Happy Thanksgiving Eve to Everyone! I can't believe it is here already! Time has really flown these last few weeks, and no doubt it will fly even faster for the next month. I am off today and tomorrow, and I am spending today knitting and cooking. We are all going to my sister Debbie's house for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.
I have several active knitting projects on the needles at the moment, all Christmas presents. I have 3 scarves, a shawl for my Pollyanna at work, a farmer's market tote for my sister, and a cabled hat that I am test knitting for Spunknit (her blog, Innane Knitting Babble) is in the sidebar at the right) that is destined to become a hat/scarf set for my Dad. I am currently searching for exactly the right pattern for that cabled scarf. I am not having any real success, so I think I will just "wing it." Last year I made Dad a Seafarer's scarf, and he loved how that scarf hugged his neck without a lot of excess bulk, so I am thinking of making another one of those but changing the garter stitch ends to regular knit stitch and adding cables. I am thinking of adding a seed stitch or garter stitch border along the edge of the scarf to prevent curling. I will have to do a couple of test swatches to see what I like best.
There is one more little project on the needles at the moment -- a Santa Hat for me! It is a free pattern from Lion Brand Yarns and it uses Thick and Quick Chenille in Scarlet and Fun Fur in White. Here is the link to the pattern: http://freeknittingpatterns.lionbrand.com/patterns/kctq-santaHat.html Originally, I had planned to have it done for the lab Christmas party on December 14th, but I think that I will go ahead and finish it today and wear it to my sister's house tomorrow. It definitely will be cold enough! We may even get some snow tonight!
There are a couple of other projects waiting their turn on the knitting needles! I love knitting this time of year! I don't even mind the pressure of getting everything done -- it gives me the perfect excuse to sit and knit away without guilt when I really should be doing something else! The latest project to roll off the needles and join the WIP list is Megan's sequined scarf, pictured above. It is made out of Berroco Laser FX and the sequins are teal and pink and gold. I held that yarn together with 2 strands of Trendsetter Perla yarn. It is white eyelash with irridescent strands in the eyelash that pick up the colors of the sequins beautifully. The picture does not do it justice as it is really very glittery and sparkly. It would have come out better in sunlight, but there doesn't seem to be any of that today. It definitely looks like snow outside!
Well, off to knit! I have set myself a certain "daily goal" of knitting each day to be sure that I get everything done by December 25th! So, I think I will break out the hot chocolate, the Christmas music and the knitting needles and wait for the snow and enjoy the day! Hope everyone has a safe and GREAT Thanksgiving!!!!!
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