Life LackaDaisiCal

My Advent Challenge - knit a tree a day and add a little #HandKnitChristmas to our celebrations!  We were just at a "9 Lessons and Carols" service, and I loved being able to join in singing the Carols! Look at that cute striped tree! I need to make more of those! add lights for a little bit of sparkle! I think our dining room is going to be particularly festive this year!  Special thanks to my Sister who made our table decoration! My Blog friend Claire at KnitandPurlGarden has completed her Rowan Nordic Garland.....go visit her blog and say hi! Not everything in life is pretty and sparkly, but I love to add a little bit of knitting and colour to my life and share it with you!  Lackie and Daisy join me in wishing you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! During "the Holiday" I will be starting something new...just because I want to!  You can never have too many WIPs! Thank you for visiting  Life LackaDaisiCal!...

Even for homebodies like us!  We have been out to dinner, to a concert, got together with family, dinner with friends in the Big TO (again) and it is only December 15! While all this was going on....there was a lot of stuff going on here at LifeLDC! This is (was) our laundry room....it's on the main floor (in the LifeLDC Bungalow) and hubby loves the washer/dryer being on these raised pedestals.... me, not so much.  I liked to use the top of the appliances to groom the dogs. This may not sound like a big thing, but with two Westies, easy grooming is essential. For over a year now, I have been sending them to be groomed...never entirely happy with the results....yes they look cute....but we have had a few issues and I'd rather groom them myself. who would have thought that renovating one small room.... Would spread to almost every corner of our small house! (yes, that is a toilet at the end of the hall!) Of course, having no laundry facilities at home ...

I have knit 6 trees for my Martin Storey Rowan Nordic Garland so far.  (I cheated and started on November 30 so that my finished garland ta da post would be on Christmas Day!) Not only did I start knitting a day early, I had my first Advent chocolate a day early too! I used Treacle for the trunk, and Pine (158) and Gilt (160) for the tree! The "official" start on December 1 was this adorable little tree done in Mineral (181) These are quick and easy little garter stitch trees! December 2 - not sure what I was thinking this morning!  The trunk is offset (like so many Christmas Trees that you buy) but I decided that it had to be finished and gave it a little wonky top too! This one is done in Maritime (167) and Mineral (181) December 3 - The pattern shows that the small garter stitch tree is alternated between each of the other patterns..... so you will be seeing a lot of them! This one is kit in Jaffa (188) which was a new shade added to the Felted Tweed D...