Panic Socks!

The BF is stressing (again) about what to buy his Mum for Christmas. So, thanks to this year's trip to Ally Pally, I'm making him some "Wendy - Bamboo" socks to give her.



I'm not too impressed with it. The yarn splits and the stitch definition really is not great. The pattern is lovely and I did actually buy it with the MIL in mind. (I wasn't anticipating a last minute panic from the BF at all, honest). Oh no, I wasn't.

Finishing Touches

I've pretty much finished all of my Christmas knitting.

So, first job - the trim on my Granda's cardigan ("Retropolitan" - again - from "Son of Stitch and Bitch"). I love doing the trim on this project. It's never as bad a job as I think it's going to be.



I never pick up the right number of stitches - always too many or two few - so I have stopped worrying about this detail. Hope it doesn't turn out to be a crucial detail!

Here's Talia's "Sirdar DK Tweed" cardigan with little star buttons...



...and I've also stitched the zip to the striped hoodie - no piccie, sorry.

Glubs

And, here's a pair of gloves for Mary.



Another top stashbuster - one ball of "Twilleys Freedom Spirit" and half a ball of some "DB Merino DK). I combined two patterns to make these - the red section, from a free book of glove pattern from "Knit Today" and the old faithful that is the TSF pattern.

Stealthy Socks

While I finished the BF's jumper months ago, his socks have been causing me some grief. I've just finished one of them.



While I can finish a pair of socks fairly quickly. Knitting them in secret takes some doing.

Tea for Two?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a hat?



Nope, it's a tea cosy for SIL. Hope it's big enough - she drinks a lot of tea.

In other Christmas present knitting projects...



I've finally finished Lois's "Tiger Feet". (The Zebra socks were such a hit that my brother is grumbling that she never takes them off).

And, a scarf for Debbie which didn't go exactly according to plan.

It was supposed to be black and white, but I can't find the yarn I bought. So, I used three balls of "TSF" and knitted lots of squares.



I'm quite pleased with this.

World AIDS Day

This time last year, I said I would donate to the Terrence Higgins Trust 10p for every comment to my blog for World AIDS Day. 26 people commented, which is lovely, but that only came to £2.60.

So, I decided that I would donate this year... after one year's worth of comments. Including those first 26 comments, there have been 247 comments. So, this makes it £24.70. Round it up and we have £25. So I'll times that by two and I'll be sending a cheque for £50 to THT.

Thank you, everyone.



http://www.tht.org.uk/

For Paul.

Squares

I was originally planning to make a black n white scarf for my friend Debbie... but the yarn has gone missing. It's somewhere in the house, but I've no idea where. So, I'm using the rest of the "Twilleys Freedom Spirit" instead.



A good stash bust.