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I seem to have strange ancestral yearnings to do things at certain times of the year. I always have to be making something for someone at Christmas no matter how crazy the very idea of that is with 5 kids finishing school at the end of November and a beach holiday thrown in there as well! Then as soon as all festivities are over I then get this strange desire to knit and get prepared for the winter. Nuts I know! One, this is Australia and in January it is 35 + degrees Celsius outside and two, it's really only cold for about a month or two in July/August! Nevertheless, there it is, something deep inside telling me to get things ready. (I blame it on my Anglo Saxon origins!)

So last Christmas I made 4 little fairy outfits for my daughter and three nieces from McCall's 3365 pattern with an old gold satin sheet and purple and coloured star tulle. They turned out great and were worn by the happy foursome on Christmas Day.

Straight after they were done and we had hardly unpacked from our visit to the Central Coast I launched into a beautiful knitting pattern for M from Paton's Adventure Knits which is about 15 years old. It was a great little tunic with lots of bobbles. Bobbles are one of those things that you either love or hate. I love them, so this was just what I was looking for in a warm woolly jumper for a trip to the USA for my 3 year old. I found the Basics 8 ply 100% Australian wool at Spotlight and it knitted up quickly and beautifully.