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Vacation knitting

An important part of planing for a trip is deciding just what projects I will bring. Usually its more than enough sock yarn and I happily knit sock after sock. They're small, brightly colored and patterns can be as simple or complicated as desired. I've knit so many I get the basic pattern set up and then pop in a textured pattern to go with the yarn color or activity I'll be doing while knitting. This trip, in an effort not to stress out over Christmas,  I decided to work on the Bunco Gals Christmas ornaments. I've knit ornaments for several years, sweaters , hats and mittens , Christmas stockings , and the Gals seem look forward to see just what miniature piece of clothing I will knit next. Last year, in my eyes, was a bit of a bust. I tried several different items but wasn't satisfied with any so finally settled on cloth Scandinavian Stars. The night of  Christmas Bunco the Gals were trying to guess just what was inside their gift. One Gal said, "Is it