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Christmas Recap

Journal, Knit & Crochet, Quilting

Friday, January 2, 2015

Although I didn’t make a lot of different things as gifts this year, I made a lot of the specific patterns I chose.

Taylor's Bag
Taylor’s Bag
Dylan's Bag
Dylan’s Bag
Alex & Will
Alex & Will
Gavin (left), Emma (centre), and Madison (right)
Gavin (left), Emma (centre), and Madison (right)

I started these bags in July and I can’t imagine having waited any longer. They were labour intensive (but not difficult) and I’m sure the Guild ladies didn’t think they’d ever be finished. There were times I doubted it myself. It was so worth the effort though when I saw the kids get off the plane carrying their bags.

Clockwise Taylor, Will, Dylan, Alex
Clockwise Taylor, Will, Dylan, Alex

I made socks for the grandkids that were here for Christmas. Everyone was able to get their socks on, but it was a struggle in every case. The size I made for Will and Dylan were a perfect fit for Alex and Taylor. I’ll have to go back to the drawing board and make a larger size for the older boys. Getting the right size for Elizabeth’s kids will be a challenge too, but I’ll go bigger rather than smaller.

photo-4I made about a dozen fabric baskets this year as gifts. I thought they would use up some scrap fabric and they did, but not nearly enough. I neglected to take a photo of the group before I sent them out, but Diane was good enough to send me a photo of her basket. Didn’t she put it to good use?

DylanMany of my evenings were spent crocheting this afghan for Dylan. It is a Jacob’s Ladder stitch and worked very nicely.

 

 

Super Mario Blanket

Knit & Crochet
Super Mario Blanket
Super Mario Blanket

When I visited Christy in July I took Dylan a pixelated Mario. I also took along some blue wool with a thought to perhaps starting a granny square afghan for my Tickle Trunk. When Dylan saw the blue wool he assumed I was making him a new blankie (that would be blankie #4, but who’s counting)!

Once I agreed to make him a new blankie with the wool, he started thinking he would like to have Luigi on his blankie. I knew this would be a challenge but I had the pixelated Luigi so thought it was possible. I secretly started thinking I could add Mario as well. While I was with Dylan he introduced me to the Yoshi character, and before I knew it all three were part of the blankie!

 

Knitted Gift Bags

Knit & Crochet

I found a pattern for knitted bags to hold gift cards. I had some Christmas yarn so decided to give them a try.

The first bag was knit on very small needles with an odd stitch and it took far too long to finish. I needed a second bag so I used larger needles but it still seemed a lot of work for the results.

I like the lace, knitted with crochet cotton, and I might use that part of the pattern again.