the cuff, and they are no more than 6 inches/15 cm long.

And a little laugh!
Annoying Songs at Christmas!

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I thought:  This will be easy!  Only 7 socks to knit, and numbers for many more... but it's a busy time.  I'm scrambling to stay ahead of the days!  Thanks for being part of my project to get this done this year!!! (Originally, I hadn't planned to get these out of hiding.  :)

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The Old 

The old...(frogged)

The new... changed colors!

The story:  Started more than a year ago, I love the looks of this pattern, and even though it wasn't small enough for my little one, I HAD to get my needles into it.  Even though it's in nasty Danish, and very confusing, I knitted up the border in the first picture.   

I finished it enough to know that it's still too big, but... what a swatch!  

I did the math to calculate an appropriate size for the near future. Then, due to the frustration of the Danish instructions, a friend encouraged me to write it out in a form that wouldn't be so prone to exclamations and language  that I wouldn't want to associate with my little one.

And it worked!  And this is what I have now.  AND I'm happy to say it went quickly with clear instructions, and fewer stitches!  Happy DAY!!  Next I have 12+ inches of blue...

Another (happy) day.

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