Thursday, January 01, 2009

handmade gifts

I made a lot of the Christmas gifts this year. All of these were fun projects. First, a Lucha Libre Smackdown mask each for Sara and Kevin.They made the request and chose the colours last Christmas when they saw the pattern in this book.
Sara's....


....Kevin's.

After this pic was taken I noticed I had forgotten some trim around the eyes and mouth. I finished it before sending it off in the mail.

Treena likes cows (at least, she used to) so I made this cute scarf for her.These coffee cup cozies worked up very quickly....one for each of the girls and one for Kevin.(note: you have to be a member of Ravelry to see the one for Kev. The designer offers the pattern for free there, even though she has it for sale in her Etsy store. That's nice of her).

We had a couple of jars of local honey but I wanted to fancy them up a bit, so crocheted these "toppers".and then glued these little charms onto them.I made a dickey for Art. It is very soft and warm.He suggested I make the flaps longer and then maybe join them with a strap under the arms to hold them in place. Oh and then maybe add some sleeves. I stopped him there and said "uh....that'd make it a sweater!" Yup.

Circle...triangle.....

And lastly, an actual sweater for Art. I made this back in the summer and it wasn't meant to be a Christmas gift. When our friend Rhoda saw me working on it she asked if I was making it for Christmas and I suddenly thought "hey...what a great idea", so hid it away. I gotta say, it was the easiest sweater I've ever made. Just round and around and around on a big circular needle. Then pick up stitches for the sleeves and go round and around again. Super easy!

I could hardly wait to give it to Art because if he liked it I would make another one or two.He loves it! Yay. I'll be making a couple more. Maybe even one for me.

4 comments:

Carol Browne said...

Wow! You were working really hard! Those projects turned out great.

I'm so chicken to try a sweater, but maybe I should give it a whirl. I really like how that turned out.

I just finished the cross-stitch scarf I started knitting not too long ago. I'm slowly becoming a quicker knitter.

Endako Jo said...

I know what you mean. Sweaters never turn out right for me. I don't like to purl much so one great thing about this is you just knit around and around. I'm pretty pleased how it turned out. Looks great on Art, too. I should make him pose for a picture.
I was never a very good (or fast knitter), but the more I practice the better I'm getting. That intarsia stuff was not so much fun, though. If you look at it up close it's obvious I'm just new.

Viki said...

Hey ski masks with eyes & mouth. That's awesome. Oh friend oh buddy oh pal. . .

Endako Jo said...

Vik...would be my pleasure. Name your colours.