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Another knit finished beofre Christmas. This is Milo. LOVE IT!
It's a top down vest with garter straps and a little cable pattern on the stocking stitch front. A choice of patterns, but I've gone for the bigger cable. I took this fresh off the needles, before a little bit of blocking (just a steam iron)
Gidday, finished before Christmas.
It's for a four year old girl who likes pink. I may have to take a break from pink for a while...
Lovely easy pattern with a two colour garter yoke (candy pink and promrose!) and cuffs.
Now I try to fit in blogs about my FOs before the year ends!
First up is this Ice River hat, part of the Knitvent KAL. It's to go with teh Ice River sbiid, Dead quick, Chunky yarn!
We took some photos of me wearing it, but they are all dreadful! Bits of hair sticking out unevenly, or I've got my eyes cloese Mr C doesn't really notice things like that....
And with that I'd better get on with some Christmas wrapping!
HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
<rC#s birthday socsk FAIL
MrC's Christmas socks FAIL
Polena's Christmas cardigan FAIL
Matilda's Christmas vest FAIL
B & C;s Christmas knitting FAIL
MrC's parents' Christmas gifts - FAIL
My Christmas jumper - FAIL
Ooops.
Funny, I felt as if I'd done quite well this weekend!
I finished the knitting on Polena's Gidday, sewed in ends.put on buttons and washed it. Just haven't managed the deadline to get it to her.
That's the outdoors photo, and it's looking quite pink!
This one was taken indoors and shows up the cable a bit better.
I tell you, I could knit this again. No finishing at all. The neckline is stretchy so it's not going to be an issue trying to get it over a baby's head. I might even be tempted to knit a dress in the future! Sleeveless of course.
I'm really looking forward to some time off! Cooking, cleaning, organising, stash rummaging. I#m thinking about 2016 knitting. There has been significant stash increase going on in this tiny flat. I'm surrounded by yarn, If I'm going to put a selection of stash in a toy bin and try to knit it all up next year. I think that the Stash Knit Down group has a thread for this. It won't make a dent in the sttash, but mentally it will be great to see that bin empty!
Arghhhhhhh! I hardly accomplished anything last weekend. TO DATE (that's four evenigns on top of last weekend) I have knitted:
One sleeve on a cardigan for a 4 year old. This is Gidday, and I expected to finish it last weekend.
I was trying to knit whilst tired and kept messing up (stitches always dropping off needles_. I am PIG SICK of knitting this now!
Border of Vitamin D. Still not washed or ends darned in. It resembles a rag at the moment. When I tried it on MrC commented on the bunched up fronts..... he obviously doesn't like it. I'm hoping that a good wash and stir and block will make it lookk a lot more presentable.
This should have been washed and ends darned in last wekend!
And socks. Oh, these took up all of my Saturday knitting time! I thought I'd try a contrasting heel flap but without carrying on with a stripe as I did with the blue and yellow socks. Knitted most of the foot and didn't like the heel. Frogged back. And reaqcquainted myself with short row heels. All looked rotten. I tried various ways of wrapping the wraps, picking up wraps, yarnovers, Japanese short rows (much tidier but such a PITA with all of the pins. I was trying to think of another short row heel which involves making stitches! In the end I've chosen an afterthought heel. This way, I may even have anough of the striped yarn.
I've not looked at Twitter or Ravelry for weeks now! So it's not just knitting that's suffering in this pre-Christmas panic. I rarely start online shopping until after MrC's birethday, on the 10th. And it'snot just a case of buying, I have to browse and google and ponder and change my mind. A bit like trying to choose a new project on ravelry! Well, ysterday I finally finished the shopping and can now start knitting agian!
This weekend's list
Still nowhere near my knititng targets! At least Christmas will be quiet and stress free, plenty of knitting time!
AArrhhh! Panicking about Christmas knitting
November knitting was quite a success.
Blog
1) DK socks for MrC. Done!
2) DK socks for brother, Done!
3) Summretide shawl. Done!
Continue
4) Vitamin D cardigan Done! But I'd have liked to have finished it for a cardigan challenge. :(
Start and finish
5) Stitchnerds November KAL. Done!
6) Gidday cardigan for a 4yo. Fail! Polena turned four on Tuesday, so this is ow a Christmas pressie. Luckily it's Russian Christmas so I have until elary January!
Start
7) Knitvent KAL. Done Not doing too well with keeping up, though.
8) Giftalong. Hmmm. Gidday and I think Knitvent counts, so I h
ave started and I'm double diping.
Overall pleased, but I HAVE SO MUCH MORE I WANT TO KNIT!
Now for December,
Finish
1) Vitamin D cardigan. I have about 18 long rows and the borders. Do-able.
2) Knitvent Ice River hat. Chunky. Do-able.
3) Cabin Path shawl
4) Gidday child's cardigan.
That's the WIPs. Now for the gifts,
Start and Finish
5) DK socks for MrC's birthday NEXT THURSDAY
6) Baby cardigan for Chistmas. I'm sure I have a pattern which is also suitable for Giftalong.
7) More socks for MrC for Christmas
8) Stitchnerds December KAL which is just a fun knit. I'm going to go wiht a chunky cowl..
Start
9) Snowflower KAL - this is a jumper and it's for me,It's been a while since I knitted a jumper!
I have more! But of course this might be impossible, so this is just a List. I'd be thrilled to manage a few on this list (and they're gifts, so really I do need to get moving)
10) Knitvent Kindling hat.
11) Knitvent #6. I think that this will be a quick knit too...
Giftalong.
I've bought some patterns, and this is for starters (all good for gifts)
12) Dragonskin mitts
12) Entrechat baby cardigan
13) Milo baby/child vest
14) Holden shawl
15) Junie Marie mitts
16) Miss Daisy baby cardigan (I think this was bought via GAL!)
SIXTEEN THINGS TO KNIT! It's already the
rd and I've not started yetm LOVE a challenge!
