A few photos of my girls & now boys included!

[Miss Edith]

thanks for that

And see Allie, I am so proud I can both knit & crochet but don't know which one I'm looking at Lejays, the shawl is breathtaking. The colours but also the laceyness You don't happen to have an Etsy store do you?

[Lejays17]

The shawl was the object of much admiration at my knitting group due to my focus each week - most of us do something simple at group as we probably chat more than knit. However, I'm a lunatic according to all of them and am often doing more complicated lacey work or patterned or beaded socks at group. I've always been able to concentrate & block out extraneous noise, so it's no different. And the joy of knitting is that I can pull it out if I do it wrong, and redo it.

I don't have an Etsy shop as I do my crafting for fun, and I don't think I could deal with the stress of deadline knitting. (I was stressed enough making little stockings for workmates this year - and no one knew I was doing them so they wouldn't have had any idea if I'd failed to make tem).


Meredith got a new knitted dress for the holiday.


Jo-Meg set up the Nativity for the girls.


Tansy opened a window in the Advent Calender

[fishy]

Great work! I wish I could knit well. All those little loops keep trying to ESCAPE TO LIBERTY and give me anxiety XD

[Alliecat]

I can't block out extraneous noise at all, most of the time. I would be quite distracted.
Cute photos! I think my favourite is the one of Jo-Meg. She looks just like a little kid peeking at the decorations

[Cornflower Blue]

I admire your knitting skills, that is a very cute dress!

[MapleLeaf]

I love Meredith's new dress! It looks very pretty on her.

[Lejays17]

Meredith's dress was a lot of fun to make - you can't really see in the photo, but it has a sparkley thread in the wool that catches the light.

I had a bit of fun the last couple of days including the dolls in some of our traditions.

The Christmas photo with all the girls


Chris makes devilled almonds as a treat for Christmas Eve


Planting Strawberries

[Miss Edith]

all lovely pics I envy both your knitting skills and your concentration, I lack both. And I envy that gorgeous green dress Lottie(?) is wearing. Every time I look at your family my eyes go straight to that dress

[Alliecat]

Love the group photo! I know these things take a long time to set up! I had to google 'devilled almonds' -- wow!
And if I could plant strawberries on Christmas Day, I'd be over the moon. Siggghhhh....

[Offgenemi]

They sure are having fun your girls are very active and always keep themselves busy with wonderful chores

[GreysPrincess]

I love Meredith’s new dress (and Chris’ outfit in the deviled almonds pic)!

[Lejays17]

The girls are far more active & involved in chores in the lighter months - as I don't have a photo box with lights, I'm dependent on the ambient light so winter is tougher to get nice shots in.

Chris spoils me terribly, I was not eecting to get another Pullip for my birthday as he had given me one for Christmas.
So imagine my surprise when I opened a big parcel this morning and found that he had got me Steampunk Cheshire Cat!

So this is Antoinette (Toni for short).

[Miss Edith]

congrats, she is gorgeous and your hub is a keeper

[davidd]

Red hair (in bangs!), silver eyes, and a steampunk-inspired costume... I think I'm in love!!!!! Cute pics of an über-cute figure! Congratulations on receiving such a wonderful present!

[Alliecat]

Aw, she is cute! Congrats and happy belated birthday