Goings-On

As it turns out, this girl is not a very good blogger. No matter. The important thing is that there has been knitting. A "metric shit-ton" of knitting (as my sailor husband might eloquently say.) After completing my CPH - which has been worn almost every single day since- I realized that my heinie was going to have to get into gear in order to complete all of the hand-knit Christmas gifts that I was supposedly going to give my family + friends. The debate over whether all this knitting would actually be for my benefit or for those of the receivers is irrelevant. In the end, everyone wins. I get a legitimate excuse to fondle yarn at the LYS and to dive into my Ravelry queue, and the giftees get smooshy pieces of hand-made heaven. (Okay, maybe it's unreal to expect people in my family to love these knits as much as I do, but I believe what I choose to believe.)

Now, here it is, 6 days before hubby and I fly back to Arkansas for Christmas, and all the gift knitting is done. With pictures to prove it:

There is a Hemlock Ring Throw for MIL #1 (Hemlock Ring Blanket, Cascade Eco Wool)



A snakey Noro scarf for MIL #2 (Kureopatora's Snake, Noro Kureyon)


A mitered Boku scarf for SIL (Edgar, Plymouth Boku)


A ribbed hat for Dad (Jacques Cousteau Hat, Knit Picks Swish Worsted)


A butterfly hat for niece (Butterfly Hat, Caron Simply Soft)


A Honeycomb Hat for cousin (Groovy Cable Tuque, Plymouth Encore Worsted)


Manly Mitts for Bro (Men's Fingerless Mitts, Plymouth Encore Worsted)


And even some gloves for Husband (Cigar, Patons Decor)


All of these go along with other projects already finished for Mom, Sister, and Nephew.


Ahhh, it's nice to have everything done. But I sure do have a lot of scrap yarn left over from all these projects. That means it's time to start on the scrap-busting mitered-square psychedelic afghan!