Starting again, and again

I've restarted my next knitting project twice now. The first time I wasn't sold on the pattern, the second time I wasn't happy with the size. The wool is great and I think what I really wanted was a fairly loopy design. What I got was a pretty but tight fabric. I got this far before frogging and starting with larger needles.
I'm slowly putting Christmas away. Last Sunday I held my second annual Post-Holiday Tea. Which features the annual destruction of the gingerbread house. Some before and after photos.