opening presents...






Playing with presents...





Christmas Lunch...


Christmas evening... walking about the city~










After Christmas...
American Museum of Natural History~ was there on Monday... it was beyond packed~ craziness~ still... I like looking at the diarama's... and all the stuff~ stuffed birds... although there are no pickled babies... its still worth a visit every few years~

The Cookie Jar, Staten Island, NY... Yummy Cookies!!


Knitting stuff...
Blue Sky Alpaca Swap- Round 2 amazing package from Tricia- SFCorgi~






FO:

Pattern: Pomatomusby Cookie A.
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock
Colorway: Indiecita
Needles: Knit Picks Harmony DPN's- Size 2
Notes: no changes to pattern. malabrigo is so soft~~ really nice to work with~
WIP's


Pattern: Winter Cottage Mittens by Dee Bamford
Yarn: Posh Yarn- Lucia Sock
Color: Pansy and Cream
Needles: Knit Picks Harmony DPN's Size: 2.75mm and 3.0mm
Notes: Long Tail Tubular Cast on... moved up to 3.0mm size needles to cast on + 2 rows... then worked remainder of mitten with 2.75mm needles~
My 1st color work- learning to knit with right hand as I'm knitting these mittens= wonky stitches~