Projects

I have been busy lately. Busy keeping the house, mothering, and getting over a cold (plus getting the kiddos over their colds). I've also been knitting hand warmers/mitts for the three of us, to keep us from freezing our knuckles when we venture out to the park on there chilly fall afternoons.

Keeping me super busy on top of all of this is the quickly oncoming holiday season! I have so many projects going on that I haven't had time to blog about yet. Don't worry - I'm documenting them on film and in photos!

My projects include:

- Knitted Mitts for Joseph, Abbey, and myself: Abbey and Joseph's are completed (and adorable). I am halfway through making mine. I used a free pattern download from Marianne Cant available on Ravelry. The original pattern is for infant "Sucky Thumb Mitts" but I adapted the pattern to fit Abbey's hands, and mine too.

Here's pictures of the kids' finished mitts in action!

- Secondly, I'm working on a pair of mitts for myself. I can tell that they are not going to be as long as I'd like, but they'll work to keep my knuckles warm while I'm working on a different pattern for mitts for myself :) I'm planning on knitting Susie's Reading Mitts (also available for FREE on Ravelry) . . . my first venture into the realm of lace.

- After all that crazy mitt-knitting is over, I need to get back to my diaper sewing, and finish up a cloth napkin project that I started months (count them! months. . . ) ago. But I also have a knitting project (this one's pretty easy) slash sewing project making a gift for my niece and nephew in Houston. 

- And there are more photo projects on Shutterfly that I'm in the middle of, too.

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I'm hoping to be finished knitting, sewing, crafting, buying, designing, and ordering (oh, and wrapping and mailing) all of my gift-giving and card-sending nonsense by the time Hubs returns from patrol. I'll give myself an extra-special pat on the back if I finish a week before we're expecting the boat back. 

Hopefully small bouts of goal setting will keep me from getting too stressy.

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What kind of projects are you tackling right now?

Care to share your inspiration for your projects this holiday season?