This year, the kids and I did handmade gifts for Father’s Day. Prithvi baked a chocolate cake from scratch and it was yum-o-delicious! It was actually quite the feat for a first cake and I’m amazed at how fantastic it turned out. Kiki made a card and a picture frame-esque thingy with a photograph of her and daddy. The card was begun at preschool and she finished it off at home, with a whole bunch of squiggles which she said was her… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Accessories
Windschief
The Windschief Hat is probably the quickest knit I’ve done in a really long time. The pattern is so addictive and has the perfect balance of mindless stockinette with some interesting bits thrown in, in the form of twisted rib stitches. Yarn overs and decreases makes the ribbing twist all the way to the top :: clev-ER. This is a great pattern by designer Stephen West and definitely gets two thumbs up from me! The only change I made to this hat was… Read more »
Off The Needles, On The Needles
I felt like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders once the Christmas knitting was done. I’m kicking myself for not photographing a couple of pieces before they were wrapped and mailed away. I knit two Porom hats since this pattern has passed the hat-stays-on-my-head test. I used the same yarn but different colors. The finished hats turned out great and the recipients are going to love them, I’m sure. They were so quick on and off the needles that… Read more »
December
Even though we have all the other preceding months warning us of December’s arrival, suddenly, it’s here and the crazy Christmas knitting marathon begins. On a whim I decided this year that I would indulge in some Christmas knitting. If I had this idea in um…July, it would have been great. It’s crunch time now and I’m still 6 Christmas knits short and I keep getting more “requests” everyday from family that they would “really, really, really love a handknit gift this… Read more »
