My Christmas Knitting is Finished!
November 27, 2011
17 projects. 8 months. I’ve been working every spare minute on this enormous project and I’m finally done – I knitted the last lining for the last hat on Thanksgiving weekend. I knitted everyone in my family a different project – I did not repeat a pattern. That wasn’t easy, because I had so many favorites. But to be honest, in that same time frame I knitted 13 other projects for me or as gifts for someone else. So I was busy. Very busy. That’s 30 projects in 8 months.
I also sewed a tag into every item I made. I got these tags from Mountain Street Arts on Etsy. I dislike almost all of the labels you can buy to sew into handmade items and these were the only tags I found that I liked a lot.
There are seven hats, all lined!
None of the hat patterns called for linings, but I picked up stitches and knitted a liner in every single hat. They are so much nicer that way – thicker, sturdier and warmer.
I started this project in March and I spent every single spare minute I had knitting. I finally sat down with my family this weekend to watch a TV show and, for the first time in months, I did not pick up my knitting basket to work on a project. It felt weird but I’m also relieved. When I started this project, I did not know if I would be able to finish. But I did it with 4 weeks to spare!
Nine pairs of mittens
I knitted seven hats, eight pairs of mittens and one pair of socks. As you can see, I’m not the biggest sock knitting fan. But the pair that I knitted for my sister-in-law was amazing. I loved them.
After I present everyone with their gifts at Christmas, I can finally tell them about this blog. It’s been a secret, of course, to anyone in my family.
If you want to see details on any of the projects, just go to my Ravelry page – they are all posted there.
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You are so inspiring Elaine!!!
I. Am. In. Awe. Beautiful, just lovely.
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wow, you are so talented! really enjoying peeking at your projects 🙂
how do you manage to knit so much? How many hours a day are you knitting?
I never, ever watch TV without knitting. I also take my knitting with me if I have to wait anywhere. I take it with me on road trips for sure. But I never waste a minute. Even if I have a 15 minute window of time that I can knit, that’s what I do. And after so many years of knitting, I’ve gotten to be really fast. I admit there’s closets in my house that need to be organized, but. . . I’d rather be knitting!
I love these patterns is there a place where I can look at the patterns to see if I can knit them and buy?
If you go to my Ravelry page, you will see all of these projects. Just click on each one to see how to get the pattern!
Where can I find info about knitting a liner into gloves, mitts or hats…..I am a mitt and sock knitter and find this idea very intriging !!