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Why not? OK. Why? Perhaps you have some leftover yarn from BF's socks and you want to immortalize his gifts by making miniature socks that will hopefully last from here to eternity. I made miniature replicas of his sleeping socks.
This inspired me to take pictures of other tan and beige things in my neighborhood (see BF's hand sticking out by the cannon?)
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I think BF deserves matching Christmas Ornaments for his sleeping socks. Don't you?
BF and I drove into the city for a big birthday bash for Angel at Turkuaz on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was a wonderful Turkish restaurant and the drive there and back afforded me the opportunity to knit three more little socks.
I like the bright cheery colors. I think that sometimes that makes for a happier Christmas tree. Of course, I appreciate the classic look of an all-white tree - so I knit both types of ornaments. Go figure.
Happy Birthday Angel! We had a blast.
Christmas is over. The gifts are unwrapped. At least, that's the case in my house. The boys are with their father for the holiday break (we alternate years) and now I'm having the post-holiday crash. On one hand, I'm thrilled to be done with the holiday craziness. On the other hand, I'm sad that it's over already. Add to that, the fact that our heater went out last night. There's really only one thing to do. Yup. That's right. Crawl right back into bed with Wilma (for extra heat).
But the whole day wasn't lost. I managed to knit a few more miniature sock Christmas ornaments.
I also went over the pattern with Joanne - who managed to finish 2 of them. She helped me test the pattern. I'm about to send out the pattern to a few other testers and then I'll share it with you.
Stay warm and enjoy these last few days before Christmas. Merry. Merry.
I'm enraptured with the way the Zara knits up on my miniature ornaments. I started branching out into new color schemes - away from the Christmasy colors. It was great fun.
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Joanne came over today for a bit of knitting. I taught her how to make these stockings using the Magic Loop method. She helped me test the pattern. I need a few more testers before I'm ready to share this pattern with everyone. They're a great deal of fun!
Sunday was a perfect day for staying indoors and knitting. At least I thought so. After a reading of the Monday morning blog posts, apparently, many of you thought the same thing. I was busy knitting up some miniature Christmas Stockings for gift ornaments. These are all new, never before seen ornaments. Some may be repeats of former patterns/designs, but these are all the product of Sunday's knitting frenzy.
Look at Secundogeniture's latest Gingerbread House. Isn't it amazing?
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Truthfully, this was Secundogeniture's find at our local grocery store. I happened to have my camera with me, so I gave it to Secundogeniture and he snapped these cute pictures. it would be fun to undertake a huge confectionary construction like this. How festive! Speaking of festive, I made another Red Sox ornament.
This time I used the Magic Loop method with leftover Koigu KPM and US Size 2 Turbo Addis. I'm fine-tuning the pattern - so check back shortly. This took me roughly one hour from start to finish. Not bad for a cute hand-knit ornament.
Look what I whipped up this afternoon for Secundogeniture's teacher. She's a huge Red Sox fan.
I'm working out the pattern, but I made it using leftover worsted weight wool, specifically, Paton's Classic Wool Merino in Red and Winter White. I used US Size 5 dpns and cast on 18 sts. I knit in K1, P1 rib for 6 rounds and then 12 more rounds in stockinette. I divided the heel sts (9 sts) from the instep (9 sts). I switched to the contrast color (Winter White) and knit a heel flap using simple stockinette for 6 rows. Then I turned the heel. I returned to the main color (red) which I never cut. I now had 13 sts on the heel and 9 on the instep, so I knit up the gusset, using basic instructions until there were only 18 sts remaining. I knit the remaining rounds in stockinette until there were about 16 rounds from the white heel. I switched to the contrast color (Winter White) for the toe and knit one round before doing my decreases. I did a typical toe decrease until there were only 10 sts remaining. Then I closed the toe with the kitchener stitch and wove in the loose ends.
This little ornament took less than one hour to make and will be greatly appreciated. I think that cute little ornaments are always a hit. No need to worry about the "itchy" factor since no one is actually wearing it.
