Accessories from 2005
In 2005 I decided that most of the people in the family would get hand-made holiday gifts. I was homeschooling with a 5 year old, 3 year old and an 8 month old. Apparently, I thought the knitting machine was magic or something. Even with a knitting machine, there’s still the very time-consuming act of seaming. Now I know why some people plan seaming with a movie and wine available. Sometimes it seems like the knitting machine does the fun part of knitting for you and leaves you with the boring part for you to do by hand. Good thing I like the clackity clack of the knitting machine. I also leave the ribbing and edging for last and do those by hand.
In the photo above there are men’s gloves and a matching hat as well as a pair of fingerless mitts. All that’s needed here is the seaming. I’ve avoided it because the yarn is really dark which means I have to sacrifice some daylight hours to do them and there are MANY ends to weave in on the gloves. The fingers were knit flat.
Next in line is the Drawsting Bag. I remember starting this one because I discovered when my third was a little baby, that the only thing I could do while nursing is browse the internet or crochet (books and magazines were too cumbersome). This project was dropped in favor of crocheted soakers.
I plan on finishing this since I like the construction and think I can learn from it. I don’t like the color of this yarn though so I won’t be keeping it for myself.
Finally there’s the plastic bag holder. I’ll definately finish this because I have a lot of navy scrap yarn and the need for a plastic bag holder. It probably wouldn’t even take long.
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