It seems a long time ago now but I want to look back on this Christmas because was it was special for two reasons: our 3-year old granddaughter came to spend it with us for the first time and her Mummy and Daddy for the first time in four years and despite the odd cold, it was such fun. The Little Person is at the age where Christmas is beginning to be appreciated but is still new and magical and it reminds me of how precious this time of the year can be.......
It began with making The Cake. After not decorating one completely for a number of years because icing isn't universally appreciated (just lots of Marzipan) I found my decorations were a bit random in size (to say the least) but I wanted to use all the relevant ones to appeal to our Little Person, so I came up with an idea.....
.......which seemed to go down very well - in more way than one! ☺️ All very pleasing!
The Christmas trees were put up a bit belatedly since, although I had made a very timely start to Christmas preparations, I managed to get a stomach bug and had to work hard just at being well enough for Little Person's 3rd birthday a few days beforehand. I managed in the end and put the usual one in place ...
Considering that it was such a special Christmas, very few photos seem to have been taken by any of us. When putting together this Blog, I often look back on what I have been doing and realise that I have no photographic record as I/we all seem to have been to busy engaged in whatever was going on to remember to take any/many.
The turn of the year this time was full of social events - more than is usual - and that's why it was particularly disappointing that I managed to catch what might justifyably be called 'The National Virus' since so many people seem to have had it. I missed a neighbour's New Year's Eve party but managed to get to do a very short Felting workshop and a visit to stay with some friends in Cardiff whom we haven't really seen for around 18 months. I also made it to both of the celebrations for our friends' Ruby wedding anniversary, so all was not at all lost but I had to lie low in between each event in order to try and make the next one, so little else got accomplished.
The mini workshop on Felting I managed to get to was about making beads. I'd had a go on my own in the past but hadn't been very pleased with the outcome. This time, I found out more about it and discovered how some of the pretty variegated fleece I have doesn't do itself justice as a bead but that using a solid colour and adding some contrast after the bead had been formed produced a much more striking outcome. (the bead on the bottom left is the one I made with the variegated fleece.)
I have done lots of knitting over this period as the Little Person was given her first baby doll for Christmas and her first pram. I made some pram bedding - with help from Mummy including a pram blanket.....
This is it at the blocking stage...I lined it as well. I also made a shawl. Then "Baby" needed some clothes. A cardigan was requested so.....
Here it is but the colour is so far away from what it actually is! Baby also has a kind of foot-less babygro.......Am currently knitting what used to be known as a pram suit: hooded jacket and leggings but progress is a bit slow as the pattern has a mistake in it - something I didn't notice early enough, unfortunately.
Who knows what next Christmas will bring...but this one is one of those which will stay with me for a long while.
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