Christmas knitting is in crunch mode. I decided to make Marluks for Kristin. She lives in an old house at school. I thought these would be good for keeping her feet warm this winter.
This pattern calls for an after-thought heel. This is a technique I've never done before. On the pattern page in Ravelry, Andrea Mowry has a link to a video to show how she uses lifelines to hold the live stitches after she removes the scrap yarn.
I'm also making these two-at-a-time. The gauge is tight which is making the knitting slow. Fortunately it is worsted weight yarn so it compensates for the slow knitting.
When I asked Blake what he wanted, he mentioned a scarf. After work Thursday I popped over to my LYS and got some chunky yarn in a color that should match his favorite cap. I am using a stitch pattern out of the book Sequence Knitting. It is a simple 9 stitch repeat, but if you don't pay attention, and pay too much attention to the television before you get your rhythm, you can mess up. I had to rip it out and restart. Since this is chunky yarn, it is working up fast.
While I was at the LYS I found this lovely skein of BAAH. I love the colors. This is going to be me-knitting after I get the Christmas projects finished.
This weekend is dedicated to finishing the docorations. We are going to have a challenge with everything placed low. Nala has decided that under the tree is one of her favorite places to hide.
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