My knitting queue:
Hanna Falkenburg Pogode jacket - closing in on the finish line.
A Christmas stocking - finishing details, embroidery, etc.
A Perfect Tee for fall/winter - half finished.
Gingerbread Boy for Whitney -
Mug Cozies for teacher gifts -
It is ready to raffle! ... pictured on 11/5/09 - the Half-Fast Knitters Northshore charity afghan and some of the knitters who worked on it.
11/17/09 update
Nicky Epstein has a new book out: Knitting a Kiss in Every Stitch: Creating Gifts for the People You Love. Just a few of the adjectives I'd use to describe the projects in this book are clever, pretty, practical, and fun to knit! There is something for everyone, including furry ones :-) Nicky says " And as an extra juicy sneak preview of the book, I'll be giving away 4 free patterns on my site throughout the month. The first yummy bites are the 3 "Jet Set Travel Tags" from page 114 of the book."
KnitPicks has free downloadable gift and care labels in the Community Knitting section of their website. My teacher gifts this year are little baskets with the KnitPicks cabled mug cozy (free pattern) wrapped around a mug and a a package of gourmet tea or coffee---maybe I'll include a book too. http://community.knitpicks.com/page/freebies-1
Jean Greenhowe is a British knitting designer known for her darling character dolls for play or display. Her website has a generous number of free ornament patterns; these would be adorable package tie-ons too. http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/patterns.html
11/13/09
This week's quick and easy pattern is an lovely lace scarf to knit from the ethereal Kid Silk Haze (just one ball). It would be easy to knit in some Miyuki beads on the edges of each end. Leave a comment if you would like to know more about knitting with beads.
http://www.canknit.com/free/kos.html
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