christmas presents and war games

Now that all the festivities are over, I present my latest finished objects.

the checker scarf

Debbie Bliss Alpaca & Silk. Two balls. Obvious checkerboard pattern. It was originally for me, but it was itchy for some reason, so I gave it to my grandmother.

the cozy socks

Sweetgeorgia River Speed Demon sock yarn in colourway River
Top down socks, cast on 48 stitches, with a k1p1 rib for about an inch or so.
Peasant heel.

the special mitts

Gedifra Living in Pumpkin colour overdyed with Orange & Cherry Koolaid. I needed two balls, but used only 8g of the second ball. Followed this pattern except I prefer a pointier top in mittens, so I ended them like regular mittens. Also, I added cables to these to make it my first cabled project (and learn something new), and used 4mm needles. The ribbing was not a k1p1, but a k2p1 rib and I only cast on 36 stitches for the cuff, and increased to 42 after the ribbing for each cuff, but I should have probably cast on a few more, as it’s supposed to be shared with a guy, and guys often have big hands.

and not a knitted object

This has nothing to do with anything I made, but Bryony send me this sock bag and all that candy, and it arrived in the mail! I’m already using the sock bag! It’s much better than ziplog bags! I heart caramacs!

Also on the movie part of this blog, I’ve now seen

War Games and Red Sonja (but Red Sonja doesn’t count because it wasn’t in the collection).

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