Seasons Greetings

It's been a long time since I blogged. It normally slows down in the office in the month of December but it hasn't this year until the last couple of days. We were shipping out last minute orders at 4 o'clock yesterday which is really unusual. Today is our last day for the year. We're leaving at noon to have our Christmas lunch. We're going to the same restaurant that we went to last year, Remezzo. You can see the menu here http://www.remezzo.ca/home.html The food is good, it's close to the office and there is parking. The restaurant just called to confirm that we are still coming. We're having a terrible snow storm today, expecting 15 cm. We won't be back in the office until January 5. I'm looking forward to the break.

I went to the Vinyl Cafe Christmas Concert last Sunday with my friend Susan. It was wonderful as usual. This year it was at Massey Hall. It has always been at Convocation Hall in the past. We took the subway down and wandered through the Eatons Centre before dinner. The Swarovski Crystal Tree was on display. It was really beautiful.

I'm working on a hat and scarf out of Arequipa for work. They have a heart motif that I found in one of Barbara Walker's books. I've been using the chart but have written it out for knitters that aren't familiar with charts. I have the hat knit, it needs to be finished. I've started the scarf and am randomly placing the motif on the scarf. I'm alternating between using the chart and the written instructions to make sure they are accurate. We'll publish the pattern for Spring 09.

I'm making myself a shrug out of our Superfine Alpaca. It is really beautiful to knit with. I'm using the dark charcoal gray colour. I'll have some left over so I think I'll make a neckwarmer and a pair of fingerless gloves. It tends to be freezing in the office during the winter so I wear fingerless gloves quite a lot. Every time the warehouse door opens a blast of freezing air comes in. I sit closest to the door so I get the brunt of it. Thank goodness I have lots of warm sweaters!

It's almost time to go. I hope everyone that reads this has a wonderful and safe holiday season!

Happy Knitting and Happy New Year!

Susan