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I did jinx myself with all that high-falutin' talk of having time to knit for me today. Instead, I ended up working on one mitten and two teeny sweaters.
Last night I finished the Koigu socks:
I can tell you that these are for my mom, since she's on a plane to Minneapolis right now and isn't going to be reading my blog between now and Saturday. (I get to pick up my mommy in about two hours!!)
Matthew's mom is getting this hat and mittens set:
I had big plans for doing something fancy with this red, white, and blue Cascade 220, but in the end, I just held all three strands together and let 'er rip. I actually like the result, if only because it's all super warm. The patterns I made up in my head and did on size 10.5 needles. Each mitten took a little over an hour.
I have more teeny-tiny sweaters, too. You've seen the blue Cashmerino Aran one, but not the Dale Tiur+angora Santa-ish one, or the Noro Silk Garden one, or the Koigu, or the Regia ones. I have very yarn-snob-ish teeny sweaters. One more to go, unless I decide to give one of my great aunts one, as well, as I think she's more the small-sweater-ornament type than the flower pin type. Plus, I don't want to have to make another flower pin, as they require much more concentration than the sweaters.
I got an early Christmas present in the mail: the UPS guy brought me a package from Amazon, and within it were The Celtic Collection and Hip to Crochet, both from Mommy. Whee!
Tipper @ 3:47 PM * link
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