Having now past both Christmas and Valentine's day I thought I'd share a bunch of knit and crochet projects from the last 4-5 months. Some of them were gifts and some not, but I'd never had a chance to blog about any of them.
First up are these ankle socks. This pair of ankle socks uses leftover yarn from two other pairs. I wanted to do something different for the cuff so I followed this cute short row petal pattern I found in a sock knitting book. Unfortunately I thought I had the pattern memorized and sort of screwed myself up for the bind off but they came out cute.
These socks were for my mom, I actually knit them for her a couple of years ago but I used crappy yarn for the heels and it had worn through. Therewasn't really much point to mending them, so I took them apart and knit new heels and a cuff. I gave them back to her and hope she can wear them. And the moral of the story is never knit socks with anything except sock yarn.
This year I also really committed to learning colorwork. I started by working on a colorwork tote bag but transitioned away from that (a WIP I'll get back to at some point) to start on some hats as presents. A couple of years ago my mom gave me the knitting the national parks book which has colorwork hat patterns for each national park.
I started out by making the Yellowstone one as a Christmas present for my friend Brett and the Saguaro National Park one for my friend Melody. Doing those two colorwork projects helped me build my skills. I'm still not great at it, but I'm currently knitting a colorwork sweather with fingering weight yarn so I'm still getting better!
Brett also wanted a resistance hat, so I also knit him this pink pussy hat. He should have a warm head all winter. In the top hat picture you can actually see one of my crafty Christmas presents from my mom, she pieced and quilted me a table runner with little red priuses carrying christmas trees! For years every Thanksgiving I'd cut a Christmas tree in New Mexico and tie it to the top of my prius and drive it back the 500 miles to Oklahoma. There were a few touch and go trips in there including one memorable time it almost blew off the side and a kind man at a gas station had to help me re-secure it. I still get a tree in New Mexico each Thanksgiving but my Subaru is long enough the tree can fit inside.
My brother-in-law really likes turtles so my sister crocheted him this one. I'd seen some cute turtle costumes online so I thought I'd make a tank costume for the turtle since my brother-in-law is also a historical artillery enthusiast. I didn't have a pattern, just sort of made it up as I went along, so the proportions are a bit off but I think he came out cute.
My good friend Carolyn also likes turtles and Brett bought her this one from a local craft fair. I crocheted it a stegosaurus costume because everyone needs a dinosaur costume. He also looks a little like a spiny koopa from Mario, but adorable all the same.
Finally, for this year's family valentines I crocheted everyone hearts. I sort of made these up as I went along too- kind of a modified granny square based on a picture of one I saw online. It was a fun way to use up some scrap yarn.
After all that, there won't be any more small projects for a while now. I have to focus all my limited knitting time on my dinosaur colorwork sweater! I expect it will take quite a long time to finish.
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