Talking of pressies - here's a pic of C's poncho that I made her. At last - no more nagging!
The pattern is here. Noone tell her I have another skein of the purple and pink left. Please! I even finished the last king on the Jean Greenhowe nativity I have bneen knitting for the last three years. So here, in all its splendour (though lacking the baby Jesus as it wasn't Xmas day when I took the pic) it is. 
Gift knitting was briefly interrupted when DH and C contrived to lose her cat mask that she needed for her dance display. DH though he might have thrown it away - DD swore it was in her room somewhere. FOrtunately Sarah Bradberry's pattern for cat ears came to the rescue - and the mask was found at school three days after the performance. AAARRRGGGHHH!
Finally, too late for this Christmas but still worth knowing about, there are now some children's knitted books! Featuring the planet Intarrsia (yes, really) details are at this website. Somehow I think I might be spending again soon!
