'Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be
there;
This
reference to Christmas stockings is from 1823 And was written by
Clement Clarke Moore in his poem The Night Before Christmas.
I
don’t know if it was a Christmas stocking or sack but my earliest memory was my
third Christmas and what ever was hanging on the back of one of the dining room
chairs for me had a doll sticking out, I was fortunate it was before the war
and I got a sleeping doll. Other memories are that there was always an orange
in the bottom of the sack (pillow case) Do you have special memories of
Christmases past ?
I had some Christmas fabric that said to me mini Christmas stockings, and I wanted a toy sticking out the top I tried some of the animals I had made for Caitlin and Ronan's tree and loved the way the elephant's trunk hung over the edge of the stocking, so toy elephants it was. The decorations on the stocking are very tiny jingle bells these are taken off Christmas earrings from the $2 shop.
Meet
latest love of my life thinks she should have all the attention……..meet
Kaytu 5 months old, one of three kittens
born to a stray cat under my house , the other two have since moved off and she
has moved in. Originally name Katy the second after my big grey cat that we had
for many years her name became K2 .. Kaytu. Like her namesake she loves being
on ones lap and has a loud purr. I am enjoying having a cat again. To get my
attention at the start, she was a little thief! First a skein of embroidery
thread, that did not surprise me and the thread was rescued as needed for my
Peppermint purple SAL , next I found a wooden embroidery frame outside on the
back porch, and then caught in the act
of trying to take small piece of linen
from the stash basket she came back and took a piece of green silk fabric.,
which was later rescued from the back
garden. Now she is happy to leave the stitching things to me and
curl up on my lap and purr while I stitch.
Another
joint project for Caitlin and I was making these felt Bunnies to share with the
other members of the play group she and
Ronan go to, as part of an
activity letting the littlies feel different textures. ‘
Next up will be deciding what to make for the three littlies for Easter. I will keep you posted, off now to get some stitching time.
