Christmas Knitting

I had resolved not to do any Christmas Knitting this year, mostly because my family lies in one of two extremes: Parents/In-Laws: Crafting is to precious to wear and BIL's: Lets just stuff it away and never talk about it again (in the not so precious way). I've finally decided there are only two family members worthy of my knitting- my husband and my daughter (mainly because she can't speak against it yet!).

Unfortunately my husband didn't want anything. It's not that he hates my crafting, it's more that he already has two hats for winter and it doesn't get cold enough here for him to wear sweaters/scarves/mittens. He's one of those guys who hardly ever gets cold which is annoying and amazing at the same time. So, I made the one thing he would actually wear... another hat.

"Barley" in Madelinetosh Pashmina Worsted

One of my daughter's first words was kitty (we do have four cats...) so I made her a little one out of my handspun yarn. I was fortunate to have some leftover yarn and found a pattern for matching ears!

"C is for Cat" and "Wow Meow (cat ears for costumes)" in my handspun 111 Stories and Malabrigo Twist

Overall I was successful in using partial skeins from my stash as well as continuing to knit with my yummy handspun yarn! It's a great start to my Stash Down of 2014 (more details to come!).