Things that made me smile last week…...

…… finishing a patch work play mat for my niece's new baby. I made one for her sister when she was born which has been very well loved - see here

…… waking up to see the first snow of winter on the hills - it was such a lovely clear cold day - this is my favourite view from our house.

…… more snow later in the week - I ventured out with the dog in the late afternoon. One of my first dog walks since being ill - I'm now feeling so much better.

…… trying out a new pattern. My first attempt at fingerless gloves - with a thumb. The pattern sounded so complicated that I thought I needed to make one up using some odd yarn …...

…. before making another with some beautiful soft alpaca yarn.  Once I got going the pattern wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, it seems to make more sense once you actually start knitting!  ….I just need to make the other one now and get some little buttons to stitch to the cuffs.

…… making leek and potato soup for lunch with home made bread - yum!

….. using my lino cut to stamp out more Christmas cards - I need to add some green olive branches yet.

The girls will soon be home for the holidays so we need to tidy the house and get the Christmas decorations up - the celebrations will soon be upon us!