Monthly Archives: December 2010

Deep breath

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Take a deep breath.  Hold it.

A little longer.

Slowly exhale.

Repeat.

I needed to clear my mind.  Thanks for breathing along with me.

2010 was a start for me as most years are.  I didn’t get as much of my life organized as I wanted but I made some progress.

I knitted more this year than I have in past years:

  1. Hot Water Bottle Covers: 2
  2. Toys: 5 – though I only have pictures of two of them
  3. Sweaters: 2 eyelet sweaters for the twins, 1 February Baby Sweater
  4. Seamless slippers: 7 pairs
  5. Sleeveless top: 1, the Lace Hem Top for me
  6. Mittens and mitts: 1 Ms Ida Chain Link Mittens, and 1 Musica Mitts
  7. Hats: 8 Spud and Chloe Go Team Hats

I made polymer clay buttons for a sweater.

I tried my hand at felt ornaments and finished two.

Sewing projects, not mentioned here, expanded my FO list.

I made my Christmas cards and garland for the tree.

And I painted my dining and living rooms.

Tomorrow is another day and the beginning of a shiny new year. 

What do I want to accomplish in the next 365 days?

What are your goals for 2011?

Wii, wii, whee-e-e

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Mr. Aitch and I got a Wii for Christmas and we’ve been playing it every day.  We didn’t yesterday.  Why?   Too much tennis, bowling, sword fighting, and golfing.  My right arm is very sore.

Now a confession.  There was a major faux pas on the Musica mitts I knit for Mr. Aitch.  In my haste to finish them before Christmas I forgot to knit the extra rows I added to the right hand.  This was discovered just as I was binding off.   Fortunately I did not cut the yarn.  I gave them (with the yarn still attached) to Mr. Aitch for Christmas with a note explaining they were almost finished.

I’ve already frogged back and added the extra rows and started to do the last few rows of ribbing.  I hope my arm holds out.

Hats!

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Office hats

Lion Brand Wool-Ease Worsted Weight yarn in Forest Green, Mushroom, Avocado, Navy, and Oxford Grey using size 11 US dpns.

Mods: I didn’t make the I-cord and pom poms.  I added a third color stripe to three of the hats.  The top left was done in a Helix stripe as shown on Knitting Daily TV episode 311 at marker 5:26.

Each Spud and Chloe Go Team hat took about 2 1/2 hours to knit.  The Helix took a little longer as untwisting the yarn colors at each needle was time-consuming. 

I knit a total of eight hats using this pattern this month but only have pictures of six of them.  I really liked how quick this was to knit and easy to customize.  On one hat I made tassels instead of pom poms (not shown).

Delivered

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All Christmas knitting has been delivered.  I managed to take pictures of most of it but, as usual,  they are still on the camera.

Co-worker knitting was placed on desks this morning.  I hope they like their hats.  I made all of them using the Spud and Chloe Go Team hat pattern but altered the stripes on some.  I also decided to forgo the i-cord and pom poms.

Pictures tomorrow.  I promise.