Knitted Second Merry Fair Isle Ornament and Reading On

Hello Friends,


I hope you are doing well. I finished knitting my second Merry Fair Isle ornament last night. They are really fun and quite quick to knit up. I have a lot of red and white yarn left and will be starting to knit a third ornament soon. The pattern I am using is from Patons on the Yarnspirations website. I orginally found these patterns on Ravelry. I love how there are 5 different charts of patterns for these ornaments, so you can knit up a collection of them for Christmas to hang up on your tree.

Notes about project:

Pattern: Patons Merry Fair Isle Knit Ornament
Yarn I used: Loops & Threads Joy DK

Needles I used: Takumi Double pointed needles size US 3, 3.25 mm.
Pattern notes: Ravelry

I finished reading Good Morning, Good Life by Amy Schmittauer Landino yesterday. I really enjoyed reading her book. I was gifted it from my sister for Christmas. My sister also has a morning routine and wakes up at 5 am to get things done. I learned a lot from the book and want to watch some of her YouTube videos to learn more about how she does calendar blocking. Now I will pick up Big Magic again by Elizabeth Gilbert. I started reading it last month and then decided to focus on the two I was already reading. My friend has said it is a good book so I am looking forward to reading it. I am still reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. I am still really enjoying this book and find it so interesting and want to keep reading on to see what happens next.


Joining along with Nicole for Crafting On, Kat for Unraveled Wednesday, and with Ginny for Yarn Along.

Thank you for visiting my blog. It has been a challenging time for all of us and I am hoping that soon we have more positive news. I feel like we are heading towards flattening the curve and hoping to kick this virus to the curb soon so we can continue on with our normal lives. With the weather getting nice and warm outside it is making me want to get back to normal life and enjoy the Summer like we always do. We can only hope at this point.

Have a great day!

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!