In the almost 2 weeks since my last post, I have found my Christmas spirit. We went and got a beautiful tree, and the kids decorated it. I started shopping (I still have a wee bit to do, ack!) Teacher gifts were made and assembled (more about that later) and volunteering for a week's worth of holiday related activities at B's school have made me excited and eager for xmas. So, of course, with all of that, there hasn't been much in the way of knitting, mostly I was concerned with finishing the three wash cloths. Which really shouldn't have been a big deal, wash cloths literally take a couple of hours...but I don't do well knitting on a schedule, and knitting the same thing three times is mind numbing for me. I do really like the Knitpicks Dishie, it's just cotton, but the cotton is not hard on my hands and the colours are wonderful.
Anyway, I knit up the 3 wash cloths, one for each of B's teachers and one for his helper, made some peppermint soap (yummy!) to put inside...
and had B put on the eyes, nose and antlers and voila!
Wash cloth reindeer! Thanks pinterest! I also added a gift card for Tim Hortons, because Canadian, eh!
In between the wash cloths I worked on my Virpi Shawl, and finished it! I love, love, love it!
I lost the yarn info, but through Ravelry I was able to find out that it's Mineville Wool Project, a dk, plied merino, in a gorgeous teal.
The depth of colour is fantastic, and there's no way I'll be able to take a picture of it that will do it justice. It's from the same women who make Fleece Artist, so it's not surprising that I loved this yarn. It was wonderful to knit with.
I did mess up the shawl a little bit, I don't think too many people would notice unless it was pointed out to them, but I skipped one of the lines of the pattern that said to knit a full row before starting the arcs-which means the first arc widens on one end of the shawl, but the next two arcs widen at the other end.
Still beautiful, still going to wear it!
And now I want to knit all the shawls!
And now I want to knit all the shawls!
Seriously, there's been at least 3-4 nights where I could have been knitting, but instead I'd spend hours on Ravelry looking at shawl patterns.
And since I finished my shawl, I've picked up one of the sweaters (the pullover) and have started knitting on it again, I finished the decreases, and now I'm adding length and increases (it was supposed to be a cropped sweater, but yeah, I don't do cropped sweaters) I've got about 4 inches to go until I start the ribbing.
Other than that, the only projects I've worked on have been socks, The felici socks, as you can see, are at the heel flap-which I am knitting with Stroll in Dove Heather. I really like having a solid colour heel and toe when it comes to striped socks, and the dove heather works really well with the colours of my felici.
the second ugleh sock is about 1.5 inch away from the heel flap. I no longer hate this sock...I would never buy another yarn like it, but it doesn't bother me as much anymore. Especially if these socks are strictly boot socks (so I don't have to look at the pooling hah!)
So there we go, just a quick update! I'll probably do my next post right around the new year, with a knitting year in review where I list all the things I've knit this past year.
Anywho, I wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season!
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