Post-Holiday Post
Posted by Elizabeth on 12-30-2009 at 8:29 pm
Generally, after the holidays, there is a big post about all the things we couldn't talk about before the holidays.
This post won't be particularly large, because I honestly did not do that much from scratch this year. My husband was the only one who got anything hand-knit.
I knit him a pair of Knucks out of Classic Elite Fresco. Despite lengthening the fingers significantly, I only used one skein for the pair. Of course, I bought two, so now I have one that I don't have a particular use for.
He's excited about them.
I did sew a couple of tote bags for my mother-in-law and my sister, but that was it, and I did not manage to get any pictures of any of it.
As far gifts received, the only craft-related one was from my in-laws, who got me two skeins of sport-weight alpaca from Missouri Alpacas.
I'm excited. It totals 400 yards, which is enough, I think, to make a pair of lace cuffs and a cowl. The cuffs first, probably, because I have a pattern in mind for those, and then I can make the cowl from what is left-over.
That last photo, incidentally, is taken on top of the gift I was most excited about. My parents had a cedar chest commissioned for me from one of the Mennonites that lives down by them, and they brought it up just before Christmas. Very cool. It is the best piece of furniture we own. I would show you a full picture, but the Husband and I have both been sick for the last few days, so it's covered in books and coasters and mugs and other detritus that has collected due to its proximity to the couch.
So, that's how the holidays went for us this year.
Happy New Year, everyone!
This post won't be particularly large, because I honestly did not do that much from scratch this year. My husband was the only one who got anything hand-knit.
I knit him a pair of Knucks out of Classic Elite Fresco. Despite lengthening the fingers significantly, I only used one skein for the pair. Of course, I bought two, so now I have one that I don't have a particular use for.
He's excited about them.
I did sew a couple of tote bags for my mother-in-law and my sister, but that was it, and I did not manage to get any pictures of any of it.
As far gifts received, the only craft-related one was from my in-laws, who got me two skeins of sport-weight alpaca from Missouri Alpacas.
I'm excited. It totals 400 yards, which is enough, I think, to make a pair of lace cuffs and a cowl. The cuffs first, probably, because I have a pattern in mind for those, and then I can make the cowl from what is left-over.
That last photo, incidentally, is taken on top of the gift I was most excited about. My parents had a cedar chest commissioned for me from one of the Mennonites that lives down by them, and they brought it up just before Christmas. Very cool. It is the best piece of furniture we own. I would show you a full picture, but the Husband and I have both been sick for the last few days, so it's covered in books and coasters and mugs and other detritus that has collected due to its proximity to the couch.
So, that's how the holidays went for us this year.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Knitting, Sewing
