Now that it’s all over, I feel safe in blogging about my Christmas knitting this year. Of course, I completely forgot to take photos of things but links to the patterns would still be nice to share, don’t you think?

The Spouse’s knitted gift was a big-ass afghan, knitted from Plymouth Encore. I used ten balls of wool but no pattern per se; it’s just a big rectangle knit in my thatched bamboo stitch and with a garter stitch border.

That was the only family knitted gift of the year as I felt like I bombarded them with knitwear throughout the year. Besides, it’s hard to knit a Glee DVD…

For friends, I knit up two Mineco market bags (Rav link) using KnitPick’s CotLin. For the one of those two recipients who uses dishcloths in her kitchen, I also knit two dishcloths in a nice reversible stitch, the name of which completely escapes me (if I ever knew it to begin with!). It’s k1, p1 across and then knit back.

This was the first time I’d used CotLin and I really liked it. Very easy to work with and it looks fantastic. The leftovers of all that cotton blend will be knit into facecloths which will then be tucked away with some handmade soaps. I reckon they’d make fantastic “emergency” gifts.

One other (female) friend received a pair of socks and a fourth received a Wavy Orange Scarf (Rav link or web link) and a matching Calorimetry (Rav link or web link).

The three male friends I knit for each received A Hat Fit for a Boyfriend (Rav link or web link). These were great to knit up using leftover worsted weight yarns held double with leftover sock yarns. Quick quick quick! (And apparently desirable too as the Spouse has specifically requested one for himself!)

Now that I see the list all written out, I’m wondering why it took me so long to knit all of that! I started in August with the afghan and finished at the end of November. I guess I did knit other things at the same time…socks, a lace shawl, slippers, a cardigan.

Next year, I’ll take pictures…

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