SOCKS!!!

What do you buy your grandparents for xmas? They're very difficult to shop for. I decided to give them an IOU for something everyone needs!
Socks!
I was really overwhelmed when started looking at sock yarn- so many colourways and fibres to choose from! I had to call Grandma and ask her what colours she and Grandpa liked. She said blues and that she liked pastels. Then the she was like: "You'll make them the same right?" She's not a knitter, bless her heart. :) I picked out a pattern for each of them from my new book "Favorite socks".
Here's what I have for Grandma's pair so far (Regia Silk) :




And Grandpa's,

This one is particularly nice because it's made with Patons classic merino!

I'd probably be finished but I'm waiting on double pointed needles from knitpicks. Speaking of knitpicks, I got my first of three orders this week!!! YAAAY :) I'm now a yarn-oholic..... *jumps up and down excitedly* This batch will be turned into various moebius projects.... tba ;)


One last exciting thing: I found this amazing site called Ravelry. It's a knitter's dream!! It's a knit/crochet community and it's a billion times better than facebook! A billion.

Christmas Knitting

I've been a busy knitter this xmas season and now that everyone has their gifts, I can post the photos. I think this xmas marks a new phase in my addiction ;) I've now busted out of knitting just for me and started to feel confident enough in my knitting to make gifts. :)

I started out by making Knucks for all the men in my life (hubby, dad and bro). Chris was kind of my guinea pig. He loved the idea. I was a little unsure but in the end my dad (below) and bro loved them too.



I also decided to knit gifts for my two office parties. The one gift exchange had a nocturnal theme so I decided to get a little creative. I found this cabled owl motif on a dish cloth and decided to make a hat with it. I knit it with Bernat Wool Blends. The woman who picked my gift was a knitter herself and loved it!!


For my other exchange I made a Pocket Creature which warms your hands in winter. :) I really enjoyed making the hair!

It's so satisfying to make gifts, especially for little kids. I made the most adorable hat for the daughter of our friends Mike and Anna. She's two and just the sweetest little girl. When she tried it on, she kept looking in the mirror and grinning. I wish I'd gotten a photo of her but I only have one of the hat. It's knit in Patons Canadiana (as is Uni, above).


I was weaving in the ends on the hat one evening and I found out that I have one of the most well behaved, patient cats a knitter could ask for. This one (Ella) and my other cat both know that playing with my yarn is off limits!


I also have an update on the sweater I've been working on since last spring!


Just one sleeve to go!!!!

I got a lot of cool knitterly stuff for xmas so look forward to some cool projects in the future. I've very very excited to start knitting moebius projects from Cat Bordhi's second treasury I'm waiting on yarn and needles from Knitpicks (my new favorite site!) right now for those projects. Also watch for SOCKS from various pattern sources including Knitty and Favorite Socks by Interweave. Socks are going to be my new thing. I just found this site called Simply Sock Yarn. Can't wait to try it out!!

Yup 2008 looks like a very promising year of knitting!!!!