Merry Christmas

For everyone far and near, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!

May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, the obedience of Joseph , the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the determination of the magi, and the peace of the Christ child.

And if there is sorrow in your life and you can't endure all the holiday razzle dazzle, I give you a snuggle from Teddy.

And I wish you Happy Tuesday and Happy Wednesday instead.

Acer...not such an ace.

I knit Acer quickly.

But quickly done doesn't necessarily mean happy.

 

In my opinion, it's too big.  Wearable but big.  Sleeves are too wide.  Body too big around.  Maybe too long.

Going in I knew the neckline tended to be big and open and I used 2 sizes smaller needles and did a cable cast-on.  That seemed to help tighten things up a bit.

The sleeves would have been several inches to long if I had followed the pattern.  The sleeve directions might have worked for smaller diameter sleeves but not on these honking huge ones.

I'll always love Peace Fleece yarn but this batch had more knots than I've ever seen before.  And an exceptional amount of vegetable material too.  I was a little surprised.  I do love the color though and actually the pictures are pretty accurate in that respect.

The buttons are LaMode and were purchased in a rush while DH waited in the car.  I love the buttons.  I think they look good with the color.  Just about the only thing I do like about this sweater.

I'll wear it.  It even fits over a sweatshirt so if I'm freezing it'll be the sweater I reach for.  I'm just afraid I won't do that reaching very often.

Yup. It's nippy.

That's the temperature now.

It was colder this morning.

And so, of course, I decided it was time to shovel the snow from the storm a couple days ago. 

Boots, hat, mittens, warm coat.  Oh yeah, maybe I should grab my cell phone.

Thank goodness I did.  I couldn't get back in the house.  All the doors are locked and the digital one apparently doesn't like the cold either.  It wouldn't unlock.

I was stuck outside.

The closest neighbor had just driven away.  DH and 1st and 3rd DSs were at a meeting in another town 20+ miles away.

So I called 1st DDIL and she came and rescued me.  Thank goodness I brought my phone outside or I would have been walking a few blocks against the wind.

Next time I'll bring my keys out with me and not trust the door with the digital locking system!