Christmas Wishes

Christmas is Closing In + a New Website for You

I'm in the throws of printing calendars from my PDF Downloads that are available for sale here on this blog. Just mentioning in case you are desperate for a present, can't get out and have a decent printer and some time to spend printing and doing a little hole punching.

In between ordering print-runs and ordering them, I started looking for a website I heard about when I was at Stitches East. It is Alexis' current project (as in Publisher and Photographer Alexis from Knitters' Mag). All I can say is I am totally blown away. Go on over and take a peak at Crechemania.com!

There are plenty of things to keep you busy on Christmas afternoon (and some for free!).

Great job Alexis! Merry, Merry to all of you!

More Knitting Inspiration, Beth Brown-Reinsel, and a Sneak Peak at things to come....

Last winter, there was a great giveaway over at the Webs blog featuring my book Color by Kristin and enough yarn for a project from the book. The lucky winner was Carol Ozimek who lives in Lake Tahoe. Carol chose the "Over the Top" Shawl which I blogged about here. Carol writes a lovely knitting blog called "And All That Yarn."I bet Carol's Over the Top Shawl is going to come in pretty handy this winter in Lake Tahoe. Thanks for the photo Carol! You did an amazing job on the shawl!


So now a sneak peak at something that won't be ready for awhile..... Friday I spent most of the day with Beth Brown-Reinsel. Do you know Beth? Well, if you don't, you need to get to know her and all the incredible traditional knitting techniques she teaches. Beth is the author of the classic knitting book KNITTING GANSEYS and a true knitting master at many traditional techniques. She travels throughout the USA and abroad teaching. And guess what, Beth lives only 25 minutes from me in Brattleboro.

Knitting Ganseys has been the go-to book for this extremely popular sturdy fisherman gansey from the British Isles. (Old photo from this website here.) Originally published by Interweave, it was in print for 17 years. Amazing. When Interweave decided to let it go just this past year, Beth took it upon her to re-publish it herself. And not only has she self-published it but she has starred in her very own, professionally produced DVD called what else but "Knitting Ganseys." It is hot off the DVD press and you can order both the book and the new DVD from Beth's Etsy Shop here. Beth is an amazing teacher - so patient and kind and is a favorite teacher at guilds and yarn stores. Her video is a perfect companion to the book or for someone who isn't fortunate enough to squeeze into one of Beth's popular classes. Here's a little preview of it.



So what were Beth and I doing Friday? I'll just say that we spent the day in my studio with a Flip camera. You'll have to wait until January to see the fruits of our labors. Hop on over to Beth's Etsy Shop for Beth's BRAND NEW DVD for a great gift for that hard to buy for knitting friend. And in January I'll be running a giveaway featuring some Beth Brown-Reinsel items so stay tuned! Boy, did we have a fun day - laughing our heads off. Lots of knitting bloopers! I wonder if Tom Bergeron is interested? I doubt it... Good weekend everyone! Better start the Christmas shopping soon!

More Inspiration from My Fabulous Readers

Continuing on the theme of inspiration from knitters out there in knitting land.....
From Donna Pilkington: "I emailed you a while back after knitting the colorful scarf for my granddaughter....she wears it all the time with her Corky (Fall River, MA) coat. She hates to wear hats and gloves so the scarf wrapped around the coat hood works well."

"For the glove part, I thought of making her fingerless mitts on a cord but reasoned that she would not wear them unless her Mom, Nonna and Zia (aunt) wore them. For Thanksgiving, we all wore our mitts as we walked DC. I was knitting them up to the last moment after making the last minute decision to drive thru the night given I 95 holiday traffic; the decision sorely cut into my knitting plan. I never did get a pic of all 4 of us wearing them but I send along a pic of my pair."


More from Donna: "I read the directions for your 'holiday gift' on your blog (thank you). For the ones I made, I did not do a thumb gusset as it would interfere with the color pattern. Instead, at the point of the thumb opening, I knit on stitches with waste yarn and then transferred them back and continued on in pattern, going back to that spot at the end and making the thumb. I was very pleased with the result and little Sophia indeed wears them, much to her parents pleasure."

The photo below shows Donna's thumb treatment:


I love these - don't you? And I recognize many of the charts from my book Color by Kristin. Nice job Donna!

From my friend Cathy Payson: "Hi KN: Attached are pictures of a Valentine Card I got. Chloe and Maxine are the girls from Chicago that I made the sunflower hats for. Cute! Just thought you'd like to see."


Here is the original link with a story about The Sunflower Hat. It is from my contribution to Mags Kandis' book Folk Style.

And lastly from Laura and in keeping with the season.....

"Hi Kristin -I just wanted to thank you for the inspiration that your style gives me. I love the play of color and combining two needle crafts to create a collage like expression. The design of the stocking was designed to show the joy and excitement of my new Great Nephew Erick. Thank you, Laura aka Flowerknitter on Ravelry"

Wow - isn't that the most beautiful Christmas stocking. Look at all the details! That lucky little boy Erick! And he won't have a clue how lucky he is until he goes to friends' houses and sees their plain Christmas stockings.

Happy weekend everyone! Keep the needles clicking.

Inspiration from Readers!

In the past week I have received a few photos and emails from knitters who are enjoying Color By Kristin, my latest book and some of my PDF Instant Download Patterns. If there is anything that is rewarding about writing books and designing, it is seeing what other knitters do with my designs and projects. I love to see the different color combinations they come up with. I thought I would share some of them with you today and if I'm lucky, I will share some more tomorrow.

From EuJane: "Hi Kristin:I'm a huge fan--your book swept the creative cobwebs from my eyes. I've been using EZ engineering and your palette/designs. I'll attach one picture--thank you so much for the inspiration!!--EuJane (my ravelry name is cellogirl2)"

EuJane made a take-off on the "Southwest-Style Wrap with Sleeves." You can see my original here. Isn't hers fab? Here is the link to the Ravelry page for this project.


Next up is a pillow from Lisa Elswit: "Hi Kristin - Just wanted to show you my finished pillow. I diverted somewhat from your pattern and had a wonderful time! Thank you for the inspiration! I took your class @ Webs. Best Wishes, Lisa"


Here is my original pillow which was featured in this post about the sadly defunct House and Garden Magazine which featured my work. This pattern is available on my shop page here and is called the Turkish Motif Pillow.

From Stephanie Woerner: "Hi Kristin - I thought you'd like to see the hat I made this winter using your Farmgirls pattern for my Knitting Olympics Project. I did not embroider it because it was going to a man and I wasn't sure what he'd think of embroidery. It was a dream to knit. Thank you for spending the time to create the pattern. I had a lot of fun with it and now my husband would like a version (he's open to brighter colors too). Best, Stephanie"


Here is the link to my original post about the "Farmgirls' Stocking Cap" Pattern. If you didn't read my first post about Farmgirls it is one of my very favorites I have ever written. Here is that link! The pattern is available on my Shop Page Here.

Signed copies of Color by Kristin are available in my Shop Page Here. I go to the post office everyday so if you need a copy of it for a friend or loved one - I can help you out!

Keep knitting everyone! Only 9 days left!

Am I the Last Person

Maybe I am the last person in the world to see this?




Pretty funny. I would love to go to India one day but for now I will suffice with Conan O'Brien's trip.

Working Dogs and Dogs Working

Just to let you all know, there still are sheep here on this farm. Lately it has been all about knitting and such on the blog. Sorry about that to all of you who are fans of our sheep and animals but tis the season and life here is varied to say the least.

The growing lambs are still in the pastures and orchards just outside our farmhouse. It is so nice to look out the window every morning and see them grazing (yes there still is grass there to pick around and snack on). They really are quite funny sometimes. While I was taking the photos of the gnomes the other day in the studio, I kept looking out the window to see what they were doing. I'm not sure what was going on but they were wired - all day long, they kept running back and forth between the different fields - in a complete tear.

When we walk through the fields, we often see stray bits of wool left behind on the brambles. I'm sure some bird will use this in their nest in the spring.


Sometimes I have the dogs with me and sometimes not. If I do, the sheep will bunch up pretty immediately and it changes how the photos look. The lambs are always aware of a dog being there - as they should be.


We couldn't farm without a good Border Collie or two. They are so indispensable. Besides being constant companions, they have a real job here on the farm. They live to work. Without a good dog, it just would not be possible to move the sheep where we need them to be. The sheep see the dogs and they know we mean business (or the dog means business). Herding the sheep is everything to the dogs. They even know how to spell! This morning we were talking about the sheep and what needed to be done today as is the usual breakfast conversation. The Farmer usually spells out the word S-H-E-E-P because if he says it, they will both jump up and head to the door ready to go. And you know what - this morning after he spelled it out, they both were up and ready to go. It was, sadly for them, just a false alarm.

A few weeks ago, after taking Ness down to the lower orchard for some photos, I was finished. "That'll do," I said to Ness and she immediately came to my side and we began climbing back up the hill towards the house. And then she began to drift. I looked over and called to her because I was done and she can't be left in the fenced pastures with the sheep alone. Here she was - not paying any attention to me.


"Aw, come on Nessie, let's go." Nessie just looked at me...... with a look similar to the one Julia gives me rolling her eyes......


I swear, if a dog could roll her eyes, she would have been doing it.... And then we got a little higher on the hill and I looked over. There I saw this.


Yes, a whole other group of lambs that she wanted to herd and put into their place. I spoiled her fun for that day because I was done. But Nessie, if she could have, would have been down there in seconds, the lambs would have flocked together and she would have moved them along.

Sometimes I see different distinct breeds of dogs in people's homes. They have certain characteristics that may be annoying to the family they live with, to neighbors, or to the police. But you know, most breeds of dogs were bred for some kind of work. Sadly people forget that and purchase dogs that shouldn't be kept in suburban neighborhoods, much less apartments in large cities. Border Collies were bred to work sheep and most of them do it beautifully. I do worry that the breed will get watered down but thank goodness there are farmers raising dogs along with their stock to continue the working genes. There will come a time when we need to find another pup to work at our farm and keep us company besides. We have to hope we can find another as sweet and helpful as the four we have had so far.

Odds and Ends and Some Good Knitting Links

Some quick updates for today. I know many of you are stuck inside with piles of snow outside. But what an opportunity to sit still and KNIT! Lucky people, you! Amazingly, the storm has missed up -- we have sleet but no snow. Here's a photo of Julia in her new "mommy-made" for this season Quarters Cap. The pattern is available here on my shop page for PDF download.


When I was at Stitches East in October, I ran into Marlene from CT. Marlene thanked me for this Quarters Cap PDF Downloadable Pattern. She said she had made this hat so many times, she gave up counting. I told her I too loved the pattern because it is easily memorized. It is great for using up odds and ends of yarn. I wrote the pattern for many sizes - from toddlers to adults making it a quick go-to pattern for gifting. Because the cap is worked in 4 parts, when I sit down to knit, I tell myself I AM GOING TO FINISH ONE SECTION of the cap. Then I can figure out how long it takes to knit a total cap.

Tell me everyone.... Do you do that? Time your knitting so you can figure out how long it takes to knit a row or a cable or color repeat? I find it really helpful when knitting on deadline so I can carve out a chunk of time to be finished with a project on time? What about you? It's a good thing to do with holiday knitting deadlines looming!

I asked Marlene for a quote about the Quarters Cap and here is what she sent to me..... "Kristin's Quarters Cap is so much fun to make and goes very quickly. Each one I have made is unique because of the color choices. And this pattern is very addicting! Every man that has tried this on has loved it - and most have “suggested” that they would like one. My teenage grandson reacted when I asked him to try it on so that I could check the size. He rolled his eyes, but did put it on - and then smiled! Soon after he said “if you make one for me, it will need to be in dark colors”!"

This photo gives you a look at the top of the cap. It does a cute little twirl and almost resembles a chocolate kiss. Click here to see how many of these darn caps I have made and gifted not counting the others I never got photos of!

Back in early October I designed a pair of slipper socks for The Boye Needle Company to be featured in an ad for their new SLIPPER SOCK BOTTOMS. Check out their website here - there are tons of sizes.

Here's the finished project in a photo I snapped before they left our farmhouse. I love how they turned out.

I haven't seen the ad yet but I can give you the link to the FREE pattern on the web..... Here's a close-up of the colorwork border showing the French Knots added.

That's it for today. Stay warm everyone! Happy Birthday to my sister Nancy (even though she doesn't read this blog!)

Elves, Gnomes, Wizards, Trolls, Santa + Leo Tolstoy - A New FREE Pattern for Holiday Knitting from Kristin to YOU!

I've been busy as a little elf. And what have I been making?


Another Christmas Gift from me to you!

Grab your No. 10 needles, your odds and ends of Julia (or any feltable worsted weight wool) and go! Knit in the round, the little guys begin with i-cord and then are worked completely in the round. I felted them in my washing machine and then embroidered the eyes and noses. For the beards, I used raw washed wool from our sheep. If you don't have any handy, use a thick single ply (like Lopi) and unspin the yarn to turn it back into fluffy fiber.

Now these might look like Christmas ornaments (which is what they started as) but after living with them and photographing them, I decided that they have all-season appeal. Perfect little finger puppets for Harry Potter and wizard fans. They make awesome toppers for a wine bottle that you are bringing along to a dinner date, don't you think?


Call them what you may - elves, trolls, gnomes, Santas.... But while I was making them, I watched the movie The Last Station with Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer. Do you know what? The little guys started looking just like Leo Tolstoy to me.

Here's Christopher as Leo.... You see? Don't they look just like him?


So there you have it - Little Leo Tolstoys, Santas, elves, or whatever for you and yours! You've still got time before the holidays to whip up a few! From me to you. Have fun! And Happy Holidays to YOU ALL!

Available through Ravelry here for members.
For all of you who are not Ravelry members, click on the Download Now link below!

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Crazy Cute Cards for Knitters Available Here on Kristin's Blog

The perfect gift for the knitter on your list - Kristin's Lambs in Sweaters. Or to send to your knitting friends - my Merry Knitmas card. Read all about them and order here.

For all you locals, my family and I will be selling our Leyden Glen Lamb, my holiday cards, and books at the Amherst Winter Farmer's Market at the Amherst Middle School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m on Saturday the 11th. Stop by to pick up a leg of lamb for your holiday feast and to save shipping charges on cards and books! It is a great market with all kinds of local produce, meat, greens, and more. Music too!

Kick in the Butt

Early last winter I needed a kick in the butt. I was feeling like I was going nowhere and floundering. I had ideas floating around in my head but that was it - they were just floating. Somehow I heard about a consultant named Allen who came bi-weekly to the local Chamber of Commerce in Greenfield. It is a service provided by the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network's western regional office and it is free.

I took the leap and signed on for an appointment with Allen. We met several times and he got me on track to further my plans for my Get Stitched on the Farm classes. Basically I think Allen thought I was a bit loopy. I told him about our farm, about my books, about my designing. I don't think he had any clients quite like me. At one point he looked at me and he asked me why we bothered to have sheep and birth lambs. I told him he wouldn't understand and that it was just what we do. We kind of left it like that. I kept visiting Allen for a few more months and I got my business on track. I learned a lot from Allen and I really should go visit him again. He gave me some ideas I never would have thought of. He isn't stuck in "my industry" so he thought out of my box which was helpful.

Allen asked me if I would be interested in working with UMASS students. (University of Massachusetts/Amherst is about 45 minutes from here and he is a Professor there.) He said that sometimes his clients work with the Isenburg School of Management as test cases. In particular, he offered hooking me up with a Professor who teaches website design and marketing. He said if I was interested, he thought perhaps the students could build me a website for my Get Stitched Classes. Me, I'm always on the look-out for help since I am a one-woman show (with some fab help from my tech editor/webmaster Lori and other good friends - it's hard to do anything without good friends). And then I waited and waited. None of the students were interested in my business. Oh well.... I thought .... this business is always misunderstood. I'll just keep plowing forward on my own. We ran several successful classes this summer and I learned some more.

And then Allen emailed me this September. Did I still want that free website? Oh yeah. Enter Sarah, Xiumel, and Cherry. We met in late September here at the farm. They were so excited and personable. Like with so many younger people, nothing was impossible. I love that energy! I became their client. I had to write the copy, organize the whole darn thing, sort through thousands of photos, burn CD's, review a "site map." Lots of going back and forth. I designed two different banners because the first didn't work. There was lots of driving to the town hall to look at the faux website because it wouldn't load on dial-up. We've been working on the website for a few months now and unfortunately, it isn't ready to be announced to the world yet.

Basically this post is just a big old tease. But not really. Last night my family and I went to The Isenberg School of Management to Room 129. There we watched all of the business students present their websites to the professor and their fellow students. I waited in anticipation knitting away in the back of the room. I knew what our site looked like and I knew I liked it. But it was really interesting to see what the other students had developed, to meet the other small business clients, to hear more about SEO, SWOT, and all the other terms that were thrown around which basically I know nothing about. Sometimes I really miss school..... Julia sat there intent, listening, she even started taking notes. She turned to me a few times and said "Boy Mommy, this is really interesting." My heart swelled.

And then it was our site's turn. The lights went down and the PowerPoint began. The girls described me, my business, our house, and the Get Stitched Classes to the other students (mostly boys around 20 to 22 years old). They did a fabulous job with the site. They worked so hard - I can't imagine how long it all took and how they fit it in with all their other classes. Here's the banner that you will see in the future.


The girls had urged me to come to the final class and they said I should bring a cheering section. They said that the sites would be voted on by the students and that one site would win. I could tell they wanted to win. Me too. I guess I took them seriously because I brought the family. After all the presentations were complete, the Professor finished up some odds and ends of Class Evaluations (boy, when I was in school we never got to evaluate our teachers!). And then the votes were tallied. And guess what? "Get Stitched" was the winner! How cool. Noone will know this except for the 20 or so kids in the class and my family and now you. Here's a photo I snapped of the girls before we left the room. Aren't they the cutest?

The website won't be up for awhile officially but I will surely let you all know when it launches. But what I wanted to share with all of you was the experience of the past few months. I get lots of e-mails from women out there who want to become designers. They ask me for help, advice and guidance. Mostly I can't answer them in depth. I don't have the time nor the energy. But what I do do is write this blog and try to sometimes share with you all some of my experiences as a writer, author, and small business person.

Today's lesson is to just go for it. Get yourself out of your comfort zone. Seek free help - it is out there once you start talking to people. Think about what you want to do with your knitwear or art career and start talking to others. It is a business just like any other business. You have (or will soon have) a product. And then you have to market it. There are plenty of people now working out of their homes who have successful businesses. I'm not there yet but I'm making progress. There are untold challenges ahead. But you have to start somewhere so as the old Nike ad said "Just Do It!"

And personally, the best thing out of this entire experience was this: As we were leaving Classroom No. 129, Julia turned to her dad and I and said "Can I go to college?" You all don't know how big a statement this was.... This is our daughter who constantly says she is never going to leave home. A child who has health issues, learning disabilities, and motor issues. A child who we worry about constantly, who just started riding the school bus this year. Oh, she is growing up and last night I could feel the future. It was a wonderful night.

Thank you Xiumel, Cherry and Sarah. And thank you Allen and the MSBDC.

Finally..... and ...... Loving......

All of you regular readers know that I live way away from anywhere. Two years ago, Verizon came through town and strung some DSL lines. 70% of the residents of the town were able to connect to high speed internet service for $20/month. Five roads in the town were not serviced and you know who lives on one of them.

As beautiful and remote as our farm is situated, high-speed internet service is probably not going to happen in the near future. I have been on town committees, gone to see the governor, and I am still hoping. But I finally gave in. I went to Verizon and bought myself an "air card." I had been holding out, against hope, that our residence would someday get high-speed internet access. But frankly, I have given up for the short term. I will continue to work towards "fair internet access for all" but man oh man, I can't believe what I have missed.

Like Dianne of Sheep Dreams who is doing a fabulous Kristin Knits/Julia Yarn Giveaway..... Check it out here and enter before Wednesday evening.

Or Kieren Dutcher's blog "Tyger Voyage."
And these incredibly beautiful Harris Tweed Bags from Kit Mitchell.
And "Dot Pebbles."
And "Farmers Weekly Interactive."
And "Canal House Cooking."

More to come, I'm sure. Tonight, I will leave you with this photo of the lambs in the lower orchard just before Thanksgiving. It's deer hunting season now and I'm not sure I would feel real confident walking down through there except for a Sunday.


This black ewe lamb is quite beautiful.


And I love this guy with curly horns.


And is hard not to love Olympia - star of "Olympia's Knit + Crochet Felted Flowers" and her own series of postcards available on my website shop page. Can you believe how big she has gotten? Chances are she is pregnant now and will have a lamb(s?) by spring.


Olympia's Flower Pattern would make some great quick knitting and crochet projects for the holidays. As a brooch on a coat.....


Or as a bow on a present


that can turn into a barrette.....


Happy Knitting and Crocheting Everyone!

Kristin's Knitting Inspired Holiday Cards - For a Limited Time Only

NOTE: Scroll down for new posts. This post will be at the top of my blog for quite awhile!

You asked for it! And here they are for a limited time only..... drumroll please.....

Knitting themed folded holiday cards!

These are not my normal postcards! Printed on super heavy glossy card stock with white envelopes. All cards are blank inside. Size: 4.25" x 5.5". These cards are only available on the blog - They are not listed on my website. These will only be available until my supply runs out. I won't be able to re-order before the holidays so jump on it if you want some!

Sets of 10 of a design - $12.50 each set plus postage & handling (you can find those rates on the shop page of my website here but they will pop up when you order on Paypal).

A Merry Knitmas

I painted this Christmas scene using gouache. Inset in a purple border. Image features handknit cabled, lace and colorwork stockings, a sheep painting over the mantelpiece, a shepherdess and her sheep, a knitter's gift list, balls of yarn, knitting needles and a tea cup.

White Lamb in Pink Coat with Crochet Flowers

Winter White Lamb wearing a pink knitted sweater with crochet flowers. Who will be able to say anything but ahhhh.... A perfect card for sheep and wool lovers at the holidays or whenever. (Don't worry - no © on card front!)

Black Lamb in Striped Coat

For sheep lovers too! A teensy black day-old lamb dressed in a red striped coat. How sweet! A perfect card for the holidays or whenever. (Don't worry - no © on card front!)

If you are an international or Canadian customer, I will send you an additional invoice for the cards once the freight is calculated at the Post Office. When you pay the extra freight invoice, I will ship the cards.

As always, my family and I thank you for your support of our farm and knitting enterprise! Happy Holidays to all of you out there! FYI - the pattern for the sheep/dog coat is available for sale by PDF download on my webpage here.

Something FREE from ME to YOU....

It seems to me that my blog has become a constant sales pitch. I truly apologize for that. I tremor every time I update the card and calendar dates so they stay at the top of the blog. But this is the time of year when most people spend money and I'm no different than most retailers - you've got to take all the opportunities you have to promote and sell. It's exhausting thinking about it all.

That said, it's also the time of year when I want to thank all the people out there who support me and this blog. Since I don't know most of you personally, but I do know that many of you knit, I'm giving you an early Christmas gift. I've designed a really easy, quick to knit pair of triple stranded fingerless mittens and the pattern is available for free via Ravelry. Here is the link to the Ravelry page. If you hit the link below, the PDF file should be available to everyone - Ravelry member or not.

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I whipped these up just before Thanksgiving - knowing I would have some extra adult sized hands around to photograph. The Fingerless Mittens use one strand of my worsted weight Julia Yarn and 2 strands of my sock yarn Best Foot Forward. They are a really quick knit - I have made two more pairs since I finished these. Sometimes I just need a really simple project to fill a couple hours - especially as the stress of the holidays becomes closer.

My 17 year old niece Celia was kind enough to stack some wood......

and dig in her parent's garden while modeling. Thank you Celia!

I am under the understanding that you do not have to be a member of Ravelry to download the pattern. I'm not very clear about this, to tell you the truth and maybe someone can clear that up for me. If the link above doesn't work for you because you are not a Ravelry member, please let me know. It will be several days until I can get a second link done for my site so fingers crossed it will work for all!

And while I am talking about FREE, here's the link to Download The Snowflake Ornament Collection I designed last year. It's another super simple project and has instructions for both knit and crochet ornaments. Happy stitching!

As seen in the new Knitting Today....

In the new issue of January/February 2011 (did I just write 2011 - where did 2010 go?) Knitting Today there is a really cute pair of slipper socks made out of my Julia Wool/Mohair/Alpaca. I didn't design them but sure do wish I did! Check them out along with all the other great projects on the Knitting Today website and at your local newstand.

Answering Questions on my Leyden Glen Farm Calendars

I've had a few e-mails from people wondering how the months of the PDF calendars that I announced last week are set up. When I was designing these in Adobe® Indesign, I wanted them to be easy to print out on a normal home 8 1/2 x 11" calendar. And they really are. Each month prints out simply as one page. At the bottom half of each page are the days of the month. On the top are the photographs. Here is the month of January on the "Animals of Leyden Glen Farm" Calendar. In the middle is the name of the month.



As you can see there are no boxes around the numbers. I was thinking when I designed this calendar that it would be for a work cubby or one of those calendars that you hang somewhere to reference. It is not one of those huge workhorse calendars - that wouldn't have worked in this format and would have made it way too complicated to print!I Hence this format which is really easy to print.

Above is the month of February from the "Scenes of Domestic Life". Any more questions, I'm happy to answer. Here's the post with the ordering information. And as always - thanks so much for reading....