Getting that Festive Feeling!

Only a week left until the Big Day itself! It has been a completely mad week at school, with Christmas performances, carol singing, a church service and class parties! I made myself stay late after school on Friday to take down all the decorations and cards. I hate having to do it on the first day back! My knitting group were busy all Friday morning finishing off the decorations on their little trees. I am so pleased with how they turned out. They felt very proud of themselves.

Fourteen of them managed to complete the project. They found it harder than I'd thought they would when it came to remembering to knit 2 together to make the triangle shape. But with a little gentle persuasion, they all managed to take on a tree-like shape!

Now I need to think of a new project for the spring term. This term they have also knit squares which I have to sew together to make blankies for the local cat sanctuary. That's on my 'to do' list for the holidays.
Mr JK and I were busy in the kitchen today, making a double batch of crumpets for the Christmas holidays. They are really delicious toasted with some of our homemade raspberry jam. We use the Hairy Bikers recipe - it's dead easy to do. Once you've tasted homemade crumpets, you won't want to buy them again!

I have managed a little bit of Christmas gift knitting this weekend. I bought yarn last year to knit my friend Marijke a scarf, and never got round to it in time! This year I've managed to knit a cabled keyhole scarf from Knitspot. I made a few of these as presents last year. The pattern is dead easy and knits up so quickly. I hope she will like it!

I'm impatiently waiting for this month's club yarn to arrive. The pattern was released yesterday, and it's a really lovely keyhole scarf and mits set using the most yummy mink and cashmere yarn from Great Northern Yarns. I hope the yarn gets here tomorrow, or I might just have a big tantrum! Just in case it doesn't show up, I've got another of Anne Hanson's patterns lined up - Wussypillows! I have wanted to knit myself a beret for absolutely ages! I even have the yarn for it - Sea Pearl that I received in a swap from Kim earlier in the year. There's just one problem ..........

........ the skein is hideously tangled up! It wouldn't wind on my ball winder whichever end I started from, so I decided to try and reskein it. Let's just say that the air was blue and I decided to leave it a while. I shall have another try later. I don't understand how a skein that at first glance looked ok could possibly end up in such a mess! If you don't hear from me in the next couple of days, assume that I have become entangled with the yarn!! See you! xx