Should auld Knitting be forgot…
I knit three Christmas gifts this year. The first was by far the most complicated, but I started those in the summer and have loved them as my own ever since. But I resisted and gave them to another. The other two I didn’t start until December. The first was long-time-coming socks for Mike. I chose the Log Cabin socks and had nothing but trouble knitting them. I couldn’t get gauge right and I don’t think I’ve ever ripped out and started over so many times for a project I actually finished. Anyway, they ended up fitting Mike PERFECTLY and he loves them. I used Plymouth worsted and they also wash up so nicely!
The second gift was for my cousin. I made up a pattern for some quick-to-knit fingerless gloves. I called them “Peek-a-boo” because the cables appear randomly and disappear just as randomly. I just put a cable twist in when I felt like it, so the gloves were different, but still similar.
I love the socks in that color! I, too, tried this pattern once and ripped it out because of gauge problems, but didn’t persevere like you did. I guess it’s hard to substitute for cashmere (or silk, or whatever the heck it was the pattern called for). I do like most of the patterns in that book, though.
Sherry
6 Jan 08 at 12:20 pm