Eve

Yesterday I set up my sewing machine and whipped up two new Xmas stockings for Bill and me. I embellished them with some of my favourite red and white (and off-white) buttons. I'm quite pleased.

I'd thrifted an already-felted lambswool sweater recently, and I used it for both stockings. (If you have any use for felted wool -- for patchwork blankets, pillows, or maybe Xmas stockings -- there are loads at thrift stores. Unfortunately, many of them have labels from fancy stores and are often priced as though they were actually wearable Gap/Esprit/whatever sweaters. I paid $5.99 for this one.)

I'm also very pleased with my tree. We finally got a tree on Friday, at Jean Talon Market. It's bushy, and it smells amazing, and my recently acquired Xmas balls look lovely on it. Here's a photo, mostly for my mom:

One of the decorations on the tree is a tiny Fair Isle stocking, which you can see in my new and improved knitting gallery. Other decorations are what you'd call eclectic, including a small plastic goldfish, a bleeding heart with real rose thorns, a little hula dancer, a pretty cardinal, a blue plastic soldier, a stuffed tree from Sri Lanka, and a paper pyramid with an image of Patty Duke on each side.

Well, I'm still off the Bloglines radar, and I must admit, it's felt a little lonely around here. I maintain this blog for lots of different reasons, and it turns out that comments from fabulous readers is a big one of those reasons.

I want to wish all of you the very best for the holidays, whatever and however you are celebrating. Be safe, eat lots, love your pets, enjoy your family/friends, relax. Have a good one.