11 days until Christmas

I finished another Christmas present yesterday. I think I'm in denial about how much time I have to finish the rest of my knitted gifts, hence the title of today's blog. Ahhh...11 more days! The most recent finished gift was my 1st KnitWhits hat. It turned out really cute and I can't believe it knitted up so fast. Especially since it was the Sydney hat which is stripes. I swore the last time I knitted stripes I wouldn't be doing that again for a long time. It helped that I knit the smallest size, in the round and did a 3 needle bind off at the top (no sewing!)

I'm hoping to get in the Christmas mood this weekend while I'm in Chicago. My annual trip with Aunt Linda (aka "Grandma"), Audra and Traci is going to be a much different this year. Audra is anxiously awaiting her little girl to enter the world. We thought Allie would be here last weekend, but she's just not ready. So, if she comes this weekend we'll not only miss Audra, but Aunt Linda too! Grandma will have to be there to welcome the little one.

Mowat Mukluks

I just finished my 1st Mukluk. Wow is it big...more like HUGE! I'm not sure this one will felt enough to fit my size 9 foot.

Socks with Cables...

I started the Debbie Bliss Socks with Cables tonight. Everything went along well until I hit the heel. I have knitted 6 or 7 pairs of socks with a turned heel and love them. This is my first short row heel. I had attempted this on a Christmas stocking once, but never was successful. I went searching the web and found some great help!

KnitWerk saved me from a lot of frustration.

www.knitwerk.com Archives 10/28/05 (Short Rows Links and Tutorials

The links I used and that helped me the most were:
• No photos, but step-by-step instructions from Woolworks
• This pattern from Hellchick.net wraps stitches twice (when you pick up and knit one wrap, you wrap the next stitch again)

I received my Interweave Knits yesterday. I rushed out to get the yarn for the "Mowat Mukluks". The Foxy is expensive, but if you knit them for someone very special, it's worth it! If I can part with them they're going to my mom.