I think the biggest hit of the Christmas Knitting was the handtowels for my Aunt. They turned out about half as big as I wanted them too but that was a complicated cable pattern! (I used the Koolhaas pattern) And they were big enough that they would drape nicely to be decorative =D:
They are hanging on full sized towels there. You may be able to see the pattern better in this picture:
I was at my parents and good pictures were hard to get.The House Hats, weren't as popular as I would have hoped. Well, little boys are little boys, but they did put them on to model for their Auntie Bug:
They all managed to have a funny look on their face in at least one of the pictures I took.
Individually:
Cole (the oldest):
Zack (the middle one):
And Luke (the youngest):
As you can see the two older ones are USC fans and so their hats matched. I have a feeling they may be more thankful after the ski trip they just went on. We'll see =DI finished off my Holiday Gift Giving by making coffee cup sleeves for the UI Team Holiday Party. We do a White Elephant Gift Exchange every year:
The lucky recipient? Why, Snoop Frog herself.Still on the needles for me?
The aforementioned Tangled Yoke Cardigan. I'm about 2 inches away from starting the tangled part of the yoke. This is going to be my take somewhere and knit project (like to knit night or knitterday).
The Log Cabin Blanket. This puppie is about half way done and is big enough now that it has to be a stay at home and watch tv sort of project. It's final dimensions will be 36 x 36. Not bad. The baby it's for comes any day now but I don't go to visit until the end of January. I will get it done.
And finally, the Sweetheart Sock for my Mommy. These are just because and have no timeline. They'll be my knit on the train project. The first one is getting a heel as we speak.
And that my friends is my knitting update.
Ah-ha-ha, don't think you're getting away so easily! A self-portrait (mostly) pictorial of my holidays:
Shaun and me:
At my parents (in front of their tree) with our jammies that his parents sent us:
Hiking in the Santa Barbara Hills:
At the beach in Cambria:
Wine tasting in Paso Robles (look at those red teeth!):
Hiking in Carmel (and experimenting with the timer function on the camera):
(still hiking in Carmel and looking a little crazy ^^^ READY TO COME HOME!!!)
3 comments:
My first time here. Great knitting. Looks like you had a good taste of Santa Barbara's good weather. Now, I have a question (this is the reason I am here)--how in the world did you do the Koolhaas pattern flat????? I have tried to ask Jared, but get no response. To my mind, it won't look right if you throw in a purl row every other row--it will mess up the twisted stitches. Anyhow, any clues would be appreciated.. Happy New Year.
I meant to answer you yesterday but I forgot! For the Koolhaas pattern I did just purl where it said knit every other row. Where it says to knit through the back loop, I purl through the back loop and on the last two rows where it was supposed to travel I inserted purl through the back loop on the purl side (2 stitches, 1 at the beginning and one at the end) and knit through the back loop on the knit side (again 2 stitches, 1 at the beginning and 1 at the end). One of those doesn't seem to match when you draw it out but the lady at my LYS confirmed and it worked!
Okay, one of you ladies really needs to update this thing!! :-P
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