Twas a Month Before Christmas

And my knitting is progressing.

The outer mittens for the next pair of Double Mitts are finished.

 The first inner mitt is started. 

I did some sewing in the past week. This is a Reading Pillow. I made it with some supplies from my stash. The pillow form was "pouffier" than I expected so I had a bit of a challenge getting the cover on. I imagine it will flatten out before the cover needs washing. You put a book in the pocket. It was given with 2 new books as a birthday gift, and very well received.

My favourite yarn shop had a sale (a rare event) and I ordered some goodies. Since Canada Post is currently on strike, I picked up my order today.

I think I showed great restraint, and I have plans for all of it. I also took the opportunity to step into the bead shop in the same mall to pick up some beads for one planned project.

The colour is called Seafoam and they are turquoise with a gold lining. 

Meanwhile, sometimes you just manage to get a lucky picture. On Saturday mornings, we make a cooked breakfast. This was my table mate last Saturday.

Ever hopeful Emme!

Time to Start Planning

 I seem to have gotten lost for awhile. First, if I commented on your blog lately, Google has decided that I am now a noreply-comments blogger. I am trying to find a solution but I haven't found one yet. Oddly, it shows my name on my comment but not my email. My email is on my profile so I can be found if you want to reply to me.

Edit: Google posted something about the no reply. Not sure how it will work. We will have to wait and see. 

https://support.google.com/blogger/thread/307556668/blogger-has-changed-where-all-of-my-blogger-s-comment-coming-in-email-notifications-are-now-no-reply?hl=en

I have been knitting, and not blogging lately. I have also been doing more things outside the house than I had been doing. Let's look at my best outing of the month.

Engineers in Canada have a ceremony when they finish their course work and become working engineers. At that time, they take their obligation to be moral and ethical in all their activities, and are presented with an Iron Ring by a previously "obligated" engineer. When I got my ring, there were only 4 women in my class. Of course, my ring was presented by a man. I always hoped to present a ring to another woman, and this fall, I did just that. My young friend was my knitting student some years ago, and is about to graduate as a Computer Engineer. We made sure our nail polish coordinated. 

My sewing activities have been restricted to dog bandanas. However, the Northern Lights ones are really cute.

I am starting to plan some Christmas gifts, and I need to get sewing. I was asked for some pillow cases, and I have a purse to finish. I also want to make some new knitting project bags. Add to that the mending that is piling up, I have sewing to do,

My cowl is progressing. It takes a lot of counting. It isn't TV knitting.

I have finished a pair of Double Mitts. They are wool on the outside and alpaca on the inside.

I did a stash dive looking for colourful yarn for the next pair.

I chose the skein at the top of the picture. The colourway is "Vegas, Baby". The liner will be grey.

Mudd found himself an excellent box, just the right size.  I wonder how soon before he finds a new one.