Finished project(s): more ornaments!
Remember how I said I was going to post a pattern for another ornament? Well, I never did (obviously). The reason was that someone else had written an almost identical pattern, which I discovered when I did a little looking around on Ravelry when I was getting ready to post my pattern. There is really no reason to have two almost-identical toe-up mini sock patterns.
So if you want to make a toe-up mini sock much like this one, go check out KBLicious's pattern here.
The main difference between mine and hers is just that I used a crochet chain provisional cast on type of toe (as in Wendy's Generic Toe Up Sock pattern), rather than Judy's Magic Cast On that she uses (I have tried that kind of cast-on and it always turns out messy and terrible for me).
I also made a mini raglan sweater and some mini mittens:
The mini sweater was another improvisation, but based loosely on this pattern that I'd printed out from KnitList years and years ago.
And the mini mittens are my own pattern. On these, I did reverse the placement on the thumb on one mitten so there's a right and a left, versus two rights. It's pretty easy to figure out how to do that, but someday I'd like to update the pattern so that it's spelled out for everyone.
I only made two Christmas gifts this year - these ornaments (for the mother of the baby who got the Yarni cardigan last year; I used the leftover yarn), and the socks for my dad. Just too tired and too busy getting ready for our impending arrival (due in three weeks as of today!) But both gifts were well-received and that's always such a relief!
