Here's my January list. I am going to Atlanta in a few weeks and I'll be exchanging Christmas gifts with extended family then.
1. Hat and scarf set/ Great Aunt Anita/ 90th Birthday-late Christmas gift/January 20th. I started the Gretel hat yesterday and I hope to find a similar scarf pattern to go with it. Any ideas?
2. Hat and scarf set/ Grandpa Bernard/ late Christmas gift/ January 20th. Grandpa is Aunt Anita's little brother. They still have sibling rivalry so what I do for one I have to do for the other. The scarf is a simple striped garter stitch scarf and the hat is the 11th Hour Hat. I just have to weave the ends in on the scarf and start the hat.
3. Placemat set / Auntie Debbie/ late Christmas gift/ January 20th. The pattern is out of Simple Gifts to Stitch.
Wish me luck!
2 comments:
Thanks for posting the link to the sewing book. I am getting back into sewing and this is the kind of book I've been looking for. Best of all, my library has it!
Gretel is such a great pattern. I made one from Malabrigo as a gift and have been looking for some more Malabrigo so I can make it for myself. If you find a scarf pattern to go with it, please post it. I would love to have a set myself.
That Gretal pattern is really pretty. For the scarf why don't you try turning it into a reversable rib. The basic trick is to work a k1p1 rib, crossing two stitches for every one in the one-sided pattern. When you swatch you may also find that you want to elongate the pattern somewhat by adding more plain rows in between the crossing rows.
Good luck
Carol
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