So many options
As the end of the year approaches, I find myself thinking about future projects, including next-year's holiday knitting.
First off, I need to finish several items for Sylvia:
--Anouk pinafore: I finished this last spring, but the side tabs were too close to her arms, so the fit was too tight. I need to knit up some new side tabs (the originals came out too short, I think), which should take almost no time at all because they're quite small. I originally put green leaf-shaped buttons on this sweater, but I've decided to replace them with some round, silver, garden-themed buttons.
--Cardigan using leftover yarn from Anouk: When I ordered the yarn for Anouk, I ordered one extra ball of each color...and ended up with a lot of leftovers. So I decided to make a v-neck cardigan to go with Anouk. The pieces are all knit and blocked. I just need to sew them together, add a crochet edging (though I may ask Jan to do that part), and sew on buttons identical to the ones on the pinafore.
--Christmas stocking: This one needs to be ripped up past the heel, but it's a fairly straightforward, uncomplicated pattern that shouldn't take me too long to complete.
--Christmas-tree hat: All I have left to do is to sew on the white garland, add a pompom to the top,http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif and add the button "ornaments."
Once that's all finished...then what?
A few weeks ago, I read Eunny Jang's tutorial on blocking lace (she has links to lots of other tutorials, including several on steeks--something that absolutely terrifies the crap out of me), and since then I've been mulling over knitting my first full-fledged lacey shawl number.
Of course, right before Christmas, I received a fabulous package from my SP9, which included a skein of beautiful Lorna's Laces yarn (which she suggests using to trim a sweater or perhaps for a hat or scarf) and books filled with all sorts of tantalizing projects. Picture Knits has me really wanting to give intarsia another go...
...which I may do on the Wonderful Wallaby sweater I'm going to make for Sylvia. My friend Beth recently finished one in Rowan All-Seasons Cotton, and I liked the look and feel of that yarn so much that I decided to use it for my own version. Thanks to eBay and the Royal Mail, when I returned home yesterday after visiting my parents in Illinois for Christmas, two ten-skein packages of that yarn (one in Native, one in Heart) were waiting for me. I'm thinking of using the Native, which is it a light tan, for the sweater, and maybe jazzing up the pocket with some funky, colorful image.
And speaking of colorful knitting, on Christmas I received Handknit Holidays. When I reviewed this book back in October, I mentioned the Swedish Heart-Warmer Shawl. Two months later, I'm still enamored of that piece and very much contemplating making one for myself...even though it's on seriously small (size 1! Hello!) needles...
Look how long this list is already! And I haven't even started to think about next year's holiday knitting...
First off, I need to finish several items for Sylvia:
--Anouk pinafore: I finished this last spring, but the side tabs were too close to her arms, so the fit was too tight. I need to knit up some new side tabs (the originals came out too short, I think), which should take almost no time at all because they're quite small. I originally put green leaf-shaped buttons on this sweater, but I've decided to replace them with some round, silver, garden-themed buttons.
--Cardigan using leftover yarn from Anouk: When I ordered the yarn for Anouk, I ordered one extra ball of each color...and ended up with a lot of leftovers. So I decided to make a v-neck cardigan to go with Anouk. The pieces are all knit and blocked. I just need to sew them together, add a crochet edging (though I may ask Jan to do that part), and sew on buttons identical to the ones on the pinafore.
--Christmas stocking: This one needs to be ripped up past the heel, but it's a fairly straightforward, uncomplicated pattern that shouldn't take me too long to complete.
--Christmas-tree hat: All I have left to do is to sew on the white garland, add a pompom to the top,http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif and add the button "ornaments."
Once that's all finished...then what?
A few weeks ago, I read Eunny Jang's tutorial on blocking lace (she has links to lots of other tutorials, including several on steeks--something that absolutely terrifies the crap out of me), and since then I've been mulling over knitting my first full-fledged lacey shawl number.
Of course, right before Christmas, I received a fabulous package from my SP9, which included a skein of beautiful Lorna's Laces yarn (which she suggests using to trim a sweater or perhaps for a hat or scarf) and books filled with all sorts of tantalizing projects. Picture Knits has me really wanting to give intarsia another go...
...which I may do on the Wonderful Wallaby sweater I'm going to make for Sylvia. My friend Beth recently finished one in Rowan All-Seasons Cotton, and I liked the look and feel of that yarn so much that I decided to use it for my own version. Thanks to eBay and the Royal Mail, when I returned home yesterday after visiting my parents in Illinois for Christmas, two ten-skein packages of that yarn (one in Native, one in Heart) were waiting for me. I'm thinking of using the Native, which is it a light tan, for the sweater, and maybe jazzing up the pocket with some funky, colorful image.
And speaking of colorful knitting, on Christmas I received Handknit Holidays. When I reviewed this book back in October, I mentioned the Swedish Heart-Warmer Shawl. Two months later, I'm still enamored of that piece and very much contemplating making one for myself...even though it's on seriously small (size 1! Hello!) needles...
Look how long this list is already! And I haven't even started to think about next year's holiday knitting...
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