I am happy to report that all gifts were completed! It involved a late Christmas eve and I ended up have to fix one after Christmas but it all got done.
Originally I only had one project. Last year I decided to make my brother-in-law a pair of
Aaaargh-yle Socks. I never even finished the first one. This year I decided to finish. I made them from Dale of Norway
Falk because I already had some and it is washable. I used gray as the base color with black and red. He loved them.
I would probably have been okay with just the one project but just before Christmas I found something I couldn't pass up.
My mom has a birthday right after Christmas so I try to get her two things that go together. I went to the local bead store and made her this necklace.
I figured I could find a shirt of sweater to go with it at the store.
One week before Christmas I go into the yarn shop to pick up a small item I needed. While there I see
this yarn. It is
Schaefer Yarn "Miss
Priss" 100% Merino in the color "
Spanky". I did not have the necklace with me but mt color memory is
screaming perfect match. There were two skeins so I grabbed them. I ran home and started searching for something I could make with only 560 yards of wool.
Fortunately my mom is slim and she lives in a warm climate. I searched
Knitty and found a simple pattern with the simple name "
W". Perfect!
The pattern was great! It was fun to knit and it came together fast. I was able to finish while United Airlines made us sit on aircraft that didn't go anywhere. Here is the result.
Want to know if my color memory was accurate?
I think it was pretty good.
