The drive was good, but long, and I am happy to show you the yarns for this year's Christmas Knitting (luckily, my family doesn't read blogs.... at least, the ones who don't receive annual Christmas gifts). They all pretty-much know they're getting socks, except for one sister who requested the Gloves with Button cuffs, by Sirdar Spinning Ltd. Becca (my advent angel) is getting the Shire Aran by Glenna C. (The dark green yarn)
Also, my sister Mary has a birthday the day before Epiphany (for the layman, that's about 12 days after Christmas.... yes, there are 12.) She requested Anna gloves from Frozen and I am DETERMINED to make the best Frozen-themed pair out there. I looked. None of the patterns seem to give detail to the inside of the mitten (the palm). But there IS something there. (my obsessive need to get things just right when it concerns animated knitwear knows NO BOUNDS). Really, it's probably just a series of white dots on blue. I plan to use duplicate stitch on the mittens, and this pattern.
Have a great week!
Julia