Yay, I've finished my Peerie Flooers and am looking forward to wearing them on my next wood walk with Toby, which will definitely bring me a smile – I do love them!
No doubt there will be quite a few wood walks (weather permitting) over the next couple of weeks because here we are again at the last day of term. Toby went into school this morning laden down with homemade peppermint bark for all of the teachers (this is so easy to make and is really good, so it's now my first choice for teachers gifts).
Tomorrow is the start of 17 days of full-on Toby watching. Keeping him safe and entertained with the changes in routine and the added differences that Christmas brings will be a challenge but hopefully there will be some good times sprinkled in there too. I'm hoping for a quiet and calm Christmas with good food, plenty of sleep and some peaceful walks in the woods (with warm and pretty hands!)
All that remains is for me to wish you and those you love a very merry Christmas and a happy New year wherever you are xxx
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So pleased you got them finished – they are beautiful! I know your hands will be full for the next few weeks, but what pretty hands they will be. Merry Christmas x
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What beautiful gloves. They will keep you all the warmer cos you put so much love into making them 🙂
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They’re so beautiful! I’m so inspired to make these now!!!
Good luck with the holidays, I hope all goes smoothly for you 🙂
S x
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and a very merry Christmas to you!
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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year fot you too! I hope all gets well with al the different things X-mas brings… I think you are a very goog mum… and … Oooooh, I love your mittens!
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Wow, those really are very pretty mittens. Next year I plan to learn colour work and continental style knitting (to see if that helps speed me up a little). Not sure these mittens look like the right place to start though, they look a little too complicated for a first colourwork project!
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Such beautiful mittens! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Hoping the days will bring a comfortable rhythm to them.
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Those Peerie Flowers look awesome. I want to make some for myself (ordered the yarn yesterday).
All the best to you and your family.
Erika
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what beautiful mittens, you are so clever Julie x
That peppermint bark looks delish, i may have to have a little making session of that myself :o) lucky teachers
Wishing you and your family peace, love and joy this Christmas time
love jooles x
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A very merry christmas and a peacefull new year ,look forward to hearing your news next year . Chris xx
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Hope you have a lovely Christmas, Julie. The mittens are super.
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I have really enjoyed a peek at your winter knitting, some gorgeous mittens and scarfs. I love those yellow hedgerow ones, so pretty. I am a big fan of Kate Davies too, have you been following the Wovember site? Check out the gallery for some photos that I entered into the competition for some yummy Shetland wool, they will make you laugh 🙂 We are on school holidays and I know just how you feel. My youngest is full on at the moment. The change from school to holidays and the excitement of christmas have sent him into meltdown and extreme highs and lows….hopefully he will settle after about a week or so?? We have been going to the swimming pool almost every day to burn off the excess energy. I am finding it harder and harder as he gets older to deal with the changes. Merry Christmas to you and yours and may the holidays be kind to you and the weather nice so you can go on lots of nice walks, hugs Jen xx
PS I have just made my self some of the TinyOwlKnits, Hopsalots and thought of you as I made them…they are so cute you must make a pair!
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Your mittens are little works of art, just beautiful!!:)
I hope your Christmas is everything you want it to be Julie.
Wishing you and yours peace and happiness for the festive season and for 2012.
Love and best wishes,
Vivienne x
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Oh Julie — they’re GORGEOUS! They’ll be perfect for your winter walks. I hope all goes well on the break. Have a VERY Merry Christmas!!!
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Gorgeous mittens and lucky teachers. Praying all your Christmas wishes come true with a miracle tossed in!
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to you too, and enjoy those gorgeous gloves!
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Lovely mittens!
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Your mittens are beautiful!! Wishing you peace and calm for Christmas!
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I love peppermint bark!
Those mittens are lovely. You’ve been using some of the prettiest colors lately. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family.
God bless you.
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Such a beautiful work!
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Your mitts are beautiful…as always your knitting is breathtaking!
Hope the holidays go well and that Toby handles all the variations to routine. ((hugs))
Merry Christmas
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You definitely will have the pretties hands; in the woods or anywhere else. The mittens are beautiful and the bark is great too. Merry Christmas!!!
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the mits are almost as lovely as you are. But not quite. And I think i have made myself quite clear about how doggedly I love the mitts. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Toby. I wish, I wish, I wish he could get just a glimmer of the magic and the beauty of the season and understand how much he is loved. Life was not designed to be fair. It was designed to challenge us and show us who we are. Please refer now to my first two sentences.
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Those turned out just gorgeous!! I’m not surprised. They look yummy warm too.
Good luck to you for the next few weeks as you and Toby spend time together. 🙂 I pray you have some breaks in there and some ‘Julie’ time!!!
A very Merry Christmas to you Julie and your sweet family. Lots of love and hugs!!!
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Those mitts are absolutely stunning!! great colours, and perfect for winter.
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Love the mittens and the detail is quite amazing – you are so very talented! My daughter finished for her first Christmas holidays from nursery today and we had made christmas fudge and ‘baby christmas cakes’ for her teachers. They were thrilled with them but I have to confess I felt so much pleasure from giving them. I took inspiration from your kind acts Julie, and I am so pleased I did. Hopefully the teachers will enjoy their treats this year.
Wishing you all a wonderful time this Christmas.
Best wishes, x.
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Lovely. We will attend to make our first peppermint barks this weekend! Hopefully, they will turn out as pretty as yours.
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I{ve started reading your blog a couple of month ago, i admire your knitting and the love you put into each task, and most of all to Toby!
Thanks to you, yesterday i joined RAVELRY, i{m still learning but i find knitting so calming and love the feeling of a finished piece, most of wich i give away for special friends.
Congratulations on your work, happy new year, greetings from Argentina.
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Hi Julie! Your mittens are just beautiful. You make such lovely things! Merry Christmas to you; I hope you have many happy days during the holidays.
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What beautiful mittens Julie, Columbine and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a safe and peaceful Christmas, thank you for another inspirational year of blogging.xxBrenda
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Thank you, Julie. Every blessing of the holy season to you and your family.
I envy you your beautiful hand warmers. Actually, I envy all your beautiful creations. It is hot and humid here in Melb and I have 3 rug projects on the go. One for me and two for expectant New Year grand-nieces/nephews.
Thankfully, Melbourne being the way it is, could have a cold snap any moment, just perfect for a couple of hours rugmaking.
We will all be ‘Toby-watching’ with you praying for a peaceful and stress-less break.
In my best French “Je te benis” (I bless you)
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I can knit your egg cosy but such lovely mitten patterns will elude me for ever!!
Thank you Julie for all you have shared with us this year – the highs & lows and your wonderfully talented work. I wish you a peaceful Christmas and health & joy in 2012.
Sue
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Beautiful. Wishing you the kind of wonderful winter weather that will make your woodland walks with Toby just perfect: bright sunshine but just chilly enough to need your pretty mittens, and with perhaps just a dusting of snow, because it is Christmas 😀
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Those are the most beutiful mittens I have ever seen! I hope Toby adapts ok to the changes in routine, it is hard enough at the time of year for most of us but it must be very hard for him and you, it all gets a bit too much doesn’t it 😦 Little lady is already having melt downs due to the excitement of it all. I hope you get some rest for Christmas, take care zoe x
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Julie, how do you manage to make such beautiful things in such short time!! Those mittens are incredible.
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Glorious gloves. Have a wonderful Christmas, Julie, and I hope the rest of the family keep you as safe and happy as you will keep them!
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Beautiful mittens to keep your hands warm. I will pray that you have the peaceful Christmas with your family that you so deserve.
Merry Christmas,
Barbara
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Julie, Merry Christmas. The best to you and your family. The mittens are gorgeous. I sure wish I could knit like that. I just haven’t learned how to carry colors neatly. You are truly a very talented person. Very nice article also.
Joan from Wisconsin
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Gorgeous mittens and YUMMY looking peppermint bark.. and a very
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((hugs)), Teresa 🙂
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The coloring on your gloves are just WONDERFUL! Enjoy your Christmas break and I hope you get a chance to relax yourself. I know it will be hard to find relaxation over the next 17 days … but enjoy all your precious moments with your son and family.
I just love to visit your website … everything on here is filled with love!
Happy Christmas … I hope Santa is good to you all!
Blessings,
Maxine (A Londoner living in cooled down Central Texas!)
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Not many websites make it to my FAVORITES BAR … but yours is … front and center to remind me to visit every day … just in case something wonderful gets posted!!!! xoxo Maxine
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Wishing you a very happy Christmas Julie and lots of lovely walks in the woods wearing those beautiful mittens. I hope Toby manages to have a calm and happy time too.
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Wow those mittens turned out beautifully! I hope you and all your family have a lovely peaceful Christmas. ‘See’ you in 2012!
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Hi. I saw your post about peppermint bark last year and the link to the snowflake pattern on the Attic 24 blog and resolved to learn to crotchet. And I have done so! And I have totally copied your teachers’ presents ideas this year! Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing your creativity. Wishing you all a very peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Bx
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Beautiful mittens. Wishing you and your family peaceful time over the holidays.
Merry christmas and happy new year.
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Beautiful mitts, Julie.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, too. I’ve just come down with another heavy cold and have so much to do! Typical.
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Your blog is so beautiful and inspiring to me. Through it I have been inspired to learn to knit and crochet. The yarn shops will be happy to know I have new inspiration…mittens and chunky scarves! Can’t wait to try your scarf design. I hope your Christmas is a very happy one. I keep your family in my prayers.
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Superb mittens. I’d be walking along looking at them! Beware trips and falls! Much love, peace and Joy this Christmas.
x
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Just found your blog & it’s really lovely. I so enjoyed seeing all the little bunnies, also your beautiful new mittens.
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Your blog reminds me of an advent calendar … each day I HAVE TO click on it … just in case something wonderful was posted! If you don’t post – it’s ok! I just know you are doing something with your family or creating something fantastic! :O)
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So very beautiful. Kate Davies is so talented.
Praying all goes smoothly at your house over the Christmas holiday and that many happy memories well be created. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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Julie, I just caught up with your page and loved your little army of animals! And the mittens are beautiful (why are they called peerie flooers?)as indeed are all the things you make.
A Merry Christmas to you and your dear ones and happy holidays – and a big hug for Toby . Take care.
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What beautiful mittens! you are so incredibly talented. Wishing you a happy and peaceful Christmas.
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Merry Christmas Julie. Wishing you all the best for 2012 too!
Lina xoxox
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I just wanted to send you Christmas greetings from this side of the pond! I hope you and your wonderful family have a wonderful Christmas. Your friend in Texas! :O)
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They are lovely. I hope you get your wish for the holidays.
Ours are always full of lots of noise, food, laughter, and music. Truly a blessing. Wishing you the same.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to you as well. Jane x
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Oh my gosh those are the most beautiful gloves….you should be so proud of yourself.
Debbie
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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that wonderful things happen for you and your family in 2012!
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I just found your blog. Thanks for sharing your creativity. Your blog made me smile.
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Hi Julie. I hope you managed to enjoy Christmas, and have had the chance to wear those totally wonderful mittens. I hope 2012 turns out to be a fabulous year for you. Take care 🙂 x
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I hope 2012 is kind to you.
xx
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Gorgeous mitts and a pure inspiration for me to finally try colorwork! Happy New Year 🙂
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Very nice and warm mittens! I love them!
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