YOP Week #27

I goofed last week and said it  was Week #25 when it was really Week #26.....sorry if I confused anyone.

I had such good intentions this week and thought I had plenty of time but from Thanksgiving on the time seems to run away with me and before I know it it is the New Year and, once again, I am not prepared.  I did not update Ravelry or my YOP plans for the remainder of the year.  I'm thinking next week as this coming week should be getting back to normal.  I also received a piano keyboard for my birthday so I will be spending time this coming year learning to play!  I will be taking online lessons and so far Playground Sessions sounds very promising but if anyone has any other suggestions please let me know.

Meanwhile I did have some starts in the cross stitch arena and I worked on my socks and I am hoping to do the toes this week and wrap that project up.....

I did finish all the ornaments but no final finish...yet......

I also put their initials and the year on each one......
   

My New Year start was very small and I had to order some floss as the required floss is just not available...........

I had to start in the bottom left corner because of the lack of floss............

This is my Winter stitch...Stu  the Snowman by Teresa Kogut................

If you want to see the difference between regular floss and hand-dyed...the brown, black, and white are all solid DMC colors.....the sand (yellow color in the outline of his body) is hand-dyed floss and you can see the variation in color...it gives you the effect of shading, I think........

I forgot to open my "stocking" that my daughter sent me.........but what a wonderful surprise when I did....(that "stocking"will be a future project bag me thinks).....

Here's what was inside......

Some Penzey's spices, some washi tape, a jar of orange zest that my SIL grated for me and a bag of precious milkweed seeds that my daughter collected!  Am I lucky or what? 

The Iowa Hawkeyes lost to Kentucky yesterday at the Citrus Bowl in the last few minutes of the game!  So sad.  The Chicago Bears play today at noon so I'll be listening to that on the radio.  I hope you all had a safe and happy new year and that it continues throughout the entire year!

Oh, by the way, last night when I went to bed it was 55 F...today it is 22 F..........brrrrrrrrrr!

Happy Trails!!!