A few Christmas gifts...

Admittedly, these are not the best photos...in the rush to wrap them for Christmas and to finish them they got no proper picture taken. Isaiah snapped these as they were being opened. The penguin PJs for my niece have nice red buttons. Mom seemed to like the apron.

Branching Out

Here is a Christmas present for my mother. It is made of a wool/cashmere blend from the pattern Branching Out on knitty.com. I knit it on two plane rides--to and from Minnesota...quick and satisfying.

A Couple more finished projects....

I have used up most of my kitchen cotton on these coffee cup sleeves (I made 5 of them!) and on the kitchen towel (pattern from the second Mason-Dixon knitting book). These will be gifts, of course.

1. Finish Hailey's knucks.DONE
2. Finish my Dogwood Blossom Shawl.
3. Twirly Girl apron.
4. One other apron.
5. 24 party bags. DONE
6. Yoga socks. DONE (pictures to be taken and posted soon)
7. Golightly gloves and ballband washcloth. DONE
8. Coffee cup sleeves. DONE
9. Kitchen towel. DONE
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Golightly gloves and the Ballband washcloth

These are from Mason-Dixon Knitting (the washcloth from their first book and the gloves from their second). Perhaps the gloves are a bit frivolous, but Mark's mom uses rubber gloves all the time and I thought she might like them. A quick, unique knit and I do think she liked them.

So, here is my running total of projects now:

1. Finish Hailey's knucks.DONE
2. Finish my Dogwood Blossom Shawl.
3. Twirly Girl apron.
4. One other apron.
5. 24 party bags. DONE
6. Yoga socks. DONE (pictures to be taken and posted soon)
7. Golightly gloves and ballband washcloth. DONE
8. Coffee cup sleeves
9.
10.

Hailey's Knucks

So, I am done with Hailey's knucks and relieved, I would have to say. I am not very confident about the embroidery aspect of this project, but here it is. She looks happy with them! One more thing on my list that is done! Look for yoga socks in the next couple of days.

1. Finish Hailey's knucks.DONE
2. Finish my Dogwood Blossom Shawl.
3. Twirly Girl apron.
4. One other apron.
5. 24 party bags. DONE
6. Yoga socks.
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10.

Progress....

I have something to add to my project list....24 party bags for Isaiah's birthday. I don't have a photo, but they are simple squares of fabric (samples from SCRAP--precut and everything) sewn into little bags, filled with candy and tied shut. I think they count for one of my ten projects to be done before purchasing any books or magazines.

1. Finish Hailey's knucks.
2. Finish my Dogwood Blossom Shawl.
3. Twirly Girl apron.
4. One other apron.
5. Sew 24 party bags for Isaiah's birthday party. DONE
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10.

1 down, 9 to go....

Another project...

Introducing the Koolhaas Hat. This pattern is from the 2007 Interweave Knits Gifts. I've eyed the pattern for most of the year, so when a friend emailed and asked for a hat to keep his head warm in Minnesota, I decided to make this. I used some random wool from New Mexico. Fun pattern and a nice way to experiment with a new stitch pattern a bit.

This year's holiday edition of Interweave Knit Gifts is out now and I am tempted by it. Nice shiny new ideas. Never mind that I have hundreds of "old" ideas that I have never executed yet. I seem to collect books and ideas instead of executing the ideas I already have. In order to combat this, I think it is time for another little game with myself. I, Lisa, do solemnly swear that I will not buy the latest edition of Interweave Knit Gifts until I have executed at least 10 of the ideas that I currently have. Here is a beginning list:

1. Finish Hailey's knucks.
2. Finish my Dogwood Blossom Shawl.
3. Twirly Girl apron.
4. One other apron.
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8.
9.
10.

I'll need to fill in the list as I go along, but this will definitely be a beginning! It should take me through the next month or the end of the year, depending on how many projects I get to. Wish me luck!