Finished Objects!!!!

Yaaaay! I finished something for a deadline!

Graham's Knucks were ready for Christmas morning! I knit them in Malabrigo, which in retrospect was not the smartest since they will pill like gangbusters--but he really likes them, and I figure they're mostly for NERO anyway. Also, I finished Rogers promised hat from LAST YEAR, to go with his scarf (the nifty super-cabled Braided Mischief from Scarf Style.

What's more, I had a gratifying encounter with another FO: the hat I gave my father-in-law Derek, which was my first knitted gift! It's just a simple watchcap made of big bulky Patons wool, but apparently he likes it and wears it, since he had it with him when driving around up at Tahoe.

Also, I have almost finished my Interweave index and will hopefully be posting it soon!

WIP list:

Graham's interminable Trekking socks (#1 is ALMOST done!)
Toe-Up Rocktober test knee socks for me
Susan Beall's Manos scarf (still trying to work out a pattern!)
Bonnet for Baby Boo
Tempting (1 glove done, 1 just cast on!)

In Exile:
Bliss Baby Cardigan - might finish this for Nathania! Though I'm not sure it'll be suitable for giving away.
Pence Pouch from Just One More Row - my gauge has probably changed so much I should rip it out, wind the yarn on a ball winder, and start again from the other end. I was knitting so tight when I started that I kept breaking the cotton chenille yarn!

Coming up: Swell for Graham - I will probably cast on the earflaps and start them, but will wait for my Fair Isle class on the 12th to do more.

I spent most of the holidays knitting instead of working! But I feel good. Spent loads of time at Purlescence hanging out and chatting and knitting, and I think I need the safe time / rest. I'm heading back to SoCal tomorrow and feeling ill and stressed tonight. But I will take along my new bitchen Amy Butler knitting bag, and my current projects to keep me company; maybe I can knit in one of my lecture classes or something.