Year-end round-up

Just a December catch-up since I haven't been posting much:

Finally finished the dreaded stripey linen sweater! Decades-old yarn that was thrifted, decoloured, dyed, tangled, unravelled, knit, frogged, reknit:

Striped linen sweater done at last!

And of course xmas pyjamas (only got the kid's done, mine are still on the machine):

Pattern matching too ditsy to notice 

And currently working on a sweater I fell in love with about a year ago, and got the yarn for last spring:

Starting the Montmartre sweater 

Plus the usual xmas baking:

Pecan coffee cake 

Happy new year, let's hope it's a good one 

Xmas pyjama time!

My favourite old tradition! Matching pyjamas for xmas eve. If I'm being honest mine weren't finished till boxing day, but I've been living in them since! 

Matching the pattern on the kid's pyjamas turned out trickier than expected... it's almost as if the grey gingham background and black animal silhouettes were printed separately and the pattern repeats are different lengths! Yikes. I managed to find a "close enough" piece but it's not absolutely perfect. 

Much happier with my own pocket. 

This is a really nice quality flannelette too; last year's didn't have the same body, but this has some heft as well as fluff. If I'm smart, I'll head back to Len's Mill this week to see if they have boxing day deals, and get back to the tradition of getting these finished in July!

Holiday pyjama time again

Is anyone else feeling behind in their xmas shopping? I have two things ordered and on the way, and that's basically it. Today I bought fabric for pyjamas though! Getting more sedate as my kid gets more grown up. I was thinking piping and buttons in the taupey grey colour that runs through both fabrics, but maybe navy blue?