Holiday Knitting

I’m nearly finished with holiday knitting. Or rather, I’m finished with the stuff that absolutely has to be done by Christmas.

Scarf for my mother in law, Carolyn. It’s a simple feather and fan pattern from Jo Sharp that I modified slightly to be used with this great handspun yarn I picked up from Stash Enhancement which is a handspun from Whirlwind Handspun. I love love love the yarn. One ball did the whole scarf, it’s not a super long scarf for long enough for a great little tuck-in scarf and perfect for a woman who lives in Las Vegas.

The Malabrigo Loafer pattern works up super quick and makes very handsome looking slippers. These ones are for my father in law Bruce, and they’re made from Berroco Peruvia in grey and maroon. They’re super warm, and even this largest size only took a ball of each color (with plenty left over from the CC ball.)

I’m also knitting a pair of these for my honey Mike (luckily we wear the same size shoe so they’ll probably be used by me too.)

These ones are made from Berroco Ultra Alpaca (which is ultra smooshy and wonderful.) and some New Zealand Merino I got in a swap last year.

For myself I made a pair of mitts and a scarf from some great Pagewood Farms Handspun – Basic that my ‘other’ Mom Cheryl bought me for my birthday last year.

The scarf isn’t blocked yet and looks like a big pile of nothing right now. So no picture until I get a chance to block it.

I have also made myself some crafting related New Years Resolutions:

1. Learn to spin. I own half of a wheel (there’s a whole wheel, I just own it with my boss Christine.) and I own a spindle and I recently bought a whole bag of really nice roving. There is no reason I shouldn’t be making yarn.
2. Have a knitting schedule. I have a whole bunch of things I know I want/need to make. I’d like to have some kind of schedule where I plan out those things accordingly. Sweaters in the summer, summer stuff in the winter.
3. Have a goal for the dying and the sock club. I’d like to have at least 15 people for the first installment of the club, and go up from there each 3 month period. I’d like to at least make back the cost of the supplies each month for the stuff for sale in my Etsy Shop
4. Branch out. Weaving, beading, crochet, hairpin lace, etc.
5. Get published. Somewhere. Anywhere.

There we go. We’ll see if I can accomplish those things.

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