Well that was fun

Christmas in Oregon was fun, the best part was seeing my second cousin Lily (that's my cousin's daughter) -- she's the smartest and cutest and funniest 14 month old child in the history of the world. I like the sweater she's wearing here, even though it's not handknit:



I also saw her younger brother Gordon but he was only 4 days old, he didn't have much of a chance to show off his charm or brain power.

I haven't done a whole lot of knitting in the last week so there's not much to report. I did receive some great knitting related gifts for Christmas:

1) Regia self-striping sock yarn, 3 skeins! Enough here for kneesocks:




2) Brown Sheep Naturespun sport weight, 8 skeins! I'm thinking hats and gloves.



Ravel (Dad's cat) prefers the color "Bit of Blue"




3) Santa left a funny bumpersticker in my stocking:



I also received 2 pencils that have "In case of emergency use as knitting needle" printed on them.

4) Zonta blocking wires in their handy PVC pipe storage tube:




So yeah, I feel very spoiled right now.

Mom loved her shawl so much it made her cry. *sniffle*