Sunday, November 4th

Throughout the month of November and into December, Cindy and I will be knitting Christmas shop displays for some of the Ravelry links we post. We have been amazed and thrilled with some of the holiday patterns we have found on Ravelry and think you will be happy with them too!

Forgetting to use the swift and ball winder before leaving iPurl yesterday, I have been hand-rolling 3 different colors of Cascade Sierra. (It can be relaxing if there's not a lot of yardage) A creamy white, garnet and cherry red, they are pretty and very Christmasy! The pattern will be one of the links we will post - it is not today's link

Speaking of the Ravelry links, today's link is a knitted Reindeer Cup Cosy! A free pattern that is a really cute one too! It calls for DK weight yarn which would be Cascade Ultra Pima cotton making it washable also.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/reindeer-cup-cosy

This is a cute gift idea for a co-worker or friend! Think of a large mug (pattern is sized for a large mug - maybe a Starbucks mug) with this cosy on it, filled with colorful Christmas shreds topped with a Starbucks gift card, or another store gift card, or chocolate candy, candy canes or an iPurl gift certificate!

Now is the time to be knitting little red baby hats for St Lukes Hospital! We saved red baby yarn to add to the charity knitting basket so it could be used now. It is free along with the pattern!

Joe grilled some of the HEB poblano chicken sausage links and fresh corn on the cob. I fixed a cilantro and lime rice mix and navy beans. He also fixed some pumpkin cookie bars that were wonderful! We watched the Texans win their game today.

We hope you are enjoying your Sunday afternoon!

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