As the end of the year approaches, I am thinking about gifts for my kids' teachers. I'm also thinking I should have started these sooner. So quick knits are perfect for the times when you need 8 gifts to be finished knitting in only a couple of days.

My Etsy shop Open Skies Yarn will be having some new skeins going up this week. The shop will be on vacation for a bit starting Dec. 17th when my kids get off for winter break.

The Ravelry group has a Sparkle KAL going till the end of the year http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

Book this week is Silent Night: the Remarkable Christmas Truce of 1914 by Stanley Weintraub