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Holy *@!%! It’s Christmas already?

Man have I been a busy girl! It seems like December just flew by!

Well, as much as I said I was going to avoid Christmas giftie-type knitting, I just couldn’t. I say it every year and I always make *something*. This year I was prompted to get off my butt by my son. Even at 4 years old, that boy can appreciate Mommy’s crafting. He came up to me one night and flat out said “Mommy, I want a hat!” Thank goodness he asked for something easy! I walked him back to the stash and let him pick out his own yarn.

Of course, this also means I have to make a hat for my little girl too. She also visited the stash for some yarn.

So, in the midst of the Christmas knitting…I was working on my own projects. I finished my Vaya Shrug first…

Vaya Shrug on the duct tape form

Then I started and finished my Whisper Shrug…

The Whisper, in an unfinished state...

I don’t have any pictures of it completed yet, but it sure looks awesome blocked. I even bought some Habu Silk to make another…

Then I started a sweater that has no name, because it has no pattern. I am mixing and matching and making it up as I go along. I am knitting it with True Love Fiber yarn in Bruise that I got at Unwind. I am needing to get creative because I have two balls in one dyelot and one ball in another. So far it is looking pretty good.

I love this sweater!

OH….and that etsy shop I keep promising to start? Well, I am working on it, despite my not having put anything up online yet. I have been carding batts like a mad woman. I am sure poor Wendy would love her drum carder back…one of these days I will have to get one of my own.

The Drum Carder of DOOM!

I have gotten my fingers injured a few times while cranking these things out, but they look oh so pretty!

Alpaca and wool with a little glitz

Wool with a little carbonized bamboo and some glitz

So much to do this week. I am sure I will have more completed projects before Christmas actually gets here!

Tags: cardigan, carding, fiber, FO's, hats, Vaya Shrug, Whisper

In the home stretch…

Seaming the sweater

While I was feeling gross over the weekend I finally decided to suck it up and start seaming my first ever sweater. Not the type of thing one would first think to do when they are feeling all crappy and stuff, but on more than a few occasions I have been told I am abnormal. I have been in some kind of funk lately though. I feel like I can’t bring myself to cast on a new project until I get some of these monkeys off my back. I don’t even have *that* many projects on the needles (only 4).

Button Bands Completed!

So I seamed up my sweater in no time, then moved on to the button band, then to the button holes. The button holes were a little tricky for me, but I hopped on to knittinghelp.com and had those done lickety split. The neckband was the next part to finish. Now, the thing is pretty much done, except it has no buttons. I haven’t even touched the thing today, but figure I will try and sew the buttons on before friday so I can wear it to the next stitch and bitch. Woohoo!

Tags: cardigan, cropped, knitting, lace, sweater