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My son Jonathan and 3 kids came to visit the day after Christmas. Jonathan's birthday was the 27th so we had birthday cake. They have gone back to N. C. and now I suppose we must take down the Christmas decorations. I really enjoyed having the decorations this year. Everything looked so bright and cheerful. I have not had much time for my hobbies but i have managed just a little spinning and a few rows of knitting. I am working on the beaded smoke ring by Jackie E-S.

Merry Christmas

Riley with his new Christmas toy. He loves toys that squeak and closely guards them. He almost always has at least one with him.

It is cold and raining today, looks like winter for sure. But you never know, it may be 80 degrees tomorrow. The floors have little muddy footprints all over since I did not clean Riley's feet when he came back in. Time to get out the mop.

We had Christmas dinner with mother at Riverwood and it was very nice. I can get used to not cooking.

John C, Campbell Folk School again

We spent a great week at the folk school again. These pictures are from the Friday afternoon showing of the work done by all the classes during the week. The bottom picture is of all four of the student's work from our class. Mine is on bottom left. It is the beginnings of a beaded lace scarf. There is a beaded snowflake motif at the bottom which does not show, the camera lights did not pick it up. The cutch colored wool is the beginning of a sock with a beaded cuff. The blue Christmas ball has a hand knit lace circle with beading added. The top picture is just my work so you can see it a little better. Jackie ES taught this class and she was a wonderful teacher. She is creative, patient, helpful and lots of fun. She sells her patterns wholesale so I ordered 8 of them when I got home and have already gotten them from Elann. They are beautiful patterns and very well written and it does not take forever to make something. The folk school itself was its usual delight with programs every night. This time it was Christmas music with a handbell choir on Friday night. They keep you so busy there that there is hardly time to breathe but so much fun. Our class was very compatible. Hi Alice, Jenny, and Rayn. I do enjoy being around people all week who have so much in common.

New doll

My new favorite Madame Alexander doll. She is Guardian Angel. She has gold stockings and high heel shoes.

Shawl finished

Icelandic Lace Shawl is finished. Now I am working on a pink silk scarf.

Addiction Additions

These are all Madame Alexander vintage dolls. I love "Pinkie" the most, probably because pink is my favorite color. In addition to ebay shopping for dolls I am still working on the edging on the Icelandic Lace Shawl and the stole I just started. I believe it is important to have lots of interests and keep active as we age so I am doing my part.

Saturday Sky

Early this morning there was so much fog that it looked like an English novel with all the descriptions of the fog over the moors. It was rather spooky looking and should have been this way for Halloween. Now the sun is shining and it is a beautiful day. Husband will watch football all day and night so I will knit. I am working on a scarf pattern that I found free from Jane Thornley. It uses lots of texture and sparkle and is great fun to knit. Just collect from stash those yarns that you like together and have at it. The pattern is on her blog and it is beautiful. The top picture is my black and white stash that I am using for this project. You can just see the beginning of the project.