Cheating

I've been cheating on my Christmas knitting. And I don't fell bad about it at all. I probably should. But I have run out of yarn for one thing (I plan on getting that skein of yarn this evening). And I have until New Year's to finish the other thing. And starting next week, I am on vacation so I'll have plenty of time to sit and knit. And there isn't even much left of it, just 5 more repeats then a toe.

But really if you had a pattern for this snowman, wouldn't you want to make an entire army of them. It is less than 2 inches tall. And it takes me a total of about 2 hours to make one. One hour for the body. Half an hour for the scarf and then maybe another half an hour for all the finishing. So worth it. I put a little loop on the top of its head so it would make an awesome ornament.

And apparently we are preparing to get a large snowstorm coming through here. It is probably a good idea I started these. And yes, I know what they were inspired by. And I don't care, they are cute. I decided it was silly that as a knitter I had a pair of fingerless gloves, but nothing that covered all of my hand. My fingertips have been getting very cold in the morning. As I am not yet brave enough to make these, I went for mittens in a chunky yarn. I have the first one done and plan to have the second done before I have to venture out into the snow tomorrow.

And because you can never have too much adorable dog. Here is mine at her most pathetic. Falling asleep in Zach's arms. Awwww... melty puppy.