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Sweet!

How do you restrain yourself from eating lots of yummy, fattening food while watching the undefeated Utah Utes crush Alabama in the Sugar Bowl?

Knit a sock, of course.

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The post-holiday lull contrasted with the impending doom of NaKniSweMoDo, inspired me to take a good look at my WIPs and decide which I could finish before the end of the year.

The first was a no-brainer. It’s a Baby Surprise Jacket that just needed to be bound off. I also decided to add a collar which I really love.

Ravelry link.

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Next in line was a pair of mittens that needed thumbs. Really. Just two little thumbs.

Ravelry link.

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My Tempest sweater got buttons:

Ravelry link.

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And, finally, I finished a scarf from some yarn that was given to me last Christmas by a friend:

Ravelry link.

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Unfortunately, I won’t have time to finish a pair of Norwegian mittens that just need one thumb tip.

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Instead, I’m trying to complete a pair of socks for DH.

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After adding all these projects to Ravelry, I counted up my 2008 FOs (some large, some small) by checking my project pages and my Flickr account.

18 hats
9 sweaters/tops (2 baby)
5 pairs of earrings
5 pairs of socks (2 baby, 1 toddler)
20 scarves/cowls
2 shawls/stoles
3 felted bags
6 pairs of mittens/gloves/mitts
5 misc projects, including 1 dishcloth; 1 toy; 1 felted oven mitt; 1 string shopping bag; and 1 set of felted fortune cookies
5 “shhhhhhh” mystery projects which will be revealed in 2009, including three pairs of socks (same pattern), one small shawl, and one very large super secret project

Grand total: 78 completed projects

Now I’m off to count up all that yarn I’ve spun in 2008 . . . .

In Which I Repeat Myself

The holiday knitting is done.  *phew*

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I took a different approach this year and focused on just a couple of patterns which I knit over and over (and over) again.

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Pattern: Baroness Beret by Susan Power (awesome pattern!)
Yarn: Patons Classic (Not-)Merino

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Pattern: Forest Canopy Cowl by me
Yarns: Manos Silk Blend (the blue and rust) and Royal Fiber Spinnery Hand Dyed Alpaca (the pink)

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Pattern: Bijouterie by Rosemary Hill
Yarn“: 32-gauge wire held double
Mods:  I made some mods to Romi’s inspirational pattern.  Ravelry links are here, here, and here

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Pattern: Sweet Honey Beret from Winter ‘08 Interweave Knits
Yarns: Noro Silk Garden Lite, Glorianna, and Cashsoft DK
Notes:  I added some notes to my project page on Ravelry.

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PatternNottingham by Melissa Hall (one adult and one child size)
Yarn: Shepherd’s Wool by Stonehedge Fiber Mill

Wait, what’s this.

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One more hat to finish.  *sigh*

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