knitting is a hereditary disease

Finished projects, stash acquisition, and more

Posted on 12/21/2007 by Andrea | Comments (0)
Filed under : Knitting

So much to share, I don't even know where to start.

First, I had my last Felted Clogs class at Borealis Yarns last night. This is the Fiber Trends felted clogs pattern that everyone seems to have knit at one time or another. Honestly, I wasn't all that interested in the felted clogs craze, but my friend Megan wanted to take a knitting class with me at Borealis and this was the one that seemed the most interesting. While I boarded this clog bandwagon a bit late, I'm now happy enough to stay on it. The construction of this thing is sheer genius. It's great fun to knit and I think the clogs will be warm and comfortable. I finished the first clog last night and will probably not knit the second one until after Christmas. But I have high hopes for my clogs.

Second. While I was felted-clog-yarn shopping with the aforementioned Megan several weeks ago, I had my heart broken by this Katia Mexico. The bright colors were a sight for sore eyes in the midst of this gray winter. However, this is a superwash yarn and would never work for felted clogs, so I had to bid this yarn a sorrowful adieu and move on.

Megan, being the thoughtful and generous friend that she is, sought to mend my broken heart by buying up all of the Katia Mexico yarn they had in this colorway and giving it to me for Christmas. Woohoo! I'm planning to be much more selfish with my post-Christmas knitting and this will be a good start. Mittens and a hat, maybe?

I finished THREE (count 'em) Christmas gifts and gave them to their recipients yesterday, and all were well received. I don't know about you, but I always worry about how well people will like their handknits, and I always heave a sigh of relief when they aren't hated or (and this is almost worse) met with blank, glassy-eyed stares. I've had a couple of tepid reactions to handknits, so I've tried to be much more judicious about how and when (and for whom) I knit gifts.

Tomorrow I plan on seaming Brad's St. Mawes sweater while he plays World of Warcraft. Then I will have ~~four~~ (five; I knitted another pair of Mini Mittens) finished projects to write about this weekend... unless something goes horribly wrong. Let's hope nothing goes horribly wrong.

Stay tuned.