Saturday, December 23, 2017

The holidays are here!!

I swear I can't recall another year when schools broke up so close to Christmas. All the schools in Hull broke up on Wednesday and some parts of the country were even earlier than that. It truly was the long slow limp towards Christmas for us - kids, parents, teachers, everyone was exhausted and barely hanging in there, lots of winter bugs were making the rounds, ... For most of this year I've felt that time has been flying, but this last week really made up for it - it felt interminable!

Anyway, it's done now. Yesterday afternoon the boys were collected from school one last time this year, a G&T was poured, Christmas telly was watched, and I'm starting to wind down. I'm so much looking forward to this break, to just spending time with the family, to just BEING.



In knitting-related news, the extra ball of yarn for boy #3's scarf has arrived, and I managed to finish it tonight.


I quite like the squishiness and simplicity of this scarf, I can't remember the last time I knitted something in just garter, in one block of colour. I may even wear it myself sometimes if boy #3 lets me.

I'm also contemplating yet another crochet blanket. After my last few projects I'm left with a whole load of odds and ends of acrylic and a whole rainbow of mismatched colours. I'm thinking of a patchwork sort of style, with little blocks of colour, because I don't want another granny square blanket, and there isn't enough of some of the colours to do long rows. I foresee a lot of cozy sitting on the sofa in the afternoon so I may get started on that over the holidays.

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7 comments:

  1. How cute your son wants a scarf from his mama. My girls would rather have amigurumi and that one instance the teen wanted a handknit sweater, something that is worn now and then lately and makes me very happy. My kids are on winter break now - hallelujah! I got to sleep in today and took a two hour nap. Last night we watched "I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown" and Home Alone. We'll probably watch something tonight.

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  2. It seems strange to be breaking up from school so late, my daughters were upset about it too. Enjoy the break and have a wonderful Christmas.

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  3. I hope the late ending means you don't go back to school until Jan 8th! Love the scarf - I can tell it is squishy. Garter stitch is great for squishiness!

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  4. Love the scarf! He will love it for sure. My daughter is a teacher and she says the same thing.....the kids are so excited for Christmas it's really hard to get any teaching done, plus the tiredness and trying to get her own family Christmas together. But of course I remind her of how I didn't get a Christmas vacation from my job and I had 4...lol! Glad you are able to relax and enjoy your family and KNIT! A blanket....I am a sucker for blankets....love them and I want to start a crochet granny stripe with leftover sock yarn but I will have to buy some mini's as I don't have that much sock yarn leftovers. Merry Christmas!!!

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  5. The schools here went until Thursday. I was surprised. I love your scarf. And I love garter stitch. I like it's squishiness and the texture. :)

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  6. The scarf is gorgeous. We all broke up on Wednesday as well. Enjoying the break now though!

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  7. The scarf turned out great. I love the idea of a scrap-ghan. I have made them before and they hold so many memories. School didn't get out here until the 21st, so I think they all got out a bit later this year but then they don't go back here until the 8th.

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