Tempus Fugit - It's Two Weeks Until Christmas Day! (Panic is Setting In)

I spent my lunch time yesterday with a ball winder and eight skeins of yarn, refashioning them into a wound cake for the machine knitter. I have eyes on a sweater or two I'd like to dive into making next year, and wanted to have the materials ready to put on as soon as I was finished with holiday gifts. I'm excited to be moving on to larger and more complex projects. Sweaters are a love of mine, both pullovers and cardigans. 

The first sweater I want to make for myself is this one - 
the Amber Pullover. I have a beautiful golden-yellow 
yarn for it, a shade I dearly love. It's a fairly easy 
pattern, and will be my first time to attach shoulders and 
sleeves. It should be a good intro to a larger project. 

I also watched an instructional video of how to make fingerless gloves for Chickie's holiday gift. A couple of weeks back she mentioned that she used to have a set and wanted to find them to help keep her hands warm at the shop. I know Chickie - the chances of her actually being able to put her hands on those old gloves is slim-to-none, and I know I can make her a set that will work well for her. If they work up easily, I might even make her two sets - one in acrylic and one in wool. 

I think fingerless mittens are a wonderful 
idea. I might make myself a set after I'm 
finished with the ones I want to make for 
Chickie. 

I need to motivate and get Sharon's gift wrapped and sent off to her. It's sitting next to me,  but sitting next to me isn't getting it any closer to the Post Office. I'll have to brave the craft room closet and pull out a roll of wrapping paper from storage - not that difficult, but it's cold in that room - LOL. The things I do for dear friends *le sigh* - LOL. 

Time is running out to get my packages for 
the holidays into the mail. And I still have 
one holiday card to mail (although I could 
deliver it in person since it goes next door). 
Still, tempus fugit and I have to get moving! 

Can you believe it's two weeks until Christmas Day? It seems unreal - time that was creeping along in the summer is now rushing by at warp speed. I rather doubt the clock has actually sped up, but it does seem like it. I have nothing to give DH this year and no ideas at all either. This is really a Christmas that both of us are just working on rewind back to last year. Bummer. But, maybe I can think of something today. In any case, I hope you have a wonderful day - be kind, stay safe and please wear your mask. I'll be back tomorrow.