This Is Why Knitting for Christmas begins Dec. 26th.

Ahhh!  Again, I feel like I have so much to knit!  As Christmas is getting closer, my queue on ravelry grows to epic proportions.  So much to knit!  I suppose it doesn't help that my cousin moved up her wedding, so instead of throwing them $100, I decided to knit them an afghan.  When the afghan was taking too long, I switched to a Christmas Tree Skirt.  The tree skirt is coming along (only a few more pattern repeats until I get to the border rows), but geez.  I was wondering why there weren't that many knitted tree skirts on etsy and now I know why.  These bitches take forever. I could have used bigger needles, actually, I started on bigger needles, but it just didn't look right.

After the tree skirt is done, I was planning on making matching stockings.  I am thinking they may have to wait for them.  The kiddo and I are going up to MA next week, so I know I'll have a little extra time to do some knitting while I'm there, but I still have so much to do before Christmas!

After the wedding presents are done, it's on to finish Christmas knitting.  MIL requested a shawl.  I'm torn between doing another Summer Flies or Dinner in the Eiffel Tower.  I was kind of leaning towards Summer Flies because I'm familiar with the pattern from when I made it for my Mom.

After MIL's present is done, I need to work on a hat for Nonny, mittens for SIL, koozies for the family Yankee Swap (complete with beer, of course), another something for the Yankee Swap, more koozies for Heidi and Jimmy, soap sweaters galore (at least one for Mom and one for Dad), possibly boot toppers for Nicole, and I still haven't even started the Belle Ruffle Mitts I promised to make for Andrea in July!

After Christmas is done, then one of my cousins is having a baby AND I will need to get crackin' again on the Burridge Lake Afghan to give to Adam and Sara for their nuptials in May.  I've gotten a few requests for knitted items for other people as well.  Heather's Mom wants a shawlette/scarf, someone else wants a water bottle cozy.  I am pretty sure this was the reason why I stopped knitting last time (well, that and the constant puking that came along with pregnancy).  But I see no reason to stop. LOL.

A little off-topic:  Last night was the season premiere of the Walking Dead.  SPOILER ALERT!



As the group was walking into the cell block, I couldn't stop thinking about all the awesome things I could knit for an unhomely place like a prison.  Cozies for the stairs, so they wouldn't make the "clinking" sound when someone walked up them.  Cozies for the bars, because if you're going to live in a cage, it may as well be cute and comfy.  Not to mention that everyone probably needs a blanket.  I shared this thought with my husband by saying, "I think I have a problem, I can't stop thinking about all the awesome things I could knit for that place" and he replied, "but you would have no yarn".  This is when I told him about the plan to loot the local yarn stores in the area after the zombies first attacked.  I have some pretty sturdy US size 17's that could lobotomize the undead fairly easy.  I then told him that if we couldn't get to a yarn store, we would need a spinning wheel and a sheep.  Not that I have any clue how to spin yarn, but by golly, I would make it work.  I admit that I have a bit of a problem.