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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Christmas Socks 2018

When I first started knitting over 40 years ago, I made  a few sweaters. I put the needles down for many years to pursue my teaching career and raise my 3 children.   Just recently I returned to knitting. It was a whole new world!

Aside from the new needles and independent yarn dyers that have blossomed, a plethora of knitting activities had emerged along with acronyms - KAL, WIP, UFL, BFL, etc.  What the heck!!  Now maybe some of you are familiar with these terms, but I had never heard of them before.  I needed to do some research just to work my way through them.  


Another interesting occurrence is that shawls had sprung into the limelight.  It seems there are many designers creating new shawl patterns and plenty of people knitting them as well.  And the yarns, don't get me started.  They combine such a variety of wool from sheep, yaks, goats, alpacas and more, that they put the yarns of yore to shame. 

All I can say is it's a wonderful and exciting new world for knitters.  

And this brings me to something else I discovered - knitted Christmas socks.  Yes, that's right.  People knit socks for the Christmas season and some knit more than one pair - many more.  I didn't really know such a thing existed, but after viewing various knitting podcast - and there are numerous ones out there -  and discovering this knitted Christmas sock phenomenon, I was hooked.   I found the perfect self-striping yarn at a LYS (local yarn store) .   It's made in England by West Yorkshire Spinners.  The color is Fairy Lights and it's so cute.  I paired it with their Cayenne Pepper for the contrast toes, heels, and cuffs. The yarn is a combination of BFL (Bluefaced Leicester) wool and nylon.  Really nice to knit. Also, bought their Chocolate Lime yarn for next year's pair.  I'm hooked.  I can see this becoming a tradition. 😊

Monday, December 17, 2018

Personalized Knitted Christmas Ornaments

So along with all the Christmas ornaments that I blogged about in my last post, I also made personalized ones for the grandchildren and great nieces and nephews.  With a bit a pattern adaptation,  I was able to knit each name on half the ball as well as a couple of designs on the other side to complete it.  Some letters shape better than others when knitting stitches.


Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Knitted Christmas Ornaments


This year I have been knitting Christmas ornaments.  They are just the right size project to get on my needles. They vary in design and I can finish them in a good amount of time.

These are Nordic patterns designed by Arne and Carlos.  

They are knit with 100% Peruvian Highland wool and filled with wool roving.  As they are handmade, no two are exactly the same - each is unique.

Hopefully these will adorn the families' Christmas trees for years to come.