With my last project squeaking in just under the wire today, here’s what I’ve managed to do this year. The Evenstar shawl was definitely my favorite project.    I also made some pretty good headway in using up old yarn – hopefully I can continue in that vein next year.

Pattern: Hunter Cowl by Diana BurkYarn: Lion Brand Woolease Thick and Quick in the Oatmeal colorwayNeedles: Size 13 and 35 circs and 11 DPNs I think I need more commissions.    This pattern was nothing I would have ever made for myself, but it was a lot of fun to do.    The needles were

Here’s the total of what I have after making this year’s hexipuffs.     Still not enough to make a blanket, but I’m getting there, slowly by surely.

The Three Irish Girls Beckon Merino Auspicious is gone.    I meant to make a pair of socks to go with the first hat, but didn’t have enough yarn, so ended up making another hat.     I was just able to eek out one hexipuff with what was left. One of my coworkers commissioned

I have a little more sock yarn using up going on – here’s the Auspicious Beckon Merino in the Cable Baby hat pattern by Pamela W. Allen.    I have some matching socks on the needles now, to make another gift set.

Pattern: Slable by Wooly WormheadYarn: Three Irish Girls Beckon Merino in the Auspicious ColorwayNeedles: Size 3 and 4 Circs and 4 DPNs I really enjoyed this pattern – I was initially nervous because of all the seed stitch, but the cable breaks that up nicely.     The ribbing at the bottom was actually the most boring

This is Wooly Wormhead’s Slable hat from the Twisted Wooly Toppers book that Brownie also came from.   I’m using my other skein of Three Irish Girls Beckon Merino, this time in the Auspicious colorway. I was a little nervous about this pattern, as the body contains a lot of seed stitch, but it turns out

Pattern: Brownie by Woolly WormheadYarn: Classic Elite RenaissanceNeedles: Size 6 DPNs My Christmas knitting is done!   And before Thanksgiving even! I really enjoyed this pattern.    You start out knitting the brim flat, and then graft the ends together, and pick up stitches to get the crown.   The spiral effect on that was

I’ve got two projects going at the moment.   The above is Woolly Wormhead’s Brownie Hat, which will complete my trifecta of hats for my older brother’s family.     It’s a fun pattern so far.    The brim is knit flat, and grafted together at the end, and I picked up the stitches for

Another sock yarn skein done.    This was the Three Irish Girls Beckon Merino in the Silver Bay colorway.    I’d gotten it through the yarn club, so I actually had about a skein in a half, because we’d gotten a bonus amount.    I made another pair of Fallberry Mitts (love that pattern), and three more hexipuffs.