Did I ever show you the picture I used for our Christmas cards?

Tommy is on the left, he's 13. Abby in the middle, she is 7 and Nate is on the right, he is 16. Jamie, my 19 year old, refused to be photographed so I had to improvise.....that is an artistic rendition of Jamie (drawn by ME!) that Tommy is holding. I looked back at old pictures recently and can't believe how much the kids have grown...time is flying by!

Rainy Day

While others in Massachusetts are getting snow, here on the south shore we are getting rain....which is fine by me! I hate snow.

I wanted to take a couple of pictures today of my mystery sock in progress but the lack of natural light is interfering.

I do have a cute picture of my daughter though!

Mystery Sock Knitting

I'm going to admit it right off the bat...I'm being a total copy cat. I joined the Blathnet Mystery knit along on Ravelry. Karen joined too (will add link to her blog later...I'm blogging from my iPhone and I have no clue how to add a link). That's not the copy cat part...I joined before I knew she did. BUT, the other day she posted a picture of her mystery sock in progress....a very pretty purple.
See what I mean?? I totally went and used purple for mine too!! I loved hers so much and my mom LOVES purple so I couldn't resist :)

I'm using Dirty Water DyeWorks yarn (link to follow). They're a local company (Arlington) and so far, the yarn (Bertha...80% merino, 10% cashmere and 10% nylon) is awesome! I chose "Lupine" for these socks but I also purchased "Storm" for another time. I love supporting local business and do so whenever possible!

Yarn

I recently bought some Lorna's Laces sock yarn in the clearance bin at my local yarn store (Wool Basket). I loved it in the hank, I loved it in the yarn cake, I hated it when it was knit :(

Does that happen to you?

New Year's Resolutions

I have very low expectations these days, this list will reflect that ;)

1. Knit more
2. Blog more
3. Sew more
4. Walk for exercise more
5. Read more
6. Save money
7. Spend less
8. Be more organized

That's it! Happy New Year!