Elizabeth's 6th November FO

6. Gift Item: Bulky Lace Cowl (ravlink)
Recipient: Joyce
Pattern: Quickie Cowl by Fawn Pea (free)
Occasion: Christmas 2008
Finished: Nov 18/08
Notes: I finished a cowl on Tuesday night for my fiancé's aunt (who I'm pretty sure doesn't read this XP) that turned out great. The pattern is the Quickie Cowl by Fawn Pea. The pattern is available for free on her website, and through ravelry. My ravelry project page is here. I loved this pattern. It was a quick as promised, knit flat and seamed (I did a 3-needle bind off because I'm lazy). It was easy to memorize and turned out really nice.

I also finally managed to get some photos of the hat I knit for my fiancé back in October. I never thought I would want him out of the apartment so badly! I'm really happy with how it turned out too. Please ignore my spaced out look, I was having trouble getting a good angle on the hat lol. Pattern is loosely based on the Fibonacci pea cap (free pattern)

Elizabeth's 3rd November FO!

I ordered this yarn through my LYS, Knit-knackers, a few weeks ago. Originally I had planned to reverse the colours for the original pattern; a blue hat, with brown fair isle. When the yarn arrived in the store, only the blue had come in. I really didn't want to wait, so instead, I used white for the colour work. I love how it turned out, and I love the tassels.

My only real change to the original pattern was to knit it in the round, instead of flat. I also decided to use both yarn colours in the tassels, instead of just the blue. This hat took no time at all. A real quick knit!

Gift Item: Fair isle Tassel Hat (ravlink)
Recipient: Kim (Fiancé's Sister)
Pattern: Emma Hat by Louisa Harding (not free)
Source: BOOK — Knitting Little Luxuries by Louisa Harding
Occasion: Christmas
Finished: Nov 9/08

Elizabeth's 2nd November FO

My friend, Anna's birthday was last weekend, and a whole bunch of us are getting together tonight to celebrate. Being the knitter I am, I decided I wanted to knit her something. I bought some variegated yarn and tried to make a cowl, and I hated it. So I made a hat with it instead, and I really don't like how it turned out. Back to the yarn store I go, and I picked up some Louet Gems Chunky on sale and spent the last two days making a pair of mittens. ^_^ Love these! I'm glad she loved them too ^_^

Gift Item: Basketweave Mittens (ravlink) — Late addition
Recipient: Anna
Pattern: Basket Weave Mittens by PolarKnit (free pattern)
Occasion: Birthday
Finished: Nov 7/08

Elizabeth's first November FO!

1. Gift Item: Picot Mittens (ravlink) — Rollover
Recipient: Anik (Fiancé's SIL)
Pattern: Picot Edged Mittens by Carolyn (free pattern)
Occasion: Christmas
Deadline: Dec 25/08
Finished: Oct 26/08
Notes: These were actually finished in October, but I finally got the buttons in the mail (which I purchased from pinksupply's shop on Etsy), and sewed them on. Yay!

Elizabeth's November List

November List!

1. Gift Item: Picot Mittens (ravlink) — Rollover
Recipient: Anik (Fiancé's SIL)
Pattern: Picot Edged Mittens by Carolyn
Occasion: Christmas
Deadline: Dec 25/08
Notes: The mittens are actually done, but I have yet to sew the buttons onto the cuffs.

2. Gift Item: Drop-stitch Scarf (ravlink)
Recipient: Mike (Fiancé's Brother)
Pattern: Gulp by Donyale Grant (free pattern)
Occasion: Christmas
Deadline: Dec 25/08
Notes: Ordered the yarn from knitpPicks.com

3. Gift Item: Toque (ravlink)
Recipient: Mike (Fiancé's Brother)
Pattern: A Hat Fit For a Boyfriend by Stephanie Nicole (free pattern)
Occasion: Birthday
Deadline: Nov 14/08
Notes: Ordered the yarn from knitPicks.com

4. Gift Item: Fair isle Tassel Hat (ravlink)
Recipient: Kim (Fiancé's Sister)
Pattern: Emma Hat by Louisa Harding (not free)
Source: BOOK — Knitting Little Luxuries by Louisa Harding
Occasion: Christmas
Deadline: Dec 25/08
Notes: Ordered the yarn from Knit-Knackers

5. Gift Item: Bulky Lace Cowl (ravlink)
Recipient: Joyce (Fiancé's Aunt)
Pattern: Quickie Cowl by Fawn Pea (free pattern)
Occasion: Christmas
Deadline: Dec 25/08
Notes: Ordered the yarn from KnitPicks.com

My 'If I have time' list:

• Socks for Chris (fiancé)
• Hat for Chris' grandma

Once these items are all done, I'll get to start working on birthday and wedding knitting for 2009!