Knitted Woven Star Ornament - Blogmas Day 14

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Today I am sharing another knitted ornament for blogmas. I found this woven stars ornament pattern on Ravelry by Frankie Brown. It was quick and easy to knit up last night. Mine turned out looking a bit more like a flower and it looks nice with the yarn. I will work on making the ends more pointy, but I am happy with how it turned out. It makes a nice ornament on the tree. I think I will try out different color combinations and using Christmas colors these would be so pretty on the tree in a bunch of different color combinations like red and white, or green and red. It also looks nice on Ravelry pattern page with the two tones of the same color.

Thank you for visiting my blog today for blogmas day 14. I hope you liked this ornament and give it a try. See you again tomorrow for blogmas day 15! 

Have a great day!

Knitted Tiny Sweater Ornament- Blogmas Day 7

 Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Last night I knitted up a tiny sweater ornament. I used the pattern tiny Sweaters by Malia Mae Joseph from Ravelry. Knitted with yarn DK Joy Yarn in green and used 3.25 mm US 3 needles. I used yarn I had left from other ornament knitting from . It was a fun knit to make up in one night.

Thank you for visiting my blog today for blogmas day 7, and hope you give this one a try. I think I will be knitting more of these they are so fun to make. See you again tomorrow for blogmas day 8!

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Blogmas Day 12- Knitted Christmas Wreath Ornament

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Today for Blogmas day 12, I am sharing a knitted Christmas wreath ornament that I tried out. It is knitted using i-cords that you knit up and braid together. I used green yarn I have previously purchased to use for the fair isle ornaments, it is Loops & Threads DK yarn and I used 3.25 mm US 3 double pointed needles.. The pattern is called Christmas Wreath Ornament and it is from Penny Carrington on Ravelry. It was a fun pattern and easy to knit up. I made this one below last night while catching up on Vlogmas videos on YouTube. I like the result of how i-cords look. They look amazing braided to make this wreath. 

With lights on the Christmas tree

Without lights 

Pattern notes:

Pattern:  Christmas Wreath Ornament by Penny Carrington. Pattern found on Ravelry.

Needles: 3.25 mm US 3 double pointed needles (you just need two)

Yarn: Loops & Threads Joy DK

Notes: The pattern is simply knitting three i-cords for the wreath and then one i-cord for the bow. I love this pattern because I can knit a bunch of these easily and quickly for Christmas gifts.

I hope that you liked today's Blogmas post! I loved knitting up this little wreath to hang on the tree. I will be knitting up a bunch more of these this season. What ornaments do you like to knit? See you tomorrow for another festive post!

Have a great day and stay safe!

Christmas Eve & Finished Merry Fair Isle Ornament- Blogmas Day 24

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Today I worked from home until around 2 pm. I was so excited to get started on celebrations for Christmas Eve once we got the okay to sign out. I started wrapping gifts after I was done. First, I would like to share the finished ornament I knitted over the holidays. I used the Merry Fair Isle Ornament pattern from Yarnspirations Design Studio. It was a fun and challenging pattern and there are three other designs that I would like to knit. I used size US 3,3.25 mm double pointed needles to knit and used Joy DK yarn by Loops & Treads in the colorways of white and red.

 My parents gave me a few more pieces for my village. I got some cars as you can see below the red vehicle and the taxi cab are new. I also got the lamp post in the center of the town.

 I was also given the train seen below. This train used to go all the way around my parent's village.

 My parents also gave me this reindeer that we used to have at home. I really love this reindeer so they gave me one. It is now holding some Rudolph stuffed animals beside my couch in the living room.

Reindeer passed down to me from my parents

Me around 5 years old with the reindeer

After I was done work I got to wrapping many gifts for Liam and my family. It was a long task but always enjoyable when I have the Christmas music on.

All wrapped and ready to go

 I was gifted this cute yarn ball and needles from Liam's Dad and Step mom. I really love it. They also got me some other knitting related items like small scissors, a pin for my knitting bag, and stitch markers. They always get me nice pins and knitting related gifts I really appreciate it.

 After I was done wrapping, I made some sugar cookies. I went for the recipe that said "easy sugar cookies". The recipe was pretty simple and so I made them and they were pretty crumbly. Eventually I added more butter and then they became easier to roll into balls and then I make cookie shapes. I had bought some whipped frosting and some green food coloring and mixed it up in a Ziploc and cut a hole at the bottom to make the trees. They taste pretty good!

My plan for the rest of the evening is to watch the classic movie It's a Wonderful Life as I do every Christmas Eve. I will eat some cookies and drink some wine. I am so excited for tomorrow and I hope that you have a wonderful day too. I hope you are finding some peace before the busy Christmas events tomorrow.

Merry Christmas!

Knitted Mitten Ornament and Reading On

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. Today I was working some school assignments and doing some chores around the apartment. I also exercised for the first time in awhile which has not been a priority for me lately, but needs to be. I also spent time knitting this mitten ornament tonight and I will knit another one to go with it soon. I found the pattern on Ravelry called Mitten Ornament by the Red Heart Design Team. 

The pattern was easy to follow and it was a quick and fun knit while I was listening to Christmas music. I think this will be such a cute ornament to hang on the tree once we put it up in December. I think it would be cute to have just the one mitten if you would like to just knit one as well. It could also be fun to knit these up and add them onto gifts with the gift tags. 

Reading has been slow and steady lately. I am still reading Not Working by Lisa Owens and loving it. I recommend this book because it captures so well the thoughts and feelings associated with not working and how you feel around others and your partner. I am really liking the author's style of writing and the snippets of observations that she includes. My favorites are when the protagonist Claire is on the "tube"/subway and observes people and situations happening. I feel like Owens really captures the reality when you are trying to figure yourself out and the job situation all the while also trying to figure out how you fit into society. Looking forward to reading on and seeing how things progress for Claire in her journey to find a meaningful career.

Photo source Goodreads

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