I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can

We’re dashing off to a holiday dinner.

My contribution:

Challah. Yum!

and

Pecan turtles, made using the recipe Teri posted last week. Except I used Riesen candies instead of Rolos.

So easy, even I couldn’t screw them up.

I thoroughly enjoyed all the wonderful comments you left in the post about my new knitting student. He arrived right on time and 30 minutes later he was knitting the first round of a hat. Seriously. I think he’s some kind of knitting prodigy or something. He thanked me profusely for teaching him and told me after he finishes this first hat he’d like to learn how to knit Norwegian mittens. Yikes! Can you say “overachiever.” Just my kind of knitter.

My son, however, was a bit miffed because he and his friend went to the HS basketball game that night and the needles and yarn accompanied them. Apparently, the knitting attracted the attention of several HS girls (in a good way) so I told my son to just relax and take advantage of the situation.

My holiday knitting is done, over, finis. I finish nearly everything months in advance, but I always seem to eek out one last hat or scarf at the last minute.

Pattern: a variation of pattern in a Sabrina Special booklet sent to me by Tine
Yarn: Knit Picks Suri Dream in the Blueberry colorway
Needle: 7mm Addi Turbo
Finished Size: 8″ wide x 62″ long (not bad for just one ball of yarn)

I’m hoping it’s dry by morning:

Oh, and I have one last fun project I forgot to blog about when I finished it:

How cute is that! The pattern was in a German lace-knitting booklet that Kadri sent me.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend and stay safe if you’re travelling!

Last week, one of DS-16’s friends came to the house to hang out. He saw me knitting a pair of socks and asked the rhetorical question, “Do you knit?” Um, that would be a “yes.”

To make a long story short, I was so enamoured with his seemingly genuine interest in the knitting that I offered to make him a hat in his high school colors. He’s a member of the football team and immediately accepted the offer.

Pattern: Live Dangerously, Don’t Swatch (96 sts)
Yarn: Lamb’s Pride Worsted
Needles: U.S. #8 (5mm)

I worked a tubular cast-off on this hat. Basically I knit the sides until they were just about long enough. Then I worked 4 rnds of 1×1 ribbing but on the last 2 rnds, I knit the knit stitches and just slipped the purl stitches with the yarn held in front. Next, I transferred the knit stitches to one circular needle and the purl stitches to a second circular needle. Then I Kitchenered them together using a very long tail. It makes a stretchy yet firm edge.

Last night, a second of DS’s friend (also a football player) came over for latkes and brisket. The hat was perched on the styrofoam head awaiting photographic documentation.

I caught Friend #2 glancing repeatedly at the hat and he finally said, “Is that the hat you made for M? He told me about it.”
“Yes,” I said, “do you want me to make one for you, too?”
He paused for a minute and then said, “Well, if you teach me how to knit, I can make one for myself.”

He’s coming over tonight for lesson #1.

Teenage boys! You gotta love ‘em!