After Christmas

I know this is old news, but I was out of town and never got the chance to post about it.

I made my sister some Fetching mitts for Christmas, (inspired by KniftyRed) which she loved. The color was perfect for her.

I could not believe how fast these were to knit. And they used less than one skein!! I used Knit Picks Wool of the Andes. I have a bunch of single skeins of this stuff for mittens and small colorwork projects.

But what I am really excited about are the earrings I made for her and my mom. These were also fast to make!! I want to make more more more!!



You'll recall that my mom received the Abby cowl in Emerald. She ADORES it and has been wearing it everywhere. I have requests for more...but we shall see. I'm sort of tired of the gift-knitting. I'm finishing up one more scarf for a friend, and I still have the Wicked on the needles, but that'll be it for a while. I hope.

There were also some socks for my brother, who had yet to receive any knitted items from me.

I used Patons Kroy socks and it was surprisingly pleasing to work with. Sturdy and rugged. I want to make some warm mittens for myself with this stuff.

You'll notice that I've using more inexpensive yarns....Time to be a bit more frugal these days. I do still have some lovely Dream in Color, STR, Lorna's Laces, Arucania, and Malabrigo for future projects when I am missing more quality and yummy yarns *sniff*


As far as what I recieved for Christmas.....The only yarn related gift was a digital scale from my brother that I had asked for. (I also asked for some Handmaiden and Arucania but yeah, that never came *sniff* ) It's really nifty and shall be very useful at planning projects with partial skeins. I also can use it to portion food as I've started to diet. I have not looked at myself in a full length mirror in months, but at my mom's I was surprised at just how much weight I had gained over the past year and a half. I knew my clothes were tighter and I had been working out more at the gym, but I wasn't really seriously doing anything about it. Now I am.

Oh and I completely forgot! Eric spoiled me with a new phone! I have a new Blackberry Curve in red!! It's freaking awesome! I can browse the web (Ravelry), get email, get GPS directions, store music and photos! Yowza! The guy at the At&T store said after he saw my old phone that it was like moving from a black and white TV to a HD flat screen :P
I didn't really need a new phone, but I'm very happy to have one!!! It looks like this

Still one more week before school resumes and I go back to work. Lots of knitting time.... Yippie!