Christmas Yarn

Ironstone English Mohair
Mohair, Wool, Nylon
89 yds/ 40g ball
Some shade of purple
(pardon the mess, the cat got to this one before I could take pictures)

Berroco Danie

Rayon, Cotton, Nylon
Some shade of Purple

This isn't all of the Christmas yarn, but now that classes have started up again I might not have a lot of interesting knitting about which to blog. I'll space out the boring stuff with pictures of the Christmas yarn!

Right now the big project on needles is a wedding gift for my cousin who is getting married in April. I'm excited for him, but I've got a lot of work to do between now and then.

Coming Soon!

Clementine Shawlette in some purple stuff I got for Christmas (label-less)

I had some surprise travel plans added to my January and haven't been able to take pictures of the Christmas travel knitting until today. My apologies. I'm not quite up to plowing through all of the yarn details to post all of those pictures for you yet, but I promise they will come soon! For now, please know that I'm thinking yarny thoughts in your direction and happily working on my many UFOs.

Home again!

Completed over Christmas:
One knitted amoeba:Which when folded correctly and sewn becomes:
My very first BSJ! Its so cute! I do need to find buttons for it, but the knitting and seaming are done. Its mostly Paton's Classic Merino, but I ran out and used some leftover sock yarn (double stranded) for the last few inches and the button band.

While I did not complete as much knitting as I wanted, I did turn out this lovely quilt top with the help of my aunt and uncle. Hooray for craftiness!
I'll post pictures of the newest bits of stash as soon as I can unpack enough to take pictures.

Christmas Knitting is (mostly) Done!

Its true! I've just got one bit of a sweater to finish and I'm not seeing that person until New Year's so it will be okay if I finish that on my travels. I'll have lots of knitting time between now and then. Everything else is done and wrapped and ready to go into the car later tonight.

Pattern: Mug Coozies, Interweave Knits Holiday '07
Yarn: Peaches 'n' Cream cotton
This green one is for my dad. I also made a red one for my grandpa.

Munkus was very helpful when I was trying to work on my BSJ last night. He's rather opinionated about my traveling.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! I'll be MIA for a few weeks as I travel around to my friends and family. See you in 2008!

Kitty Wonton

Pattern: Feline Dim Sum: Wonton (knitty.com)
Yarn: Sugar & Cream cotton

Munkus was only too happy to model this bit of holiday knitting. Its stuffed with polyfil and catnip. I had to sneak it away from him so that he wouldn't tear it up too bad before I give it to its intended owner! I'm going to have to make him one as a treat for behaving himself at the vet today.

In other news, I'm planning a big trip to visit family and friends over the holidays. I'll be on the road for about 3 weeks and I've got to figure out what knitting to bring! If you have any suggestions, let me know! Once I finish the gift sweaters, I'll need some entertaining knitting. Got any favorite patterns?

Tis the Season... I think...

Today it is 80 degrees outside. What a strange state South Carolina is! I miss cold weather and snow, though I am thankful that I don't have to drive in that mess.

Finals are over and knitting time has come back with a vengeance! I've been working on some little projects for friends and for people with whom I am staying on my travels over Christmas break. I mapped the trip this morning and I'll be driving around 1,880 miles (round trip) over a period of about three weeks. I'm very excited to see so many friends and family!

First up, I'm making some washcloths to pair with nice soaps as gifts:



Then there's the beginning of a kitty wonton for a friend who will really appreciate it given that she had a cat that used to take real wontons right from the soup if she wasn't careful!All of the above are made with Sugar & Cream cotton in various colors.

And lastly, my very first BSJ!

Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket, by Elizabeth Zimmerman
"The Opinionated Knitter"
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Merino

I hope you can enjoy the lovely South Carolina sun in the pictures as much as Munkus and I have been enjoying it today!

Almost there!

I started a BSJ to keep me sane during finals, but I haven't taken pictures of it yet. I've spent about 15 hrs longer than I wanted to on this paper for my Paul in the Lectionary class so any free time I hoped to have is very much gone. Luckily the first part of it is done and I just have to write the last bit and my final for Worship and I'll be done.

In gratitude for your patience, here is the sweater I finished last summer! Because sometimes in the midst of finals you just need to see something that is complete!

Pattern: Nantucket Jacket
Interweave Knits Fall '06
Yarn: Paton's Classic Merino

See you when the dust settles!