Here are more projects I failed to write about contemporaneously. My mom's birthday is on Christmas day. It sucks having a birthday on a holiday. Woe to person who gives a joint birthday/Christmas present or wraps a birthday present in Christmas paper. So I knit two presents for my mom this year.
The first was Leftie by Martha Behm.
This is a cool one because you actually start with just three stitches and add more each row. It gives the shawl a slanted look.
Every tenth row, you make a leaf on the left edge.
I used fingering weight KnitPicks Chroma, which has a slow color shift. I'm not sure this color way exists anymore, but you can see it goes from a dark pink all the way to bright orange.
The other thing I knit for my mom was a pair of socks. The first pair I made was a little too small. This pair I knit from the toe up (no pattern), so I knew they were going to fit perfectly.
The yarn was something on the fancier side, a merino/nylon blend I believe. I can't for the life of me remember the brand.
Her feet seem happy, though.
The first was Leftie by Martha Behm.
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| Isn't my mom cute? |
Every tenth row, you make a leaf on the left edge.
The yarn was something on the fancier side, a merino/nylon blend I believe. I can't for the life of me remember the brand.
Her feet seem happy, though.
