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Santa Paws — We Already Brought it to Town

Hey, you knitters! Happy holidays! In case you were wondering, the answer is Yes! We have been knitting...mostly over at amber's freeform 365, but a bit of other knitting as well. (Anne, we haven't forgotten--just need to finish a thumb.)

Viking Knitting!
In November we learned how to do Viking Knitting, which made us feel as if we were back in Girl Scout Camp. Have you tried yet? You need craft or half-hard wire, a block of wood with holes of various sizeds drilled in it, and a dowel.

Here's some knitting on the dowel:

Off the dowel and drawn through a series of increasingly smaller holes in the previously mentioned wooden block:

Creating a v-shaped chained structure that does look a bit like a knitted tube:

Here's our silver bracelet, drawn through the smallest hole in the wooden drawplate, with an amethyst clasp:

And a copper one:

And a black skully one:

Cool, eh? and Loads-o-fun. We recommend highly as a diverting activity.

We also learned how to do bead crochet, but will save that for another time and merely note that we are pretty darn clever.

New Adventures
The doggies and I have happily relocated. One of us has a new job that's, oh, about 100 million times better than the last one, and one of us has a new-ish backbone...Cousin Bear had surgery but has recovered like a champ, and even walked around the block for the first time today! Three of us are rowdy as ever. Yep. The whole pack is back in town. And we wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, some figgy pudding, a satisfying soltice, and an all-around wonderful winter! Some knitted holly for you:

Cheers! and talk to you soon!