Grab your knitting needles and come relax with me.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
ALL DONE!!!
Whew! After 4 hours of sleep I finally finished the last knitted Christmas present!!
Isn't he SO cute. He's also incredibly soft. Which is awesome on the finished product, but HELL on knitting hands and wrists. I used a worsted weight cotton, at a tight guage with lot's of k2togs and k3togs. Because I was on a time crunch there was no rest...I had to work thru the pain. Yes, knitting sometimes involves PAIN. Burning, throbbing P-A-I-N!
But he's so cute!! And yes I will make another one ALL_FOR_ME! Not sure if I'll try alpaca or cotton. ;-)
In any case, I am just knitting for ME now. Glorious lace knitting, no throbbing, no burning.
Pattern: Smith by Ysolda. Yarn: Blue Sky Cotton. Needles: US size 5 and 7. Alterations: none...I even used suggested yarn.