knitting is a hereditary disease

Inspiring stuff + all Christmas all the time

Posted on 12/14/2007 by Andrea | Comments (0)
Filed under : Knitting

A Google search on "felting ribbing" led me to the following treasure: Betz White's felted wreath. I can't stop looking at this thing.

I've also been inspired by an article in the December issue of Martha Stewart Living, which is a pleasant surprise because Martha hasn't done much to inspire me in quite a while. I keep meaning to take a picture of the magazine page, because I can't seem to find any evidence of this article anywhere online. It's an article about striped blankets, circa (I think) the 1930s or 40s. The color combinations in these blankets are unexpected and delicious, and have gotten me itching to try out some striped knitting with similar color combinations. Sometime after Christmas, of course. I'll try to take a picture this weekend and update this entry.

This weekend there will be much holiday merriment. Christmas cookie baking, Christmas party attending, Christmas tree decorating (my parents', not mine; The Husband and I have gone sans Christmas tree this year and last year because of Fangor the Death Kitten), and Christmas shopping. In the small pockets of time between all these festive activities, there will be Christmas gift knitting (I'm finally starting to admit to myself that I won't have time to knit a gift for every single person on my list). I think this about stretches my holiday cheer as far as it will go and by the time Christmas is over (possibly even before), I will be well and truly satiated.