Sara Sharpe Knits

Christmas presents for 2014 are in progress. These took me five weeks, not working on them exclusively (as evidenced by the many photos of Aranami). I probably need to be a little more faithful to Christmas present knitting.

The pattern is Simplicity from Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. It was very simple, a two-row slip-stitch rib pattern. The trickiest part was keeping track of where each row started. Had I added a locking stitch marker like I kept meaning to, I probably wouldn’t have had so much trouble!

I found out last Friday that the company I work for has begun proceedings to be sold. I have subsequently been drinking quite a lot of scotch and knitting, although I think my tension might be slightly affected…

Aranami continues on beautifully… I think just 1.5 tiers (ignoring, shall we, that each tier increases by one motif). Four more of these dark blue motifs before I get to the darkest blue!

I ordered some of KnitPicks’ new Hawthorne yarn. I have to say, I was… surprised by the colors. I bought them because they appeared camouflage-colored (hello Texas), but one has a GIANT pop of lime green and the other has a more subtle teal, neither of which I was expecting. I shall be interested to see how they work up…

Finally, I had a damn good idea since I’m getting a jump on knitting presents for holidays this year:

Want your own labels? Download Gift Labels at that link. I didn’t add cut lines because I’m too OCD (and really we’ll all miss them), but if you fold the paper lengthwise in half, then repeat that, you should can make your own cut lines!