Our Christmas was excellent. Both of the knitted gifts were well received. This is somehow the only photograph I got though...It is a Red Wings hat that my hubby doodled in my scribble book a couple years ago and even named the yarns and colors he wanted, and then totally forgot about. So, drawing short on cash and ideas, I knitted him this hat while I was in London in October. Totally stealth. He loved it. It's something I made up and those damn charts were nearly the death of me- at least they finished off my sanity. But after 4 false starts it turned out really well and he and I are both happy with it. He immediately asked if I would make another for Tia. No. Never again.
My mom seemed to like her feather and fan scarf I made her, but I didn't get any pictures of it. I really didn't take that many pictures, I spent most of the day trying not to let Tia eat the wrapping paper. We all had a very merry Christmas and woke up 2 days later with a nasty cold. All of us.
So the past few days we've quarantined ourselves at home to be kind to the not sick people out there, and because it has been extremely cold and I just don't feel like leaving the house. Which has been really awesome for my finished project count! I'm starting 2018 with the lowest project count I've had in years. I actually feel a little naked.
So there's been....
A quilt for Project Linus. It's a bunch of 4" square scraps that are mostly leftover from my king sized quilt on my bed, but there's a few other random project scraps in there too. I had no idea what to back it with, so I found some fabric that looks like it belongs in a comic book, and I bought the whole bolt. It was on sale, and I'll use it to back several other baby boy quilts. No regrets. I've contacted the lady who organized drop-offs for Project Linus in my county, but it's been several days and I can't get her to return my calls. I have another, smaller quilt to go to Linus too.
The Noah quilt. I've been slacking on this one- I think Noah is like 4 months old now. It's a bunch of random Dr. Seuss fabrics. No measuring (though I probably should have), just quick piecing. I put the top together during a long Tia-nap, and then pieced together a bunch of scrap batting to fill it with. Then I got side tracked and put it to the side for a couple weeks, but I finished the binding yesterday, threw it in the wash today (because I had lots of feline assistance) and will mail it to Noah's mom tomorrow. Done! I keep Dr. Seuss fabric on hand and buy a little every time I see it (which hasn't been in a while come to think of it) because it's so fun for little boy quilts. I need to make 3 more for upcoming baby boys, and a little girl quilt too. If I haven't lost steam by then, I'll try to make one or two for the gift stash pile. I even added Noah's name in the upper right corner on this one- one of the perks of crafting for babies that are already here and named!
I finished the red wedding shawl!!! Okay I still need to weave in the ends, but I'm thrilled to have this beast done with. I ended up adding triple the border than I originally intended, but I'm glad I did, it looked too small after the first border section and I had tons of yarn left- it felt sinful to waste yarn I paid retail for. It's blocking on my crazy guest room quilt right now, but I'll try to get outside and get some pictures of it in the snow before I give it to the bride. Wedding is in March- so I'm golden. Now on to the other 4 wedding gifts for this year...oyyyyy.
And lastly, I finished a cowl that I'm designing for Winter Wooly Weekend next month. I made the hat a few months ago but I felt like it should be part of a set, and I'm hoping to sell twice as much yarn since there's a matching cowl to go with it (fingers crossed!). I have the pattern written on paper, but need to get it in a document and then test-knitted and have the cowl photographed before the workshop, which is February 9-11. By the way, if you're interested in attending Winter Wooly Weekend- holler! It's in southern Indiana and there's a few spaces left. It's $250 for the weekend if you're staying on site, or $180 if you're staying elsewhere at night. It's really fun, and it's a really great deal for all the food, lodging, classes and supplies you get. Definitely my favorite knitting event of the year. Bags are little stitch marker kits that go with the hat pattern. Need to make 40 more of those soon.
So with all the finished projects of the past few weeks, my current projects list includes...
1. Knitted sock (part 2)
2. Gramps cardigan (need to figure out where I left off)- also knitting
3. Kraken cross stitching
4. Tia's baby quilt that keeps getting bigger
I think that's it actually. I have a couple projects in deep hibernation, but they'll probably stay that way until I get all the wedding and baby gifts done. I can't remember the last time I could count ALL my projects on one hand. Frankly it's unnerving.
And here's the list of design projects that I would LOVE to finish by the end of January to get them off my desk...
1. Tormund- fair isle baby sweater. Needs oodles of resizing math.
2. Wee Celt- fair isle baby sweater. Needs something, can't put my finger on it.
3. Vicissitude Shawlette- needs math on part 4 and total reformatting. I designed it for a knit-along organized by some local yarn shops. They NEEDED it done a year ago. So it's done...and has been...but they won't return my calls or e-mails on when this knit-along might be happening. If I can't get an answer by March, I'm putting together kits and going rogue.
4. Cable Me That Cowl- the reddish cowl above. Hat pattern is done and proofed and good to go.
I might be escaping the cold for a bit towards the end of January and visiting my parents in Sarasota. In which case I will have to finish a bunch of designs and Wooly workshop projects BEFORE I go (not unreasonable) and then start a fresh project! Because hey- vacay knitting means I get to play with something new.
Happy New Year!!!!
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A very happy and healthy New Year to you too Paige. xx
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