I want to show you some evidence in support of my excuse that my holiday gift-making  slowed down my blogging more than a bit…as I have not yet found a way to type and knit at the same time.

Exhibit A: McClymont Family in Hand-Knitted Scarves

Please note the joy and ecstasy evident on the radiant faces of Ben, Rachelle, Sam, Jeremy and Maggie on Christmas morning as they show off the gifts that Auntie Carrie made for them.   Could you want to have taken away that beautiful moment just because you selfishly wanted to read my lil ol’ blog?

And yes, S. Le, Connie’s scarf is becoming a reality — although I admit it’s taken a while as the yarn store that I frequent chose last week to take a holiday break.   If you’re curious as to how it’s going, I can give you a quick peek, although I assure you that the quick pic I just snapped with my cellphone will not do this glorious specialty yarn justice:

Champion Miss Fluffykins of Modadea (in progress)

Since the scarf is indeed a “winner”, I have had no choice as I work on it but to give it a suitably pretentious name (although like most owners of purebred champions, I expect Connie will simply call her “Miss Fluffy” as she proudly displays her prize with her latest stunning fashion ensemble).  In other interesting news, by amazing coincidence, the Modadea Company that made the yarn for this scarf happens to come from the same state as the prize-winning pictures that Connie sent — I’m happy that Miss Fluffy will be going “home” to South Carolina at last after languishing away in a New Jersey yarn store for so many months!

And lastly, I also took a bit of time as I recovered from being deathly ill to keep myself warm and do something useful with 5 or 6 years worth of leftover yarn by making this strangely colored psychedelic wonder, which (for those of you who know about these things) is in reality one gigantic 7 foot Granny Square:

One Freakin' Big (and toasty warm!) Granny Square

So there you have it — I wish I had some more exciting adventures to relate regarding my recent absence, but mostly I’ve spent it on my couch going “clickety-click” and turning balls of yarn into things that rock.

I’ve been thinking about all of you, will be visiting you all online soon, and will be posting more here and on My Cool Job in the days to come– as soon as I finish one more scarf — the one for CWG so that her Uncle Dom doesn’t come and get me!