Yopping Update #26 - All the advent knits plus ??

Well, let's get to the last three knits of Advent:

December 22

December 23

December 24 - tree topper

And here they all are before going onto the Christmas Tree. 

I knit this christmas mouse in Croatia last winter

The black and white owl and the blue sweater also Croatia knits

In this stocking is my daughter's first christmas ornament

Everything on our cedar Christmas tree was a knit by me.  The tree, tiny as it was, came from our backyard. 

We went to my niece's on the 23rd and I knit this little penguin for my great-nephew:

Then my son requested an English Robin:

and so I made him this:

Christmas was quiet and lovely - cornish game hens just for the two of us:

I have been working since Friday on my Sandhill County shawl.  I am almost ready to knit on the border.  It may well be finished by next Sunday. 

My dear friend invited us on Boxing Day to the full Turkey dinner with ALL the trimmings, and I went to the Christmas Eve 10pm Carol Communion service at church.  There have been a few swims, and when this post is done I will head to the pool before supper. 

Guess who turned 1 on Friday?

So we come to the end of a year and a decade in a few days.  I am ready for what 2020 will bring.  Are you dear Readers? 

Yopping Update #25 - Three more to go

The Advent knitting continues:

December 15

December 16 - Star

December 17 - Four Leaf Clover

December 18 - Cable Sweater

December 19 - Acorn

December 20 - Little Hedgehog

December 21- Pointsettia (full disclosure -I knit this the night before)

Also the 21st - I couldn't help myself - I had to start this little french mouse with a beret!

I finished the test knit socks:

And added two sections of Contrasting Colour to my Sand Hill County Shawl:

In the fourth week of Advent shine
Our open hearts both yours and mine,
We can now fill our hearts with love
And shining light from heaven above.
Now we are on the earth
Waiting for the Christ Child's birth.

We attended a lovely Christmas celebration at Cascadia, a day-school for adults with disabilities.  They presented the Christmas story, we sang carols and then got to walk an Advent spiral that they had set up outside.  It was a moving, spiritual and glorious evening.  Just what my soul needed. 

After you walk the spiral and light your apple candle in the middle you place it somewhere on the spiral as you walk out.  By the end of the evening the spiral is filled with glowing lights.  So beautiful.

I was reminded last week that I didn't include the obviously expected grand-daughter photo.  Here she is adjusting her Momma's guitar.

Can't believe she is almost one!

I realized last night that I don't have a little sheep knit planned for my Advent knits.  What?   I know, right?  So last night I cast on the body.  Today I will finish the head and legs so stay tuned for her unveiling next week. 

Wishing you all, dear readers, a happy Christmas or whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year.  The solstice is behind us - the days will be getting longer, and that can only be a good thing.