Holiday Crafting

Well other than enjoying a lovely Christmas, and reading tons of books for Student Teaching, and catching up on my Netflix queue - I have been catching up on some serious crafting! I in fact have spent all of this morning updating my Ravelry.com account as well. Making sure I get all of my projects in there, as well as pictures! I was lucky enough to go to Atlanta Georgia for the Alpha Phi Omega (co-ed service fraternity) conference the day after Christmas until New Years Eve, where I managed to get a lot of crafting done. Thank God we are allowed to knit/crochet on airplanes these days, I was never bored!

First things first, I finally finished a huge order for one of the BF's co-workers. She ordered at the end of October, and I will hopefully be delivering today. I feel terrible that it took so long, but my final semester of undergraduate courses was far more complicated and busy than I could have foreseen. Just the same here is the lovely set with Horseshoe cables galore, Rococo Homespun yarn, and golden ribbon:

I think they turned out beautifully, though I wish either myself or my camera could get better shots. The ribbon on the scarf and mittens is also removable, I just thought it looked pretty. Of course you could take the ribbon out of the hat too, but that's no fun!

While in Atlanta I was a busy beaver:

First I made a calorimetry hat for Jackie

It's like a beanie that you fasten at the nape of the neck so that you can keep 

your ears and head warm, while still sporting a ponytail.

Obviously I still need to add a button.

I also made a chunky tam beret that turned out 

too small for an adult, but perfect for a little girl:

I tried the pattern again trying to make it a bit bigger,

but it managed to get narrower. Then I played God a bit and had myself a little baby beanie:

After that I began a running cables cowl:

Which I ran out of yarn for, and hope to finish today.

Then I was really out of yarn, so I found the nearest yarn shop to my hotel:

It was the perfect little store where I bought some beautiful soft tweed

and created a kaleidoscope beret:

After getting stuck for two days in Minneapolis upon our return I stayed at a friend's house

I once again had to run out for yarn and began another cowl:

Obviously still a work in progress.

I also received a wonderful Christmas gift from my Friend Kelly:

Pictures of her adorable niece wearing the hat I made, and enjoying the matching blanket!

It brings me great joy to see my work put to use.

On that same note I just wanted to quickly share another baby blanket

I have been working on:

So, as you can plainly see I have been a busy little bee. Hopefully I will get my 

Etsy together today or tomorrow as well. Some of these beauties need a home!