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Temporal rifts

I don’t know where the time has gone this week – suddenly it’s nearly over and there’s still so much to do – maybe I slipped into a temporal rift in the space time continuum (see, I just can’t shake that star trek thing) or maybe it’s justย  Christmas. Amy has had a busy week – becoming a Brownie, doing her school play (she remembered her lines well despite being horribly nervous, poor kid!) and the general atmosphere has upped in tempo – by the time we reach non-uniform/Christmas lunch/fun day next Tuesday my good humour may well be flagging! I’ve still managed to resist putting the tree up as it’s a magnet for Toby who seems compelled to climb to the top! The plan is to put it up on Saturday – a balance between pleasing Amy and having to be on constant alert for Toby starting his ascent – I always hang little bells around the bottom so that I have some audible warning of an imminent assault on the north face!

On a knitting note I have a box full of heads, legs bodies etc all ready for sewing up over Christmas. I’m enjoying working with some gorgeous new colours in 100% alpaca and baby cashmerino and am having fun with bears and monkeys as well as bunnies. Have completed my first panda – yet to be clothed but you can have a peek here.Have a great weekend all and if you’re venturing out to the shops, good luck!

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Christmas girls

Just a quickie to let you know that the Christmas girls and cakes are finished and will be in the shop sometime later this afternoon. Thanks for all the inquiries. UPDATE: They are now in the shop. SECOND UPDATE: Sorry, Holly and Noelle have both been sold.

The one in the green dress (Holly) has two tiny holly leaves and 3 french knot holly berries on her dress. Noelle (in the red dress) has 4 snow-covered trees with silver seed bead decorations – because of the beads she may not be suitable for small children.