Happy New Year (and almost a new sweater)

Happy New Year, dear friends! In these last hours of 2014, we are scrambling to get some things finished and resolved, and welcoming in 2015 with a sigh of relief. We are making progress getting closer to some big goals, and I hope 2015 brings you closer to your goals too.

That Arlo sweater from last week is almost done. All the pieces are knitted and blocked, now I just need to set in the sleeves and weave in all the yarn ends. Here's to a new year full of happiness, laughter, peace, and knitting. Lots and lots of knitting.

And so this is Christmas

Merry Christmas, dear friends. It's 5:30 am on Christmas Day and I find myself up with a horrid bout of insomnia in a quiet house, so here we are. My last post was in late November, yikes! It has admittedly been a spotty year for blogging (I guess this is where I vow to be better next year). My last post was right before things got a little crazy on this end. I've definitely been dyeing yarn and knitting like crazy, but at the same time, we've been consumed with family troubles, health issues, and a bad car accident which could have been much, much worse. Finding the words to blog during the last 5 weeks has been difficult to say the least.

Now on Christmas morning, I have a little time to reflect. A lot has happened this year, both good and bad. There are big changes on the horizon, really scary and exciting changes. Bad things did happen, but none irreparable, and the best Christmas gift I've received this year was the resolution of many of these things in the last few days. With 6 days left in 2014, I find myself incredibly thankful and blessed.

Thank you for all your wonderful support in 2014, and I can't wait to see where 2015 takes us!

This is a knitting blog after all, so here's my current holiday knitting. This is a toddler's Arlo sweater by Brooklyn Tweed, knit in Tara Tweed. I'm generally a big advocate for seamless knitting, but I was not immune to this sweater's charms. There's a young man with a birthday in a couple of months, and I just love a toddler in cabled sweaters.

Wishing all of you health, happiness, and the happiest of holidays!