finally!

Now that Christmas is over, I can post pictures of the knitting projects I made for the holidays.

First off, a very simple shawl for Joe's grandmother:


It was basically a knit 3, purl 3 alternating stitch all the way to create a big rectangle based upon a simple Prayer Shawl pattern. Then I made two smaller rectangles and sewed them on both ends to lengthen the shawl. Simple, fat yarn, fatter needles, and cozy. Machine washable is nice too.




Next, my first real lace pattern, a pair of Broadripple socks for my mother in law.




The yarn is Trekking XXL, and those are her favorite colors.


And finally, some very basic ribbed boot socks for my father in law:



These were ribbed in order to fit a variety of sizes since I wasn't entirely sure how big his feet are. The are made of very expensive Colinette Jitterbug yarn, and I ended up needing 2 skeins to finish them.


And how about the works in progress?
On my needles right now I have a raglan sweater for my husband that will be grey and black stripes (and probably not done until next winter) and the Clementine Shawlette, which is my very fist attempt at reading a knitting chart. So far, it looks kind of awful but I'm hoping it's just that it needs blocking. I can wait to use my new blocking wires on it!


the Clementine Shawlette, not at all clementine colored, and in need of blocking, is seen here in its early days