Finished Socks and Started More

I finished Kathy's Christmas socks on the 24th and gave them right to her. She got to wear them all day Christmas day. They are a pattern I just made up. The yarn is Dream in Color Classy. It's really really soft. Kathy picked it out from my stash. Soft Summer Sky is the color. Very pretty.

So I started socks for my Aunt Martha Christmas night. Her birthday is January 15th. I might even get these done in time to send them to her. She picked the yarn out last May but I don't know what it is. The band came off. I just know it is part cotton. I'm doing a 3x3 rib with a purl row every 5th round. These needed to be pretty plain because of the stripes in the yarn itself. I hope she likes them.

Another FO Mitts

Yay I finished these last night. I can get them sent off tomorrow. They won't get to my sister before Tuesday probably but she really doesn't care. No pattern, I just cast on 36 stitches, with the beads on the tail. I pushed up a bead after every second cast on. This is 100% wool I got last year at JoAnn's and it's really super soft. It comes in some pastel colors plus red, navy, black I think. It's worsted weight so these were done on 5's and 7's and a really fast knit. I like the 3 rounds of seed stitch at the end of the hand and thumb.

Christmas FOs

Got the two required things done. Lily's sweater and Lura's socks. Totally changed up the sweater. Abandoned what I started, downsized the needles and did a totally different idea. Made up a 2x2 rib for the socks switching out every 8 rounds. The sweater is Colinette Skye in Popsickle and is about a size 5. The socks are Colinette Cadenza worked top down and about a size 8-9 shoe.

Christmas might be late

I got sick. In the bed sick for six days. Flu bronchitis fever. Awful. No knitting for 5 days of it. I had already frogged Lily's sweater and started over. I finally finished it except for buttons. I'll get a picture this weekend in the daylight. Plus I had promised myself to finally knit socks for my niece Lura. I'm now 10 rounds and the toe from finishing sock #2. At last. And it's the middle of the night. Taking a break and planning to finish it, go to bed then take pictures tomorrow. These things have to get mailed off to other states. I don't even have the sweater buttons to sew on yet. I dread the idea of shopping on Saturday. If Walmart has no buttons, it's a 60 mile round trip to the next store so I'll be waiting until Monday when I go to work. Hmmmm. The socks have to get washed and dry so they can't get mailed tomorrow either. It's just not fair to get sick before Christmas when it gets in the way of knitting.