Holly King woolies

Lallypants pattern from woolywumpkins (find it on Ravelry ;) ) with my Holly King aran wool.

Yule

I wish people would stop talking about Father Christmas and how my child must be good or he won't get a visit/gifts from FC? A seemingly innocuous comment has now led K to ask if he has been good all the day as he doesn't want to be bad as people say FC won't come :( It makes me so pissed off, he's 4 has not been subjected to FC/Santa as we don't do it he is a bit bewildered by the whole thing. WE get gifts for the children not some stranger who has been watching all the children all the year.
We do some gifts at Yule and some on the 25th, it spreads them out a bit as too many new things all at the same time overwhelms them and I don't think they appreciate each gift, anyway he had 3 things at Yule and after opening them asked where the rest of his presents were?! Where on earth did that come from?! I've now spent the last couple of days trying to get him to understand that while pressies are nice it should really be about giving something nice to someone you love. I wish I'd done the gratitude tree now! It got shelved as I just didn't have time I wonder if it's too late to start one?

A walk on the beach with new lens filter in place :) I love this picture.


Yule ritual altar.

Sunset

walk on the beach at sunset. Bliss.

First mince pies and penultimate full moon of 2009

The next and last full moon of this calender year will be new years eve I think

I was waiting for the clouds to align themselves nicely and took this... looks like the pole is on fire :)

First home made mince pies, yummy, Hettie Potters mincemeat recipe and Nigellas mince pie pastry.

Full Moon

Just beautiful.

The most gorgeous owl

ever!
Edan would love this, he is obsessed with owls (and the moon) at the moment
Fantastic competition as well.
http://gardenmama.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/imagine-childhood---two-part-giveaway.html#comment-6a01156f7e3eba970c0120a6f1d9ba970b

Mini Mei Tais

Gathering stuff to take to the local NCT sale on Saturday I remembered a pattern I'd drawn up for MT's for little ones, armed with new Ikea fabric I've whipped a few up :) The top one is a trial run and my updated pattern is different.
This top one is up for grabs if anyone would like it, the shoulder straps aren't at the right angle and it is a trial run so not perfect but it still works as a child's MT. Leave me a comment or PM me on one of the forums I frequent! If lots of people are interested I'll draw a name at random.
The others are for sale at £5 each.
These are not weight bearing and have been made for use only with dolls/teddies/similar.