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Almost done! I have only a few Garter Mug Cozies to finish up then if I can get to it a My So Called Scarf I started for my sis. I wanted to make one more thing for my mom, and if I have time I’ll get to it (I’m thinking of Leisel to match her Calorimetry, which I haven’t posted about yet cause I still need the button!!). But almost everything is finished. In the course of knitting gifts for friends and family I have developed a callus on my middle left finger and have mini bruises on my ring fingers where I grip the DPN’s. But its all in the spirit of giving so its all good.
Here are a few things I have almost finished but still need some finishing on:
This is my friend Aerin’s The Clutch You’ll Never Give Up from One Skein, and her favorite colors at the moment are brown, red and aqua (at least they are her wedding colors). The blue isn’t as aqua as I would have liked but that’s a hard color to find! I used Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, and as this was my first felting project I really liked how it turned out. Now I need some buttons!
Here’s my mom’s calorimetry, which is finished except for the button (I really need to get to Joann’s):
She saw the one I made for my sis and absolutely loved it, so she’s getting one too!
I only have 3 days of knitting left so I’m going to get to it. I am coming down with something too (I think its a sinus infection), so I hope that doesn’t derail the knitting mojo! If I don’t post again have a happy holiday!
Pattern: Dad’s Kneewarmers – my own
Needles: US4 Cystal Palace Bamboo DPN’s
Yarn: Araucania Nature Wool in Sapphire – about 100 yards
My dad’s knees always get cold, so my mom suggested I knit him up some Knee Warmers. After measuring my knee as a guide, I cast on 68 stitches and just knit in the round for about 65 rounds. My gauge on this was about 21 sts/4 inch. Its basically a simple tube.
Pattern: Based on the December Lights Tam by Mary Jane Mucklestone (Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2007)
Needles: US1 and US2 Addi Turbo Circs
Yarn: ShiBuiKnits Sock in Bark – a little less than 1 skein
Mods: Obviously I didn’t knit this up in fair isle. I used the pattern as a guide on the construction of the Tam. I was also off a little in the row gauge (I had 2 more/inch), so I added 7 rows to the body and another 4 to the decrease rounds, just spaced them out equally.
I love how this turned out! The sock yarn was a delight to knit with (and I still have one skein left so I guess I’ll be buying more Shibui!!). My good friend was flipping through the IK Holiday Gifts issue and said that the tam would be so cute in brown or black, and that she had seen on at Nordstrom’s or something and that it was very expensive. Perfect gift for her! Plus I think it looks really great on her, and I love the color!
