Christmas knitting has begun. Gasp. I know. Halloween is barely over, yet I am well on my way to finishing my Christmas knitting. Well, most of it.
Since my last post the sweaters have languished in favor of Christmas presents for family and friends. As such, I have finished objects proudly displayed in my yarn room. Last night I finished Tyler’s brown socks as well, so now I’ve cast on for a pair of Christmas socks. I’ve also finished a super cool scarf from Noro Silk Garden in a pretty green, grey colorway. I used a Knitty pattern called Edgar, and I am thoroughly pleased with the results. My mileage was better than the pattern suggested for a single skein. It was a fun knit, and I highly recommend it for gift knitting.
I’ve also knitted and stuffed several lavender eye pillows of my own design. I still need to get some pretty ribbon to accent them, but other than that they are ready to go.
And, I’ve knitted, though not yet felted, another present.
I am now knitting a pair of socks in Regia 4 ply Patch Antik. That link is even the right colorway, but mine came from Churchmouse during one of their awesome sales. Just my standard sock pattern, with the added excitement of guesstimating the recipient’s foot length.
So, all that sounds great, doesn’t it? I think I have a pretty good handle on my Christmas knitting. Except for that big blue sweater! Poor Tyler has been waiting for it for almost a year now. I know he deserves his lovely blue, cabled sweater.
Sigh.
Okay, okay, I’ll go back to cabling.
1 Comment
November 11, 2007 at 8:03 am
I expect to see that sweater on the reciepent at Christmas time. (Remember Christmast time is really from Thanksgiving to the Epiphany, so you have some time.