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Yet more Christmas knits

Posted on 01/07/2008 by Andrea | Comments (2)
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All I have to do is sew on some buttons, and I will be done with my very last Christmas knit of 2007. Yeah, it's a bit late, but in defensive of myself, it wasn't due until yesterday. And I wanted to make sure the strap was the right length, so I opted to let her try it on before sewing on the buttons.

We had a belated Christmas gathering yesterday because my sister couldn't get home from Boston for Christmas. We sat in front of the crackling television,

... and we opened Christmas presents. My sister knit gifts for both my mom and me, and we both knit gifts for her. It was handmade fun all around.

On the left are some clogs my sister made. She had seen some clogs with knitted uppers in stores and decided to try to make her own, so she bought some and removed the knitted parts and sewed her own knitted top on in its place. From her own hand-dyed, handspun yarn. I was so flabbergasted, especially since I've been knitting the Fiber Trends Felted Clogs. My first thought was that she'd made some of those and somehow attached them to a real shoe sole. So confused.

So anyway, these are actual real shoes as opposed to slippers, so I'll be able to wear them out, or at home, or wherever. And they have a soft, warm lining to make them extra cozy. I think she won the award for most creative, unexpected gift.

On the right above is my mom with the handknit gift she got from my sister. I won't say more about this project in case Mom wants to post about it herself, but I couldn't help but post this picture because of how happy Mom looks.

I'll post about my gift for my sister later, once I've got the buttons on and I can take some pictures of the finished product. So, with the exception of Brad's St. Mawes (ouch... the pain), that wraps up Christmas knitting of 2007. I'm either going to knit gifts throughout the year or drastically scale back the knitted gifts for '08, I think. Up next on the needles is this:

This is the Retro Redux Shrug from Lace Style. It's a really simple knit that I started at Open Knitting at Double Ewe Yarn and will probably knit at my knitting group with coworkers tomorrow. I can't wait to wear it.

I'm also in the process of designing a scarf to be made from my latest dyed roving. This is a trade with an online friend and the stuff she sent me in trade was so fantastic, I'm really being finicky about making sure the scarf turns out great.

2 Comments

The clogs your sister made are really cool...very creative.

And I love the shrug - I can't wait to see more of it!

- said Kelly (01/07/2008, 1:34 PM)

Thanks, Kelly! Knitting this shrug is like reading a really, really good book. I stayed up till midnight last night knitting because I couldn't put it down. I'll probably be finished with it before next week's open knitting.

This yarn is so delicious. I'm definitely going to think of a reason to use it again.

- said andrea (01/07/2008, 1:34 PM)