Merry Christmas and New Finishes

I have been busy getting ready for the holidays. There has been quite a bit going
on at work, I am on the early shift for now 4;30 A.M. to 12;30. By the time I get home, I am ready for a nap. I go to bed by  9 o;clock. ( Sometimes earleir)
I have been managing to get at least an hour stitching time in.

I have finished  the second 12 Days of Christmas,  I see I am going to have to stitch on these in the New Year. I am tinking at least one a month and then I will have them for next  Christmas. I just have too many other things I want to stitch.

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I have been knitting scarfs for gifts. Every yaer we have secret santa at work and I always do a scarf.
This is one I finished tonight.I don't have my camera so I scanned a sample.
They are really simple. It takes me about 2 hours to knit one up. I still want to do a couple more before  Christmas. I like the colors of this one. These new yarns are so much fun.
I saw some beautiful yarn at Dollar Tree. I picked up what colors they had for a dollar a skein. Same yarn is five dollars at Micheals. I got some pretty orange, yelloe and lavender mixed.I can't wait to see how it turns out.
I got it for Monica's scarf and the I got to thinking, she has red hair so might have to choose another color.

I am finally going to have some time for myself today (and tomorrow). It has been a busy week at work and such crazy hours, i am exhausted when I get home.





I can't wait to get home and do some stitching and some finishing on a few ornaments. When I do get home it is dark and even though I have my Ott Light and magnifer, my eyes refuse to focus.




I found this Santa that I stitched a while back It is from one of the JSC Ornament Issues. I put it in a gold frame and will stand it on the fireplace mantle.




I finished another biscornu. It is for Dee, my partner in a swap. I thought the house design was cute. I stitched it on 18 count Aida, which I normally don't use. It was a freebie from Batty Bat. I used Crescent Colors Manor Red and added some beads. It turned out to be smaller than usual because of the smaller count, but very cute.

Now for an update on my 12 Days of Christmas.

I haven't made much progress, but I still have hopes of finishing. I spent quite a bit of time searching for DMC 924 so I could stitch the few stitches on the partridge. For some reason this is one color that I never can find in my floss. I finally found a card with a few yards on it.
No matter how I try I can't seem to keep my floss organized . I have tried several different organizers but, give up on the time it takes. I would rather spend my time stitching. lol.
Most of the time I just go buy new floss. Probably why I have 999 million skeins
I am going to finish this one up today and my goal is to stitch the 2 Turtle Doves today. By the way I don't think this one has 924 in it. I am going to think of ways to finish these up into ornaments while I am stitching. Any Suggestions?

Back To Work and Prairie Schooler

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving,

It was a beautiful day here in sunny South Carolina.
My neice had to work so we had a late dinner.

I really enjoyed staying home and watching the Thanksgiving Day parade.
I only have 3 more hours and I have to be at work. It has been fun staying home and being lazy, sigh.

A lot can change in 10 days , it seems like the rules change every day on the job. New things going on and different way to do things. I will have some catching up to do, I am sure.

I have always wanted to stitch the 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments.
I have started several sets from different designers but some are so detailed that I just felt it wasn't worth the effort. I have found  The TwelveDays of Christmas by The Prairie Schooler.

When stitched individually, they are 40 x 40 stitches.  There are no half stitches or backstitching. Not too many color changes. I think I may be able to get them done in time for Christmas.