Happy New Year!
I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas this year and are looking forward to the New Year 2013! How fast time flies anymore!I worked on some customer quilts on the longarm machine in December so I have not had a lot of time for any personal sewing. I did get some progress made on my Thanksgiving embroidery quilt. Not as much as I had hoped but it is coming along.
I also finished crocheting my new granddaughter's afghan for Christmas. She loved it. She clutched it in her tiny fingers and her eyes got so big! I loved it! Only 4 months old and knows the love of handmade things.
My daughter, Becca, wanted it to have a tight, close stitch so I alternated rows of half double crochet with rows of single crochet. It was toasty warm. I used Caron Simply Soft yarn in the color of Watermelon.
Two new kitties have found their way into my home and heart. I got 2 Manx three month old kittens 26 Dec. They are brother and sister. I was only going to take the female, but I just could not split them up. They are precious and ornery and fun. The female is grey with no tail as is typical of Manx. This is a pix of her discovering the bathtub.
Isn't she just a sweetie? Zilmer is the male and he sports a regular tail but has more of the markings of what I think of a Manx to have.
He is very loving and cuddly and was the first one to start purring once they got used to me and a new home to explore. Lulubelle has since become very friendly and loving too but she is a bit more cautious in everything the two of them dream up to do.
It is starting to rain and freeze now. I think I will probably be sliding to work tomorrow on freezing streets. This weather was certainly unexpected! I have New Year's day off and hope to work some more on my Embroidery and maybe take a stab at cleaning house. I want to work on my Diamond in the Rough top and see if I can finish putting sashing on and start putting it together. Pix later on that project. Take care!