I’m joining Kat & the Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday!
KNITTING:
Normally, I’d just share a photo or two of a recently completed project, but today I’m also sharing this image of my Ravelry project page, which shows all the projects completed in 2025, because FIVE OF THE EIGHT weren’t even on my radar until a week before Thanksgiving!
That Musselburgh Beret for Ginny was just too cute & was quicker to knit than expected, so I had to knit another one for Malina.
- Ravelry Project Page: Musselburgh Beret II (for Malina)
- Pattern: Musselburgh Beret by Ysolda Teague
- Yarn: Make.Do Realize Sport in Lavender (OOAK) – from my stash
- Size: Adult Small
- Needle: US 3 (3.25 mm)
- Start to Finish: December 19-22, 2025
And, y’know, if I was knitting something for each of the girls for Christmas, I really felt like I needed to knit something for each of the boys! I already had Ali ask all the kids for their favorite-color-of-the-moment, mainly to know Ginny’s, so at least I had that info for all.
I previously wrote about getting started with Davy’s mittens — I actually knit two pair (one slightly larger than the other) — and was just about at the point of felting. That went pretty well, and I propped them in front of the heat vent in the kitchen to hasten drying.
As they caught my eye the next morning, I thought to myself… Kai might be interested in those, maybe I should move them.
Famous last words! That little hole could probably be patched — I think I have a felted slipper in the repair pile, too — but not right now.
- Ravelry Project Page: Snowball Throwin’ Mittens (for Davy)
- Pattern: Snowball Throwin’ Mittens by Cindy Pilon/CJPilon
- Yarn – Hands: Cascade Yarns Pastaza (discontinued)
- From the stash: wonderfully felt-able leftovers from Log Cabin Socks that I knit in 2005 & 2008!!
- From the stash: wonderfully felt-able leftovers from Log Cabin Socks
- Yarn – Cuffs: Leftover variegated sock yarn in a colorway that seemed “to go.”
- Size: Child Small
- Needle: US 11 (8.0 mm) & US 3 (3.25 mm)
- Start to Finish: December 8-26, 2025
Sarah’s blog post, along with a cautionary note about the cuff sizing that she made in a comment, were extremely helpful.
That left Junah to knit for — his favorite color right now is purple (“like crayola marker purple”), so I pulled out all my leftovers (and even some not-leftovers) to knit a hat! It turned out really great, except that it was a tad too small, so I made another one — purple is still the base color, but it didn’t shine as well. Oh well.
- Ravelry Project Pages:
- Pattern: Snap by tincanknits
- Yarn: Bits of every purple, adjacent, or complementary sock yarn I could dig up
- Size: Child Small
- Needle: US 8 (5.0 mm) & US 11 (8.0 mm)
- Start to Finish:
- Snap I – December 26-27, 2025
- Snap II – December 28-31, 2025
Handsome dude…
You can’t see his very fine fade under that hat, though. I took him to the official? unofficial? barber of the Green Bay Packers, including the head coach, for a New Year’s Eve haircut! Yes, it was a little $$, but look at him! Worth it (maybe not every time, tho… his hair grows fast!).
Anyway, also in the finish column for 2025 — the amazing Hexie Love crocheted blanket that I gave to Addison for graduation, and my first two Hitchhiker shawls!
I continued working on the Family Temperature Blanket — it’s all seamed up, and I’ve begun to knit the border. The first corner was not to my liking, so I tore it out and that’s where we sit. I started a couple other projects & I’ll get back to those as soon as my wrist recovers, because…
QUILTING:
I FINISHED MY QUILT YESTERDAY!!! I sewed (by machine) the binding on at Ann’s a few days ago when I spent the day doing laundry. Yesterday, I folded it around to the front & sewed it on. There was a lot of folding & pressing & pinning & clipping & fiddling… way more “hand work” than I expected. But, it’s DONE & it was on the bed last night.
My 10-week quilting class starts on Tuesday, so I’ll learn how to do it for real!
