Two weeks and counting

My presents are wrapped.  With the exception of some baking next Saturday, I am done with my Christmas preparations.  I haven't been ready this early for Christmas in years.  I have to say, it feels pretty good.  I even had time to do some sewing.  I made myself another pair of pillowcases:

They have a Christmas feel to them but not so much that I can't use them the rest of the year, too.  I'm tweaking the pattern as I go.  The piping I'm reducing to an inch and a half as opposed to the 2" piping you see above.  The smaller accent looks better.  I use Kona Muslin for the body of the case but I'm having a hard time finding it.  Joann no longer carries it and it's a little too expensive to buy it online and without a coupon.  I'm thinking buying a single flat sheet and then cutting it into the right size for the pillowcases would work better.   Now I just have to find a good source for flat sheets.

I also finally finished my house socks.  Cormo/silk handspun knitted on size 3 needles.  These will be nice and warm for the winter and my cold floors.  (Crap!  I just realized I didn't cast on for a new pair of socks.  I take the socks to work with me and knit during breaks and lunch.  The sock doesn't grow very quickly but it does grow.)

Does anyone know where I can find yellow Miso paste?  I don't know if Whole Foods was out or they just don't carry it but I'm craving Miso soup and I need yellow Miso for that.  Kroger doesn't carry it nor does Trader Joe's, as far as I can tell.  Mmm, Miso soup!  Oh, geez,I almost forgot, there's an Asian market just down the road.  They should carry it.  I hope.

Comments

[gayle]

Oi, I've barely started. Baking is on the to-do list for today. Was contemplating going shopping later, but it's hard to make myself stir out of the house into the cold...

[elizabeth]

I think I've seen yellow miso at Whole Foods, and my sister swears by Target for flat sheets! Happy Christmas!!!