ringed moon in December sky, outside our door
While my winter holidays were celebrated in small scale, it was still a pretty busy time for me, especially because I had taken up a number of scarf projects. If you’re planning on knitting scarves with anything slimmer than chunky yarn or smaller than size 11 needles, then be prepared to spend a lot of time on them. However, seeing the recipients’ reactions to my gifts was quite rewarding.
Dad's scarf
Dad's scarf and hat
Mom's scarf
You might recognize the pattern on my mom’s scarf. It’s the same pattern as what I made for myself and for Jen, which I dubbed “the Challah Scarf” because of its thick braided appearance. As you can see, my mom is pretty happy with it. I don’t know what’s going on with her eyes there. She’s incapable of winking, so this can’t have been caught mid-wink. I didn’t even realize she couldn’t wink until about two years ago when my dad pointed it out (she was covering one eye with her hand to take a picture). I did my best not to chuckle too loudly.
My mom wanted me to make one for my brother. I was sure he wouldn’t care for it but I did it anyway to appease the mom. So, I came up with this latticed scarf pattern and a matching hat pattern.
I tried it on to see if the hat fit correctly.
Hmm. I think I'd make a rather dashing male.
The set I made for the boyfriend is my favorite so far.
This is my first fair isle project. It took some time coming up with an idea for a pattern and maybe I should have made the tulips smaller in scale. Also, you can see how the fair isle parts are more tightly knit than the solid blue parts. Grafting the two halves together in the middle was a challenge, too, because I had originally attempted to maintain the pattern and the two colors. That ended up being impossible, so I just used the cream color yarn alone for grafting.
For extra warmth, I knitted two hats and stitched them together to make this reversible hat.
It makes me really happy to see my boyfriend wear this set every day that it doesn’t rain. The process of knitting can be a fun past time but the real reward comes from seeing someone truly appreciate what you’ve made for them, wearing it proudly like it were woven with gold.
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I am so freakin’ impressed with the fair isle one! The fact that you came up with the pattern and everything makes it even more amazing. Wow!
Wow… you are a knit queen, hehe!
Wished, I could knit!
I love your grey hat and scarf!
Wow!! How long did it take you to learn to knit?
those are all gorgeous gifts! I love the colors you used for your mom’s scarf, but the pattern for your bf’s hat/scarf is so awesome, especially since you drew it up yourself
It’s always a great feeling to see how much someone appreciates a handmade gift!
I really like the color and pattern for the Challah scarf; both your mom’s and Jen’s! (I love the button accent on Jen’s, by the way.) And I second mayaari. The pattern on your bf’s is gorgeous! =)
thanks for the appreciation, guys!
Penny: When I say your name in my head, I kind of grunt it out like Desmond in Lost. Pennay. P-hennay! Sorry. It’s time for my meds. It took me a couple years to make things that looked decent enough to be worn in public, haha. I still consider myself to be “learning” but just experienced enough that I can teach a few things to others.
Hi!
Looove the sets you have knitted:) It looks like the set you made for you boyfriend is a bit nordic inspired, am I right?
Lil:)
Yikes! that’s really talented! You can knit cool designs *starts drooling*
Everyone looks really happy in your scarfs ^o^
Lil: Yes. I am SO INTRIGUED by the Norwegian fair isle patterns but I’m still too scared to attempt it myself. So, I tried to make a simple pattern that was as close to “Norwegian-inspired” as possible. Thanks so much for your compliment!
That is amazing!! The gray set looks like the scarf I bought from Banana Republic, so professionally done.
Teach me!!
I love the Norwegian knitting pattern as well. I have been thinking about knitting “Selbuvotter” (Selbu mittens), but I am not that good at knitting unfortunately:( Besides, I am too lazy to learn how to read the pattern recipes:) May I ask you where you got the pattern for the hat you knitted for your brother?
Greetings,
Lil:)
Lil + Carmen: I used an aran knitting book as a reference for the lattice cabling and the rice stitches for my brother’s hat and scarf set. I didn’t write down the pattern so I’ll have to make another one to remember how I did it. I was actually in the middle of doing than when another knitting project came up, so it will be a little while. I’ll be sure to share it here when it’s finally done! If you only need to know how to do the cable knitting and rice stitching, any aran knitting book should help.
Lil: I want to try those mittens, too. They are absolutely stunning. Maybe I’ll get around to it this year.