Winter arrived early this year and my knitting lagged behind. I was able to get these items sent along to Calgary with their Hallowe’en package. I’m not certain who will wear what, or maybe they will mix them all up between them.

The green scarf used the left-over yarn from the sweater I made for Taylor. The pattern shows up better in the photo than it does in real life; I guess it needs some distance.

The blue toque is one of three sizes I made. The first one I made was too small and will be passed to the Salvation Army for their Christmas packages. After making one that I thought was the right size I made a third one; Pat says it looks good on me but I’m not so sure. If we don’t get some sunny and cool days between now and December I’ll pass it along to the Salvation Army as well.

The headband was an experiment that may or may not have worked out. I wasn’t sure what length to make it; it might be too large and will fall right off their heads. It seems a bit wide as well but it is knit using a seed stitch so easily altered.

UPDATE – November 9, 2016

The toque was a little small for Gavin so I’ve sent him the one I made for me; I don’t really need it in our weather.

Madison got the headband; I’ll make another a little smaller Emma.

Emma took the scarf and it fit just fine!

Christy sent me a link to this pattern and I agreed to make one for Taylor. The pattern wasn’t expensive and I downloaded it from Ravelry, which I often use for free patterns but seldom purchase from. I checked my stash of yarn and found a partial ball of Bernat  Softee Chunky and knit a swatch to check my gauge. I don’t usually do this but in this case my tension and this yarn worked perfectly together. When I checked with Christy as to what colour Taylor might like she said she would check, but that she (Christy) would like one in gray.

I decided that a trip to Michaels while I was in the Lower Mainland would be fun (for me) and I could let Taylor pick out the colour she wanted. There were lots of choices, but very few of the colours had the needed amount; Taylor chose green for herself.

The pattern knit up quickly because of the chunky yarn and large needles. On a fun trip (for me) to Fabricana Taylor picked out the buttons she wanted. Good choice Taylor!

I’ll start work on Christy’s sweater soon.

Christy found and shared this pattern on Facebook.  I did some digging and found a couple of places with patterns and tutorials; I don’t crochet a lot, but this was an easy pattern to follow.

I used up quite a bit of my green yarn; I didn’t have enough of the same colours but I had enough to complete it in various shades of green. You had to change colour every row so there were a lot of ends to sew in at the end of it.

My little mermaid isn’t very little anymore though!

It has taken an awfully long time for me to get these socks finished. I cast on the stitches before I left for my trip to Calgary in April. I cast them on at home because I still struggle with the invisible cast-on and I have papers, notes and a bookmarked internet page that I often have to use.

With the exception of the pair for Madison, I finished all but the heel during my visit (and waits at the airport).

I knit in the evenings while we watch TV and, since I’ve been home, we’ve mostly been watching sub-titled movies and shows. I can multi-task to a certain extent, but reading and knitting at the same time are outside my capabilities!