{"id":2319,"date":"2012-12-27T16:08:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T16:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2012-12-27T16:10:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T16:10:44","slug":"christmas-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/christmas-knitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a moment of over-optimism at the end of November about the speed of my knitting I decided that I would knit a little something for both my parents for their Christmas presents. I had had the yarn for both for absolutely ages, and had been meaning to knit them for a while so this seemed the ideal moment!<\/p>\n

For Mummy I made the Eleanor cowl<\/a> from Knitty, in Posh Yarn Marguerite, which is a 4ply weight, 50% cashmere, 50% silk. The colour is called celery.<\/p>\n

\"EleanorCowl\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I orginally bought the yarn thinking I would make socks, but the mixture of cashmere and silk is completely inelastic and would have made not terribly good socks. However I think it does make lovely lace.<\/p>\n

For Daddy I made Ann’s Go-To Socks from the Simply Socks eMag from Interweave Press. They are a fairly standard sock pattern. I had to create an extra size two sizes larger than the largest one written because Daddy (like me) has rather wide feet. I used some Schoppel-wolle sock yarn for these.<\/p>\n

\"DaddysChristmasSocks\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The picture was a rather rushed affair because I finished knitting these on the day before they left after their pre-Christmas visit, while they were out visiting my Nanny. The picture was taken in the 5 minutes between casting off and wrapping them up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Luckily both presents fit (whew!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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