I was kind of late to the game for being organized for Christmas this year. So, I started a hat for my grandmother at the last minute. As you do.
It was gorgeous, light blue Malabrigo. Like butter. Fun to knit. Would work great with her other recent handknits.
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Then I realized it was hand-wash only. Not nursing home friendly.
But my cousin has blue eyes and this would look great on her. And she lives where it snows. So, once I finished this hat, I took a second look at my yarn options and went for Plymouth Worsted and Cascade Pacific and came up with this. If I were to do it over, I would have done it differently (helix from the start).
My even more last minute crafting is new stockings. I realized that no one went to the attic to get the stocking box this year. So, I bought new ones. There was not much selection at the big box store at that point. And then I zipped over to the craft store for dark red perle cotton and sewing needles. My ambition was to add snowflakes or flowers or something great, but then I started doing their initials and remembered what my actual skill level is. And I went with slightly wonky, but mostly legible initials.
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