I'm publishing this post two years after I created it. I'm returning to my blog after a long lay off. I had some trouble getting back in, but as usual, reading the instructions in Blogger Help, I'm back and so happy to have found all that I had published. It's a record of much of my knitting and our gardening. I'm still knitting, the garden is flourishing, and I plan to post more. So here's a little about Christmas knitting 2017.
Christmas knitting for little girl gift baskets for the Eagles Aerie Auxiliary kept me busy for a few weeks. Knitting hats and scarves can take time that I didn't have, until I found bulky yarn in my stash and a knit-flat pattern for the hats. I can knit in the round, but find knitting with double-point size 13 needles to be frustrating. I took the projects with me while being a substitute at Elk Creek Jr/Sr High School in order to keep up the work. Kids there now expect to see knitting in progress when I'm there and some have asked that I teach them how to knit. The scarves came together easily using an easy rib pattern or just knitting every row adding a few stripes or by letting the variegated yarn do its thing.
You can find the hat pattern here:
http://www.gina-michele.com/2015/01/3-hour-chunky-ribbed-hat-knitting.html
I've been told the hats and scarves were a hit and appreciated by parents and kids both. Now that I know about this Christmas tradition, I will add this knitting to my list of projects.
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