A new blog post because I have had enough of looking at photos of snow, it just makes me cold.
I have a new bear on ebay, Cassandra is wearing the knitted jersey I finished recently with a very pretty dress.

The snow arrived on Saturday just before 6PM and in just four hours we had about 5 inches of snow fall. It looks so beautiful and the silence is amazing.

These two photos are taken from the front window, the view across the street with the road somewhere under there.

The glass house looks more like an igloo.

The snow looks wonderful until you have to go out in it. On Sunday morning it took us about 25 minutes to clear the snow from the driveway so that I could go to work.

I have been meaning to do a new blog update for awhile but have been busy and the time has just slipped past.
When I finished Finlay's knitted hat a few weeks ago I realized that it had been on my needles for about four months, I have just not been knitting.

I love knitting but it does get put on one side alot, it takes about eight hours to knit a little jersey, almost as long as it takes to make a bear. I also noticed that almost none of my bears in the last year have had a jersey.

I got some lovely colours of thread out and started a jersey. This is where you can see the blog post in progress, I was going to show you the start of a jersey and now I can show you a finished jersey and the start of the second one and as I type this I have actually started number three.

A little girl bear dressed in the pink jersey is almost ready for her debut. I have a bear on ebay whose auction is almost finished. This is Peaches, made using a very pretty apricot coloured fur.

I have also become totally addicted to Pinterest, you can follow the link on my sidebar, so many lovely images and just not enough time.

I hope everyone is having a good week. Winter has arrived here and I am really feeling the cold, we are lucky here, no snow just bad frost in the morning, a daytime temperature of 0 degrees C and a nighttime drop to -3 or -5 degrees.

This is what is on my work table today and I have just realised that four of the bears are still blind.
Hope everyone is having a good week, it has got so cold here that I am sitting wrapped in a blanket as I sew.

Sunrise from a few days ago, it was the most magnificent start to the day.

And then yesterday morning we woke up to frost and the temperature has really dropped, the leaves look so amazing, like iced decorations. The cats weren't very happy about walking on the frosted grass, so their time outside has been almost none existent.
I have had a very good weekend with lots of stitching finished.

Juliette (above) and Finley have both been on ebay recently and are on the way to their new homes.

I have two other bears waiting to be dressed and a new pattern is almost done, finally I feel as if I am getting some work finished.
I have developed another addiction though, I have joined Pinterest and become totally hooked, so many incredible things to see and share. Hope everyone had a good weekend, more work to show you later in the week.

My rather late start to the new year and wishing everyone the best and happiest year to come.
Welcome to my new followers and thank you to everyone for the wonderful comments, I do read them but have not been feeling up to replying and visiting all my favourite blogs.
I should have some photos to share with you soon, lots of little bears and other stitching has been done, now they just need to be finished and photographed.

Gabriel the Snow Santa with Stella Polaris the littlest polar bear are on ebay at the moment.
Each year I make a special one-of-a-kind Santa set and this is the special pair for 2011.

Today is Winter Solstice and there seems to be magic in the air, a sense of lightness and joy that the long nights are ending. Wishing everyone a wonderful Solstice celebration.