FO January/February Goals

I completed my itty bitty January goal, the butterfly hat.

It was a fun pattern that I'll probably do again in a variegated yarn.

So what's next? My goals for February are:

• Norwegian-style pullover/3-yo son/No particular occasion/February 29
• SWTC mitered squares jacket/Mom/Birthday/March 14
  

Carrie's January Progress -- or not!

Here was my list for January:

• Monkey socks / Mom / Mom's birthday / March -- Revised to Sweetheart Socks for Valentines -- WIP
  
• Baby set (booties, hat, sweater) / Baby / April -- Hat done, nothing else, ROLLOVER
  
• Yoga bag / MIL / MIL's birthday / March -- ROLLOVER
  
• 2 socks for 2008 holiday advent calendar / December -- DONE
  

Not so good, eh? Doesn't help I've been really sick this past week and the kiddo has been refusing to go to bed.

The advent calendar socks are done at least! The striped sock is winged, the snowflake sock is the Flakey Baby Sock from Anny Purls. All yarns are stash -- perhaps not ideal (as in the flakes) but they work well enough for this. Yay!



Mom's socks are partway done but they're not Monkeys. Mom asked for golf club covers for her birthday, but I still really wanted to make her some socks, so I chose Sweetheart Socks instead and want to have them finished for Valentine's. I love how they look but are progressing a bit slowly! I'm actually on to the foot now.



I did one baby hat but really that was finished on New Years Eve so not sure if that counts-- more baby stuff is planned (for both myself and a few friends all due around the same time!) but haven't gotten to that yet. The pattern is the Norwegian Sweet Baby Cap.



MIL gift might get pushed back or might turn into Christmas. Who knows?! And let's just not talk about my projects for myself right now!

Finished for January; February Goals

My last finish of the month:

Woo hoo! I'm done!!

Now, on to the goals for February:
Bathtime Blossoms sets for thank you gifts, due anytime
Thorpe for son for valentines day
Thorpe for hubbo for valentines day
Malabrigo Loafers for mom for valentines day
Five stripes on my Ripple Afghan, due Christmas

Congrats to all the finishers and thanks again to Marce for coming up with this GAL!

Intro and Gift List #1

Hi, I'm Julie or Knitilicious. I was so excited to hear about this Gift-A-Long and am looking forward to being on time this year!

My list:
1. Fuzzy Feet - for my Dad - Christmas 2008
2. Fuzzy Feet - for Hubby - Christmas 2008
3. Kate - for my niece - May Birthday
4. Weasley Sweater - for my oldest son - he requested it, I don't have a target date
5. Nutkin socks for me- cuz I deserve them, when I get to them. :o)

Happy knitting!

Swiffer cover pattern

Here is the link for the pattern I use for my swiffer mop pads. Everyone I have made them for loves them. There is also a crochet version there. I use the cheap acrylic yarn for them and don't wash them with fabric softener as this gets rid of the static needed for dust.

January Update / February Goals

I've finished all of my January items for this month. I've completed the Baby Shower Gift as of today, but I changed some of the items. I couldn't find a baby bootie pattern that I liked, so I nixed those, and I don't feel like knitting a bib, so the set is just the hat, cardi, and a wash cloth.

Here are the hat & cardi, complete w/ buttons!


I also finished an item for the Q1 Challenge... the Rowan Tapestry Scarf. It's probably going to be a Christmas present for a co-worker or somebody.


I updated the list, and now I only have one goal for January. To finish a pair of socks for myself. They were my traveling socks during Thanksgiving, and I had to set them down in favor of Christmas Knitting & then Gift Knitting. My gift to myself in February is to finish them! If I finish them, my next goal is to finish Callie (not currently listed) for myself as she was also set down in favor of Christmas Knitting.

I'm also making some very nice progress on Dina's Socks & I hope to have them done soon. I've been in an easy stockinette-in-the-round frame of mind, and I'm so happy that I'm knitting them 2 at a time. lol. :)

1) Coronet / Grandma / Christmas 2008 / Jan. 31 Finished 1/1/08
2) Strawberry Lime Socks / My Sister / Birthday (04/04/08) / Jan. 31 Finished 1/5/08
3) Baby Shower Gift (Baby Cardi, Hat, Washcloth) / Co-Worker / Baby Shower / Jan. 31 Finished 1/27/08
5) Blueberry Pie Socks / Me! / Just Because / Feb. 29
4) Felted Clogs / My Stepdad / Christmas 2008 / Mar. 31
5) Dublin Bay Socks / TC / Christmas 2008 / Mar. 31
6) Waving Lace Socks / Mom / Birthday (9/19/08) / Aug. 31
7) Vesper Socks / Dina / Birthday (10/7/08) or Christmas 2008 / Oct. 3 (In progress)
8) Rowan Tapestry Scarf / Undecided / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 1 Finished 1/15/08
9) Fetchings to match scarf / Undecided / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 1
10) Peacock Feathers Shawl / Mom / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 10
11) PIF Socks / Teresa / PIF gift / Dec. 23 (but hopefully sooner)
12) PIF Socks / Renee / PIF gift / Dec. 23 (but hopefully sooner)
13) Charity Item / Sue / PIF gift / Dec. 23 (but hopefully sooner)
14) PIF Socks / Lisa / PIF gift / Dec. 23 (but hopefully sooner)
15) Ripple Afghan / Joe's Dad / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 25
16) Flower Petal Shawl / Joe's Mom / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 25
17) Booga Bag or Socks / Joe's Sister / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 25
18) Hat (Pattern Undecided) / Grandpa / Christmas 2008 / Dec. 25

Finished Gift

Hi Everyone! I finished the socks for my friend Julie. Started them late December. They turned out beautifully and hope she likes them.

My Gift Knitting Goals

I'm thrilled to part of this knit-a-long. What a great idea to keep the gift knitting under control. Here are my current gift goals:

1. Socks for Julie (a dear friend) to be finished by Jan. 31
2. Scarf for Mom, due March 10
3. Baby sweater (EZ Baby Surprise) for a knitting group friend (due June)
4. Santa Cruz Hoodie for my husband (due October)

Off to work on some knitting!

FO #2 for this month

Not something that was on my oroginal January list, but I had such big projects that I needed something quick to make me feel good about completeing gifts! *laugh* This will be mailed to the baby that will also be the lucky recipient of that beautiful baby blanket that took me FOREVER to finish!



Pattern: Lace Baby Beenie

Yarn: Jo-Ann Sensations Tesoro, 1 skein Pink

Needles: Lantern Moon, Ebony DPN size 5

Notes: quick and easy!! This yarn blocked beautifully!

Thank you for all the wonderful comments on the baby blanket.

January's list.

Hey everybody! i was just invited to join and finally had time to post, soooo... here is my list for january. i know that there is only a couple of days left, but i figured i would go all out. right?

1. make dish scrubbies out of four of the eight yards of netting i bought. (to be put in gifts as we travel cross country)
2. finish the lapghan for my grandpa. (just because i love him)
3. finish jakies hat. (before it warms up aka NOW)
4. finish my dad's skarf. (was for christmas 07, will be for christmas 08)
5. finish norma's skarf. (see above)

i will post again at the end of the month.

January Update

Unfortunately, I haven't finished anything. This past week my cat got sick and died. Since I have never knit anything without her sitting on my lap or laying next to me on top of my yarn, I haven't felt like knitting much. Hopefully February will be better. You know how us knitters are with our kitties!

All my gifts had early February deadlines so I will have to make a new list and post it in February. The closest thing I have to an FO is this tea cozy I was making for my dad. It's going to be felted when it's finished.

Morri's Feb & March

1. Baby Wrap Sweater. For Kahlan. All I have left to do is sew on ties and weave in ends. Finish by Jan 5. Finished.
2. 86-10 Headband by DROPS design (aka Panta). For me, Rav One Skein KAL project. Finish by Jan 15. Frogged. I give up, yarn was too annoying
3. Fuzzy Baby Sweater from One Skein Wonders. For Kahlan. Finish by Jan 31. Finished
4. Cable Panel Gloves. For me. If I have time, and can get the right needles. Finish by Jan 31. Pushed back indefinitely.
5. Police Tape Scarf. For my DH Rickey. DH veto. *sigh*
6. Pinwheel Baby Blanket. For Kahlan. Finish by Valentine's Day. In progress.
7. (One Skein KAL Feb Project) Finish by Feb 28.
8. Circular Poncho. For my cousin Tiffany. It's only 2 years late... Finish by Feb 28. Finished Early. (Will have photo up later)


SO... The List as it stands now for the last few days of Jan, plus Feb & March.

Jan:
Work on 1st quarter challenge (scrubbies and dishcloths)
Experiment with size 0 needles in prep for baby socks.

Feb:
1. Pinwheel Baby Blanket. For Kahlan. Finish by Valentine's Day. In progress.
2. (One Skein KAL Feb Project) Finish by Feb 28.
3. Better Than Booties Baby Socks (1st pair). For Kahlan. Finish by Feb 28.
4. Finish 1st quarter challenge by Feb 28th to clear March for baby knits.
5. Jamaica Pouch (or other bag). for my HSKS4 partner.

March:
1. Better Than Booties Baby Socks (2nd&3rd pairs). For Kahlan. Finish by DDay
2. Miny (baby bunting bag). For Kahlan. Finish by DDay

Two gifts ready

The post on my blog:

Time to show some finished knitting, and a gift. The Hotchpotch mittens are ready - they are done in CPY Bunny Hop. I like the colour combination, but was not entirely pleased with the thumb as it was before. Now I think it suits better. It makes me feel hungry... so tomorrow will be hotchpotch day!

The Little Toes are showing socks in Little Toes - comfortable and warm for tiny feet. Wietse loves these, as he already demonstrated by trying to take off my wrist warmer from my hand. LOL! Now he can play with his socks.

The gift was a belated Secret Gnome Exchange, from KyleAnn (Yahoo Sockathon group!) So many goodies. Thank you KyleAnn!

The mittens were on my January list. These are done. These were point 4 on my knit list for January.
The socks were not directly planned, but a fun knit. My son tried them on, but they are put away until his birthday on March 20. These socks are point 7 on my knit list.

January List: FINISHED!

Ta da! I just finished my 5 January gifts. I ended substituting out one gift, as I previously posted, and one of the gifts I have ended up adopting as my own (the purple Frivol hat). But I started a second Frivol hat, also to be finished before January is over, to make up for it. So that totals 5 gifts plus 1 new hat for me!

Gifts, clockwise from bottom: Textured handtowel, my own design, knit with 2 skeins of Rowan Cotton Jeans; Frivol hat, knit with leftover Shearer's Yarn (which I cannot get enough of!) from last year's sweater; Fiesta Mittens knit with Claudia's handpainted and Louet Gems; Simple 2x2 ribbed hat with pompom, with yarn mailed to be last year from Sera, for whom I made those fingerless mitts, with improvised cables.

Oh yeah, and they're all knit from my stash. Whew!

knittycommittee

Does it count if the first gift I make is for myself?? I'm currently working on the River lace wrap from Rowan to go with my wedding dress.

1. River lace wrap/me/wedding/march
2-4 3 x juliet scarf by louisa harding for gift stash. I found some loverly kimono angora cheap on the intraweb to knit up into these.
5. Celia beanie/gaynor/birthday/ need to buy some buttons for this project
6. flower pots/mom/birthday/may

February gift list

Hi,

my gift list for february is short:

santa claus' sock for my eldest son.

Bye, B

confession

Hi there,

I'm must admit that I'm very ashamed of myself: I will not finish the first gift till 31 january because I did not manage my time well. I finished the two wips and now I don't have enough time for the january gift. Nevertheless I will finish it till february 3.

I'm very sorry!

Birgit

Garter Stitch Cup Cozy Finished

Garter Stitch Cup Cozy finished ... pattern from Interweaves Holiday Knits 2007.

Ready to fill with nice goodies for next Christmas.

Another gift finished

I didn't put this on my list.  I have made a mouse in honour of the Year of the Mouse which starts next month.  It is a gift for a friend who runs a chinese restaurant.   I used the Jean Greenhowe pattern in her book, Knitted Toys.  

Introduction and my List!

G'day my fellow gift-knitters!

My name's Sasha, or knit nutt on my blog and ravelry, and I am most pleased to make your knitterly acquaintance!

I am super thrilled to get stuck in to this Gift Along, but only wonder if I can restrain myself from gifting as soon as I've finished rather than saving and squirreling away for the designated occassion!

In anycase, getting the gifts actually knitted up at ALL is the first step, right? And with that in mind, here is my current List!

1. Flowerbasket Shawl / maternal Gran / for love! / ASAP(by end Feb)
2. Toe-up socks / Dad / belated Chrissie 07! / ASAP!!
   
3. Soaker / Baby Bosko / because he's lovely / end of Feb
4. Dish-Face-cloth / my cousins / Chrissie / late December
   

I'm sticking with just the four items at the moment, seeing as two of those (1 & 2) are already on the needles and I want them knitted up and gifted away as soon as I can! But I'd definately like to get a start on the other two - it's helpful to have them on the lsit so I can aim high, right?

Good lcuk and speedy needles to us all! But of course, our needles can be relaxed and enjoyable as well as speedy, for we are early gift knitters - hurrah!! =D