This year I’ve managed to finish my planned knitted gifts for my best friend and her family earlier than usual and I plan to mail these gifts off to Halifax on Monday. I don’t always manage to have them completed before Christmas. I knit socks for my best friend and her two daughters using yarn from my stash. I’ve been trying out Fish Lips Kiss Heel lately so I substituted this heel into each sock pattern. I like how it fits...

I have three FOs (finished objects) to share and all three projects were started last year or earlier. Note: I have a project page created in ravelry for all the projects page mentioned in this post. First up is the Sand and Sea Shawlette from Coastal Knits which I just finished blocking. This is a crescent shaped shawlette which gets its shape through the use of short rows. I knit this using a skein of Malabrigo Yarn Lace in the Snow Bird...

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas. My family and I did.   I received some knitting related gifts this year which I wanted to show off. I received this cup with the great saying on it which was bought at the Unraveled yarn store in Merrickville and this padded spindle bag which I absolutely love from Zig Zag Stitches etsy shop. I also received a copy of Cast On, Bind Off reference book. I bought a copy of this book also for my Mom...