While I know many of you, including myself, are preparing to either travel to family or welcome them to your home, what I love so much about the holidays is having time, once all the craziness of dinner is over, to just 
sit and knit – or crochet. Let all that tryptophan kick in, watch the guys snooze and the kids play – and just get in some quiet time.
OK – enough of the mundane. It’s time for some fun. I did a Google search for crocheted turkeys just for a holiday look but found something very silly – but a great visual. Imagine going to dinner wearing a turkey…. The stuff you find on the web! More of this kind of thing here. Have fun!
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Free is Good!
This is one of my favorite designs because it looks so challenging – but is SO simple to knit. Kristin Omdahl has done it again and created the ideal accessory in this Madrid collar. There’s no shaping, no decreases – just three needle size changes. That’s it! Knit in a modified (reversible) feather-and-fan stitch, one of my all-time favorites for an easy stitch that produces a stitch that looks difficult.
Try this F&F stitch to make a scarf in one of your other favorite colors of Country.
And just in time for your vacation on the Greek Isles – or just in preparation for when the weather warms again – crochet Susan Shildmyer’s long wrapped Lapa jacket in Spa’s Misty Taupe. The accent stitches on the sleeve make this design ideal for anyone who loves a long look and one with little emphasis on the horizontal – except for on a sleeve. The jacket is made using a double crochet throughout with the exception of the first row and the textured stitches on the sleeve.
