Ho Ho Ho! Santa is done.

Last night I got Santa finished.  It was quite the project but he is now made.  Now he isn't perfect by any means but we like him.  For now I just put a small stuffed toy in his sack as I have a couple of knitted ornament characters in my Christmas stuff which I will put in the sack when I decorate.

As you can see he is quite big, about 18". I wasn't expecting him to be so big but am happy he is.

My goodness, it's taking a long time to get Santa knitted

 I started knitting Santa on August 26th and have worked on it most evenings and weekends.  I thought I was nearing the end but discovered I had one more quite large piece to knit which is his jacket.  Somehow I envisioned his body which is red would just have a belt and white trim added to it but the jacket piece is a whole separate piece starting at the white trim at the bottom and up to and including his black belt.  I had to find some more white wool (yarn) which was a close match to what I had already used.  Thankfully I had some and I am hoping and praying I have enough red left.

This has not been a simple task and I will not be rushing to make another one.  I am making this one for us (well me really as I am the one who really loves Christmas, my husband just goes along it as it makes me happy lol).  Usually I give away the things I make.  Someone will claim him once we're no longer around but for now he will reside with us.

Everything else is plodding on here.  We might finally get some cooler weather this coming mid week, I am ready for it.  We have to get out and cut up some fallen limbs.  And we will also rent a log splitter and see if we are capable of splitting the logs from the trees we felled last year.  We will need the wood.  We got the propane tank filled ready but it is always nice to light the wood burning stove.

Hoping all is good in your worlds.

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