Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Handmade Holiday

Greetings...
A quick update on the christmas gifts that I am busily working on.
I am almost halfway done with an extra long wool scarf for my sister. I made one of these a couple of years ago for my husband, and since he has been away I have been using it, and it has become clear that I must also make one for myself. I love it!. The secret is to make it extra long. It is very simple yet time consuming; I cast on 36, and then knit 3 purl 3 and so on. I think I will use 3 skeins of the Lambs pride bulky weight yearn to complete it, maybe even a bit more.
I am also in the process of making a special woolen blanket for Kaleena. I am loving using felted woolen sweaters and I am using these for her blanket. So far I have cut perhaps half of the squares that I will need. I need to find a few more lighter colored sweaters to complete the look I want for her.  I will share the finished product once I have it ready
I also finished two more pairs of fingerless mitts for the youngest girls of the house, I may add a scarf to these, I have not decided yet..
 Today at the homeschooling group one sweet mama gifted me with this bunch of soft delicious alpaca wool, straight from her friends farm. I don't know what it is about wool that makes me so happy, but it does!! I am continuously amazed at the generosity of this wonderful community we share, and will surely miss this amazing group when we move on!!
As for this lovely wool, I have plans to make a couple of knitted animals that will need stuffing, and who knows what other lovely projects will spring from this gift.
~happy creating y'all~

5 comments:

  1. You've been super busy! And oh yes, wool! Something about it makes me positively *giddy!*

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  2. Happy creating, lovely mama! I've got some light colors, what colors do you need? Blessings.

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  3. eek! that alpaca is lovely! you are hard at work over there, mama. way to go! ;)

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  4. I am sort of hoping your sister doesn't read this blog. I want her to be surprised. But I also want her to read your blog, so I am stuck. I'm anxious to see the blanket as it comes together. Your color choices in yarn and - well - everything, makes me happy.

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  5. Very pretty, the wool blanket will be beautiful.

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