Tomorrow is the first of
November, and yet another month has disappeared. I have no idea where
this year has gone, but Christmas is rapidly approaching.
As
a knitwear designer, a lot of my Christmas knitting is done in
mid-summer, but those Christmas knits are for magazines, and I don't
necessarily have them back in time for me to use them for Christmas,
which is fine, but it does mean that every year I hit November 1st and
have a little panic about the fact that I have not started the Christmas
knitting, and that seven weeks isn't long to get all the things
(including three pairs of socks, a jumper for each of my children, and
Christmas decorations for friends, which have rolled over from last
year, plus several other things that will crop up along the way) that I
have in my head actually knitted.
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| Waddle, one of this summer's Christmas knits |
So tomorrow the Christmas knitting begins in earnest. I'm starting with socks for me (in the fab Elf strips from Unbelievawool). That'll help the panic, right?!
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| Christmas knit, number one |
Does anyone else knit for Christmas? What are your go-to present knits?
Crocheted snowflakes! I've made hundreds and turned them into garlands as impromptu decorations. I am sure my office will appreciate them. If they don't, tough! Other than that, I am sock knitting, and my list is nowhere near as long as yours! Oh, and a couple of Edward's Menagerie animals, but they're quite quick, I hope!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of croheted snowflake garlands, send them to me if your office mates don't appreciate them!
DeleteI am doing full-blown procrasti-knitting at the minute, so Christmas projects are making even less progress that I thought they might! But I will have a lovely scarf soon.