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14/09/2022

19/12/2021

Day 19 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Open by Christmas

Allison Sweeney (Days of Our Lives and The Biggest Loser) is a big city consultant who comes home for the holidays to find out her parents are moving. While helping them pack, she finds a Christmas card for her from a secret admirer that was 22 years old. She makes it a mission to try to find her admirer. Definitely worth a watch.

18/12/2021

Day 18 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Christmas Waltz

Party of Five alum and Hallmark movie actress extraordinaire, Lacey Chabert, plays a New York attorney whose Christmas dream wedding is called off💔. She finds solace with dancing💃🕺...and love with a gorgeous new partner.🥰

Thanks for the great recommendation !👏👏👏

16/12/2021

Day 16 & 17 Christmas Movie Marathon:

A Christmas Kiss
Another Christmas Kiss

Love 💖is sparked after being kissed💋 in an elevator by a stranger. The movies were made in 2011 and 2014 respectively.

Ironically, all of the leading characters went on to star in crime dramas🚔🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️...CSI, CSI: New York, CSI:Miami, Criminal Minds, and Bones, plus throw in a random Gossip Girl episode.

15/12/2021

Swatching serves many purposes...finding your gauge, do you like the fabric it makes, etc. But one thing I really like is you can take it apart and knit from it when you are in a pinch for more yarn.

I only had the cuff left to do and did not want to use use another full skein of yarn so...great use of my swatch!! Yay! Now I have to bind off and weave in ends to complete my sweater.

The Weekender by Andrea Mowry
Miraflores by Cascade Yarns

14/12/2021

Day 15 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Sense, Sensibility, & Snowmen

We can't have a Christmas🎄 without a Hallmark movie starring Erin Krakow from When Calls the Heart fame.

She also stars in a trilogy that starts with Finding Father Christmas. This came highly recommended👍 but unfortunately my streaming services do not have it😥. So definitely check it out!



&Snowmen

13/12/2021

DAY 14 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Dash & Lily

Ok, ok...this is not the typical cheesey holiday show🎄; however, I totally loved it and ended up binge watching all 8 episodes in one night (well, they were only about 27 minutes each).📺

Based off the book series Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, the show includes a cameo from the Jonas Brothers and a speaking part by Nick Jonas ( who is also an executive producer) as well as some of the episodes being directed by Fred Savage (remember the Wonder Years?).

Unfortunately, Netflix did not renew it for another season. Boo!!👎

On another note, I am almost off sleeve Island on my Weekender sweater. Yay!🎆



&Lily

12/12/2021

Day 13 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Christmas Catch

Another great friend recommendation for cheesey Christmas movies.

A Christmas loving cop falls for an alleged jewelry thief...who just happens to love Christmas too!

Any other recommendations?

11/12/2021

Day 12 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Christmas Calendar

Big City lawyer turns into a small town baker when her grandmother passed away. She receives a mystery advent calendar which sparks the entire town into betting on what single man sent it to the baker. Could it be the handyman, the banker or the new French pastry chef?

It reminds me that I need to start planning my holiday baking fast!

11/12/2021

Day 11 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Christmas Perfection

Christmas meets the movie Groundhog Day

09/12/2021

So...what do I work on during these Christmas Movie Marathons🎄? I have vowed to work on UFOs🛸 in between current projects. The main problem is figuring out why it was a UFO🛸 to begin with. Sometimes it was a KAL that I fell behind on, sometimes I just lost interest, but in this case, I finally figured out that I ran out of yarn🧶😱 And somehow in storage I bent my knitting needle...I think. I vaguely remember going on a roadtrip and shutting my needle in the trunk or a car door...could be this project?

So, stash diving commenced for both black and yellow green fi*****ng weight yarn. I got lucky and found something close. This pattern is Diopside by Heather Zoppetti and was included in a kit by The Fiber Seed...wait for it...back in 2017.🤭

So...I finished the knitting (the pattern is alot is fun and I always love working with Fiber Seed yarn) and will wait for another movie in which to weave in the ends and block it so I can seam it together to finish it. Yay!

09/12/2021

Day 10 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Mistletoe Mixup

A friend of mine described this movie as charming in the world of cheesey 🧀 holiday movies and I would have to agree. This movie was a family affair as it stars all three Lawrence brothers (Joey, of Blossom fame, Andrew, and Matthew, from Boy Meets World) as well as their mom, Donna Lawrence who ironically plays their grandmother in the movie. Joey Lawrence even gets his own real love match💗 from the movie as he is now engaged to one of the actresses.🥰

One a side note, do you know one of the differences between holly and mistletoe? Holly has red berries and mistletoe primarily has white berries. (The things you learn from fellow knitters when you get together!)🧶

08/12/2021

Day 8 & 9 Christmas Movie Marathon:

A Christmas Prince
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
A Christmas Prince: A Royal Baby

That's right, it's a trio of movies! Starring Rose McIver (any IZombie fans out there?!) These are the quintessential definition of great feel good, cheesey holiday movies. Love them! I have a friend who says these are a must on her list and she rewatches them every year.

08/12/2021

What a fantastic day we had yesterday on our first Field Trip to Deep Dyed Yarns in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Owner extraordinaire Stephanie showed us how to dye silk scarves.

As an added bonus we also got to visit Stephanie's mom's gift shop, Tickled Pink, which is also on the property (lots of Christmas presents purchased!).

What two fantastic ladies! We can't wait to come visit you again in 2022!

07/12/2021

Day 7 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Christmas Edition

Carly Hughes stars as a newspaper reporter whose newspaper was purchased by a big company (run by Marie Osmond! Can I say she is just as beautiful now as she was in her 70s TV show...and she sings the theme song) and overlooked for a promotion. She then finds a newspaper and love in Alaska.

06/12/2021

Day 7 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Dear Christmas

This was so cute! Melissa Joan Hart (aka Sabrina the Teenage Witch) is a podcaster who unexpectedly finds love when she goes home for the holidays. Jason Priestley (any 90210 fans out there?) is Mr. Christmas and a jack of all trades.

It is on Lifetime and Prime.

05/12/2021

Day 6 Christmas Movie Marathon:

The March Sisters Christmas

A modern day interpretation of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. When the March sisters find out their parents were selling their childhood home, they decide to fix it up in hopes their parents would change their minds. Streaming on Hulu.



MarchSistersChristmas

03/12/2021

Day 5 Christmas Movie Marathon:

Christmas Inheritance

A spoiled NYC party girl wants to take over her dad's gift company. But, before she can do that she has to prove to her dad that she has matured and able to run a company. As a bonus she find love in a small town.

Actress/Model Andie MacDowell has a small role in the movie too!

02/12/2021

Day 4 Christmas Movie Marathon:

A Cinderella Christmas

Thanks for all the movie recommendations! This was one of them and it was a great one! A modern day Cinderella 👠 with Mindy Cohn (do you remember Natalie from the Facts of Life?...or an I just dating myself?!🤣) as the "fairy godmother."

I found it on Hulu.

01/12/2021

Day 3 Christmas Movie Marathon:

The Knight Before Christmas

Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Whitehouse star in a tale of a medieval English knight who is magically transported to 21st Ohio to fulfill a chivalrous quest...Which is cheesy rom com speak for you fall in love with a girl who is disillusioned with love but win her heart anyway.

Definitely cute and there was talk of a sequel but that was put on hold in 2020. Maybe next year?

What movie would you recommend watching?




KnightForChristmas

30/11/2021

Day 2 Christmas Movie Marathon:

A Castle for Christmas

Starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes (from the Princess Bride and Robin Hood) with a cameo from Drew Barrymore.

A friend recommended this and I really enjoyed it. If you love all things Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, then this is the flick for you. The scenery was breathtaking and Brooke's ballgown...😍💗💗How could it get any better?

But, wait, it does...it has KNITTERS in it!! Woo hoo!

29/11/2021

'Tis the season for cheesy Christmas movies! I have vowed to watch one per day to help get into that festive spirit...and to snag an hour and a half of knitting/crochet time!

A Princess for Christmas

All you Outlander fans out there, check out this 2012 Sam Heughan film which also stars Roger Moore. James Bond and Jamie Frazier! I am swooning right now!

25/11/2021

Happy Thanksgiving!! Wishing everyone a very happy and restful holiday.🦃🥧

Make sure to take some time for yourself today and savor the moment.💗

24/11/2021

Took a quick break from Thanksgiving prep to knit a few rows on this hibernating project. I started this about 8 years ago...or more😉 I needed an example of a project that was worked flat at a knitting speech I gave recently and all my works in progress were in the round!

So this got dusted off and I am determined to finish it. I am using Casablanca by Cascade Yarns and Fountain Hill by Kraemer Yarns.

Do you dare to tell what is your oldest WIP? I am sure I have some older than 8 years old🤣

24/11/2021

'Tis the season for every day products to get a "knitwear" transformation for Christmas. How many have you spotted so far?

19/11/2021

Here's to show you that the inside of your garment can be considered as beautiful as the outside. So much so that designer Vince Camuto is selling this Fair Isle Crewneck sweater on Amazon featuring the inside as the outside of his garment!

29/10/2021

🇺🇸Veterans Day is coming November 11th.🇺🇸 I was surprised to find some great cards at the Dollar Tree last night. They even had ones for First Responders 👮‍♀️👨‍🚒.

Grabbing a few for the important veterans in my life😊

23/10/2021

**FREE** Pattern Alert! Just in time for the holidays, this appears to be a quicker to knit project. Using worsted weight yarn and US 7 needles, there is a bit of ribbing, stockinette stitch, and a few garter ridges thrown in. Super cute with or without the denim embellishments.

We all have an old pair of jeans that has a sentimental value and that we can’t part with. In this knitwear design I use some denim elements to give a second life to that pair.

20/10/2021

Subconsciously, my mind decided to pick a coordinating nail polish to the yarn I just dyed at our Leading Men Fiber Arts Field Trip this past weekend. Guess my mind is telling me to knit it next (though my unfinished projects are yelling "Finish me...don't put me off again!").

What should this lovely skein of sock yarn be? Any suggestions?