Holidays are Over

I'm just starting to get things back to normal after the holidays.

Yesterday was our guild's stitch day. It was so fun having some sustained time to sit and stitch with folks and get caught up on everyone's holiday activities. We shared ideas and pattern suggestions.

 Laura showed Marilyn and me the embroidery project she found in a magazine from the public library:

It's called 'Winter Wonderland' and depicts 'a stroll around Strasbourg market'. What could be more  perfect as a memento of our trip! 

It's from Issue 58 of 'Love Embroidery' magazine. Now that I'm doing more surface embroidery, I will have to start looking at back issues of the magazine.

I would do the wood parts of the booth and historic building in a dark brown. Lots of bling could be added to the tree, too. I definitely would print the template (given at the back of the issue) onto Sticky Fabri-Solvy and just stitch through it and the fabric. Those candy canes are SO cute! I could also add a mug of steaming Gluhwein, too!

Thanks for the heads up Laura!

Speaking of mementos of our trip. After I returned from the Alpine Christmas Market tour, an ad appeared on Facebook that caught my attention from Happary.com. They specialize in personalized ornaments, frames, fridge magnets, etc. The trip souvenir one permitted up to 11 destinations. I ordered one for each of us with our primary destinations and it arrived on Friday.

I did more stitching on Miss Hazel:

After our stitching, Poppy and I headed up to Myrtle Station Wool to get her the yarn for the Icelandic sweater she wants to knit herself for our trip this spring. It was a very successful trip.

This morning I ordered the frame for my 'Live on Little' from Custom Frames Canada. 

I just need to add my initials and the date.

I selected the same wood as I used for my 'Winter Rose Manor'. A mahogany frame which should make the carnations 'pop'.

It should arrive in a couple of weeks.

I knit some more on the Flannel Scarf but hit another snag on the 4th band. Somehow the colours got reversed so I tinked back [tinking is when you un-knit stitch by stitch rather than ripping it out by frogging (rip it, rip it). 'Tink' is the word 'knit' backwards]. So it's good to this point. Will need to do more thinking before I continue.

Of course, the main problem is that I'm watching a detective series on Netflix, "Missing You" so the knitting doesn't have my full attention.

Friday was a busy day. Barb, Alda, Judy, and I visited Sharon in Port Perry. Afterwards, Barb and I went for lunch. Then I had a my dental appointment to fix my tooth that was lacerating my tongue. Orthodontic wax really saved me (and my tongue) since returning from my holiday. I can chew on both sides of my mouth again.

Afterwards, I visited a friend who lives near the dental office to get caught up on our respective Christmas activities. Meal time approached so we went out for a bite for supper. My mouth was still a bit frozen so I ate sparingly and gingerly so as not to crunch a big chunk out of my cheek. I came home and vegged out with my knitting and TV.

Yesterday, as I mentioned was stitching, so today I'm taking it easy.

Tomorrow the regular routine starts again with Monday morning stitching. Back to 'normal'.