Friday, December 18, 2015

Same sheet of music

Still knitting Acadia. It's kind of kicking my ass. I think it's under control now. *Knock wood*  We'll see.  At least Coast Guard Alaska keeps me entertained while I am fighting, haha.  I need new episodes!  I am already on season 4 again.   I'm pretty sure I have seen all of season 1-3 at least 3 times, but they never get old.

I only had one crafty item to make as a present for Christmas. I sewed the kiddo a new bag so she can drag her knitting around. It's a messenger style bag. She picked out the material awhile ago, but it has just been sitting there while I was more interested in knitting her last pair of socks. I finally decided to get it done so she could have it for Christmas. I buckled down and got it done the last few days. Today was her last day of school before the holiday, so I was running out of time.  In fact, she called asking me to come pick her up just 20 minutes after I completed the last seam, haha.

I think it turned out pretty well, considering I cobbled together two patterns and kind of flew by the seat of my pants, haha.  At least I know myself well enough to know not to plan on making too many things for the holidays, so there wasn't too much stress ;)  Obviously, I can't post pictures until after Christmas Day.

For me.

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