Happy 2015!!!

Happy 2015!  Wishing peace and happiness to all. 

I have enjoyed my Hanukkah-Christmas-New Year holiday with the family this year. The kids trickled in over a period of several weeks, but we managed to get all 3 (and a girlfriend!) here with us for almost a week. My husband kept a roaring fire going most days, and we played games, ate more than was good for us, and were generally lazy.

There is one more FO to share. I sent it off to my sister-in-law earlier in December for her birthday. 

It's a Multnomah shawlette, which I have knit before. I really like the pattern, and this yarn was just perfect. The yarn is hand-dyed by Ellyn Cooper, and the yarn has silver spun into it! And my sister-in-law seemed to like it, which makes it a success no matter what. I did most of the knitting in September and October, before the tennis-elbow-induced break from knitting. Sadly, I'm back to limited knitting, and probably should be doing none at all. 

At the beginning of December, my arm was declared good, on it's way to normal, and done with physical therapy. I then very cleverly managed to volunteer to work backstage at my dance studio's production of The Nutcracker, forgetting how physical that work could be. I tried valiantly to not strain my forearms, but by the end of the show I was in pain again from tennis elbow. Apparently no good deed goes unpunished.  Between the backstage work, and the cleaning and cooking for all the kids, I've made backwards progress in my recovery, and have gone back to my stretches and icing my arms (both of them this time) and avoidance of certain housework tasks in an effort to not end up back at the physical therapist's office. Once all the kids leave, it should be easier to rest my arms until the pain goes away again. Sadly, that also means no knitting. Watching a movie or tv show with tea and knitting is one of my favorite lazy winter vacation activities. And the fifth season of Downton Abbey starts this Sunday. Guess I'll watch it with my tea and ice packs. Sigh.

I'm going to make this a short post so I can put it up before the new year is old already. Wishing you and yours a wonderful new year full of fun and creativity.

Shelley in CT