January, a time of planning and sorting

I'm working up my Christmas '05 list. (Sick, I know, but a necessity for someone with a full-time job, a half-time class load, and a dozen people to procure holiday gifts for.)

I know what I'm making for MIL, SIL, and my nephew. I have a few fuzzy ideas for everyone else, but nothing definite. I've got an idea for my mom's gift that will either go over tremendously or flop completely. I think it'll be worth the risk, though!

Gave my SIL her birthday scarf, yesterday. She absolutely loved it. (Yay!) I made a ruffled-edge scarf from the Little Box of Scarves from Filaro 12-ply mohair in Imperial (a dark blue-purple) and Southwest Trading Company Bamboo in Purplexed (a variegated purple & fuschia). The effect of holding them together was very subtle and pretty. Topped off with a flower pin, and voila! A gift!

Today, I'm trying to get my sewing room a little more organized ... all the rearranging over the holidays left my room looking like a cyclone had hit it.

Pictures, soon, I promise.