A Unicorn hat, aka "the devil hat".

This is the unicorn hat I made for my niece who is really into My Little Ponies right now. It didn't turn out exactly like I wanted, but it was one of the longest projects I had. And let me just say for the record how much I hate fringe. If you have received a knitted gift from me, it most likely did not have fringe. I once heard that, "Fringe is a waste of yarn." Although I am inclined to agree, I more hate it b/c it is so difficult to work with (hello fun fur) and time consuming. Anyway, I hope she likes it.

The other project I finished this week was a drop stitch scarf in copper mohair. It is not the softest yarn ever, but it is so beautiful to look at!

The picture really does not do it justice. It has a shiny luster to it that does not come across on film that well. Six more days till Christmas!

Baby Sweater

Here is a crocheted baby sweater that I also started this summer and did the finishing work on tonight. It is for a co-worker. She has a thing for black and had a girl in October so I made it pink and black. Hopefully she likes it!

Ship Pillow

So this is a pillow I started in July 2009 and did the finishing work on last night. It is a present for the bookshop I go to, http://www.rediscoveredbookshop.com/. Mike helped me download their logo and convert to knitter's graph paper. The edges were really blurry so I had to make it up a bit as I went along, but it turned out really well. (This was the first project I did where I used a picture and converted it to a graph. Now I use the transparencies and Vis-a-vis markers-so much easier!)

You may recall the 1st pillow I did for them was in the same color motif. It matches the couch in the bookclub area (navy w/yellow pinstripes.)

The book we read for December is called Rosemary and

Rue by Seanan McGuire. It was excellent! I read it in three days (that may be a record.) It's an urban fantasy

where a half-blood fairy tries to straddle the human

world and the fairy world while solving crimes for both

sides. It is a quick read and I highly recommend it. (It must be good b/c I didn't knit for three days during the crunch time that is Christmas run!)

Birthday Post 2.0

Here is the other gift I made for last week. It is the drop stitch scarf from Vogue Knitting made with Caron's Simply Soft. I have also made this scarf with a mohair yarn and it turned out equally well. I may make some more of these. They knit up very quickly and I think they work well for both genders. It is rare for me to use the same pattern more than once (except for my beanies) so it is really saying something that I already have two down and am not sick of it yet.
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, my Stephanie Pearl-McPhee calendar had one of the "You Know You Knit Too Much When...." quotes that continued on as something like"there are only 25 days left of Christmas and instead of this fact striking fear into your heart, you cast on two more sweaters and three more scarves because you know you have time to finish them." That is so me. When I realized a few of the presents I had planned were not going to work out, I added five new projects to complete in addition to the two I had left for December. I now have a total of six projects to finish (and 3 that need adjusting or finishing up.) I can do it!
The annual Christmas card session is commencing this evening so I will be occupied for a while, but we did a bunch of prep work last night so hopefully it will be quick and I can get back to my knitting!