I was catching up on one of my mailing lists yesterday, and I realized that I’ve pretty much managed to avoid a problem that seems to plague knitters everywhere.
Unappreciated Gift Giver Syndrome.
Those of you who have experienced the UGGS know the symptoms all too well. Aching hands and tired eyes (from hours of knitting), only [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gift Knitting’
FO Friday: Socks for K
Posted in Baby, Finished, In Progress, Socks, tagged Baby Knitting, Family, Favorite Socks, FO, Gift Knitting, Hooded Jacket, Interweave, Knitting, Lime & Violet, Loopy Ewe, Retro Rib, Socks, WIP on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Jacket!
Posted in Finished, tagged Family, Gift Knitting, Hello Sweater, Knitting, Workbasket on October 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Behold! The “Hello” Sweater! Or, as our niece exclaimed when she opened her birthday present, “A jacket!”
It’s a pattern from an old issue of Workbasket magazine. I don’t know which issue, because I got the pattern as a photocopy from a knitting store in Encino. It’s supposed to have the word “Hello” worked in intarsia [...]
Deadline Knitting
Posted in In Progress, tagged Family, Finishing, Gift Knitting, Hello Sweater, Knitting, WIP on October 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Work continues on the Seekrit Gift Project. Last night’s festivities including weaving in about 56 yarn tails and sewing seams. It was Part II of the sewing, actually, since I did about half of the weaving and seaming Tuesday night.
At least last night’s fun also included the season premiere of Lost.
Tonight, I attempt to crochet [...]
Knit a Little
Posted in Baby, In Progress, Project Ideas, tagged Baby, Baby Knitting, Gift Knitting, Knitting, Knitty, Retro Rib, Socks, WIP on September 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, yeah, remember knitting?
I remember it, too! I’ve even been doing some of it. I started working on a sweater for the baby while we were in Alaska, which then got pushed aside when I started working on a Secret Gift-Type Project. And those Retro Rib Socks are still in my bag, waiting for me [...]
Needle, Needle, Who’s Got the Needle?
Posted in In Progress, Socks, tagged Gift Knitting, Knitting, Mishaps, Retro Rib, Socks, WIP on May 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, we had tickets to see The Da Vinci Code. Despite the fact that I was sick, I headed over to theater extra early to get us some good seats, since K would be cutting it close getting there.
I brought the Retro Rib sock, tucked in my small knitting bag, tucked in my Kitchensink [...]
