And the stockings were hung...

I finished Jack's stocking this week, his is the striped one.Pattern: Rustic Lodge from the book Knit Christmas Stockings!

Yarn: bits of green, red, and brown tweeds, honestly the ball bands are long gone and I don't remember what brands they are except for the green, it is Kathmandu Aran Tweed

Needles: US #10.5 dpns

Notes: As you can see I did not have enough of the green and red that I used to make the first two so I added in some brown and made it a stipey stocking which I tought very appropriate for a little boy's stocking. I'm very happy with how it turned out!

And this is a Christmas gift that I whipped up at the last second. Unfortunately, this is the second take....the first one I made was completely destroyed by the cats.

Pattern: Knitted Mini Christmas Stockings (Rav link)

Yarn: Knit Picks Palatte in Sky and Fog

Needles: US #2 dpns

Notes: I found it very odd to knit a sock flat and then seam it but it wasn't fiddly at all!

Merry Christmas!!!

Butternut socks

These have been finished for weeks! I had a hard time getting good pictures but you get the idea.

Pattern: plain stockingette

Yarn: Yarn Pirate Booty Club Merino/Tensel in Butternut colorway

Needles: US#1

Notes: This yarn was so loosely plied that it made it splitty and hard to work with. I am happy with the finished result but don't think I would use it again. I have worn them many times already and they are warm and cozy just as handmade socks should be.

Jack Update: Jack is doing soooo much better now that he has his stitches out and we can go back to feeding him with a bottle! He is so much happier now and so am I!

UPDATE

The surgery went very well and the Dr said he is very pleased with how Jack's lip was put together. He is doing well now but it was awful seeing him come out of the anesthesia and the morphine. The hardest part is that we have to feed him through a syringe for two weeks so that he doesn't stress the incision. He seems to be handling it a bit better now. Poor thing is on hydocodone (vicodin) now which is actually good because it helps him sleep. We were only in the hospital one night but I can tell he is getting a lot more rest now that we're home. Thank you all sooooo much for your prayers, good wishes and support!!! I felt so much more uplifted after reading your comments. The good news is that the hardest part is behind us and I think things will start to dramatically improve over the next two weeks.

Surgery

Hi all, sorry I haven't been around too much recently. I actually do have an FO to share.

Tomorrow (Monday) Jack is having surgery to repair his cleft lip and palate. In my head I know it will all be fine and that he won't remember it but my heart is dreading seeing him go under the knife and be in pain. My friend says that when you have kids it's like your heart is now outside your body. They expect him to heal pretty fast from it though. I'm sure the surgery will be harder for us (the parents) than it will be for Jack. I'm just ready for it to be over now. He has been so sweet lately! Smiling a LOT! and cooing and just being as cute as he can be. I'll try to post in a few days to let you all know how it went.