Christmas break - it's nearly over

How did I have 11 days off work, and still have not nearly enough time to do the things I love to do? (I know the answer to that. All my hobbies are time consuming and unbounded.)

It was a bit of a weird time. My break started on Friday afternoon, when Kris and I did a delivery run to Katie, who was out with COVID. Then Elise, who always host on Christmas day got COVID, and on the 25th it rained all day. So much rain.

Then we went to the boxing day test, which went for four glorious, knit filled days. I've only got one sleeve left on Katie's Boxy, so i got some serious knitting done - I've just got the one short sleeve to finish up, and then it is finished.

During this break I spun 200 grams of fiber, which I'm going to ply up with some other, yet unspun fibre and make Andrea Mowry's Traveller Shawl.

I overdyed some left over yarn, which will be the main colour for my Pressed Flowers cardigan. I am very happy with this dark green.

Then I did some polymer clay sculpting to celebrate the fact that Kris and Katie moved in together, and live 15 minutes away by bike or by tram. Can't ask for more than that.

And of course there was baking - but very little cooking, I'm not quite sure what we've been eating!

So, on this last day of my holiday, and the first day of the year, I'm grateful for the break, all the crafting I did have time for, the friends I spent time with, the good books I've read and the rest and relaxation of this time.

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