Hoping every one's Thanksgiving was wonderful! Mine certainly was. To my surprise, I actually got to enjoy the entire day with my family (minus that sleeping thing I am compelled to do on occasion).
As usual, real time gets away from me. I've made a pretty good dent in the 'ole Christmas shopping game, very neatly avoiding Black Friday by hibernating inside my house and doing all of my shopping online. Now it is just a matter of waiting for the UPS guy to bring me my goodies.
Last minute gift ideas...again as usual. I have begun (twice) a beret intended for a gift, and darned if I am not out of that particular Noro, so I can't finish it at this time. Now I am on the hunt for Silk Garden #8, less than a skein...story of my life.
Other gift idea, a pair of house slippers from a pattern I found on Ravelry. I cannibalized my sweater ( that I'm never going to wear) to make these. By trial and error, I finally figured out that I needed to cast on 15 stitches rather than the 20 the pattern called for. It was the difference in yarn weights. It helped when I found someone else's notes stating the squares were 4x4 inches, which made calculating the size all that much easier.
Construction was a little confusing. I had to watch the corresponding YouTube video a couple of times when I was sewing them together. 
Felting now occuring :) and since I have a front loader, I add those spiky dryer balls into the mix to help along the felting process. Still, it will take at least two washings. Hopefully I will have those finsihed slippers to show next. And if I find a skein of #8 maybe another beret too.
3 comments:
Waiting on a couple of things I ordered as gifts too, I'm SO thankful for online stores! Those slippers are so cute! Hope they felt well! I don't have any NSG 8 left I think but I'll check. Take care and happy knitting!
PS Your blog is fine! LOL! I'm just BORED so I play around and change things up. I have no idea what I'm doing half the time. You can google free blogger backgrounds and you'll find tons of them to try! ;O) Mine will be changing again any day now I'm sure! LOL!!! I'm still trying to find the one that makes me happy every time I see it so I won't ignore the blog so much.
Those slippers are cool, look forward to seeing them felted. Sorry I don't have that NSG colorway or I'd help you out!
Thanks for looking for me... Don't ya hate when you have to pay for shipping when all you need is a little bit?? LOL
Dawn you're silly, bored indeed, as if that can be possible with two kids.
It is nice not to fight the holiday crowds isn't it.
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