Right now I am doing exactly what I said I would not be doing back in October… working like a mad woman to finish Christmas presents. I am still working on my 3 daughters Waldorf dolls, they will hopefully and probably be done 2 seconds before they are given to my little ones. I hope to share pictures with you after the big day.
The next few days around here will be busy, busy, busy. Tomorrow I will be making some salted caramel apple butter to give as gifts in between sewing projects. We will begin getting all the decorations together to put up the tree on Christmas eve. Oh and yes, if you caught that, we do not put up our tree until Christmas Eve. We prepare our hearts during advent for the birth of Our Lord and so we do not do very much Christmaswise. We do watch our favorite Christmas movies but that is about it. This is just the way our family does it, if you celebrate differently, please share! I love to hear how others celebrate this time of year. We usually also do a Jesse tree but this year it just did not happen and that is OK.
I am yarning along again this week with Ginny at Small Things. I am done with all the knitting that I had planned. I only need to weave in the ends of this one last cowl and ear warmer for my niece (Marv, if you are watching do not continue!). This was super easy to make in the round and did not take much yarn at all. I used a wool blend to make it easy for her parents to clean them.
I have a pile of projects I really wanted to do and still hope to sneak a few in before Christmas and I have decided that if they don’t get them done in time I will still make them because Christmas has really just begun.
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Okay I have a new item on my Crunchy Catholic Momma Wish List:Basil tea recipekefir water TUTORIALsalted caramel apple butter tutorialKeep 'em coming! 😉 God bless!
I love the color of that yarn!!!!! Beautiful. I have my fingers crossed that the dolls are finished when you read this comment 🙂
I hope your dolls get done! And the knitting looks great!
Beautiful color and texture on the yarn! I'm joining you in the rush. 🙂
oh merry christmas dear, i'm sure it will all be wonderful!! beautiful knitting, love that wool. take good care and enjoy!xoxo
I just love that color…and yes, I should be sewing 😉
Since we give gifts over a few days I save unfinished gifts for one of the other days during the Christmas Season. This year I've been to tired to make much but I have one gift that is almost done. I'm not stressing though because It is not for Christmas morning. The food from your last post looks so yummy!
I foolishly thought that if I started in October (or august for some things) i would be done by Christmas…still have a couple days left…i probably should not be on the computer right now 🙂
My husband's family waits until Christmas Eve, and I always try to. What happens, though, is that I go looking for the Advent calendar on Nov 30 and can't find it without unpacking all of the decorations. So the decorations start going up at the beginning of December, but not all. The tree doesn't get done until this week, and the Nativity scenes went up last week. Traditional foods get made as needed, depending on who is visiting and who is travelling.We also have a birthday on Dec 26th, so we need to front load Christmas a bit so we can switch gears on St. Stephen's, otherwise it gets to be a bit too much.
Love the yarn, fabulous colour :)I finally finished my Christmas crafting last night (although I wish I had time to make just one more gift!)… considering I started months ago and didn't have much to make, I don't know why everything piled up towards the last minute!
Great colour yarn. And salted caramel apple butter sounds delectable! Merry Christmas to you and your family x
The yarn you are using looks so soft and warm, what a wonderful present.
I would love to hear more about why you wait until Christmas eve 😉 <3 Lots of love coming your way <3
I agree with momto5. That yarn looks yummy!We put our tree up after my oldest daughters birthday. It's at the beginning of December. That way her birthday feels, and is separate from Christmas. You have a beautiful blog. Stopping over from Ginny's Yarn Along. Have a Merry Christmas!
oooh. that yarn looks yummy. when my mom was growing up the tree was put up christmas eve also, although we always had the tree up at least a week before christmas. lol
Since wool gives me rashes, I have begun a new appreciation for blends 🙂 I think the earwarmers will be a hit- my daughter tried to steal mine the other day!
Love the color!