I said yesterday that I would talk about knitting. And here it is, KNITTING!

I was pretty much successful with handmade for Christmas. Well mostly. Sure my snow globes didn’t turn out as expected and I really didn’t have time to make more. But I did manage to make gingerbread cookies for all the kids.

But not only that, I knit matching hats for Alan and Isabelle!

Well truthfully it was a mistake. I hadn’t planned on making two hats. I was only going to knit a hat for Alan. The problem was, not picking up knitting in a year has made me rusty. So the first hat turned out a mess. Halfway through knitting it, I noticed there was a hole. I must have done a yarn over or something which meant the decreasing part didn’t work out correctly. I should have just gone backwards and fixed it but I didn’t. And my knitting tension was a little wacky, you can tell in the pictures. So I HAD to knit another one.

And with time running out, because you know that’s how I do things, I had to knit when Alan was home. I told him I was knitting a hat for Isabelle. So when I was done, I had two hats.

On Christmas morning, Alan opened a present that wasn’t any surprise at all, two matching hats, one for baby and one for daddy.

But now that Christmas is past, I can frog the first one and reknit it. I can’t decide if I want to make the child size instead this time. I sort of like how it’s too big and sticks up. It makes me think of a little acorn. Or maybe I shouldn’t pull it at all and keep it as a memory.

Project Notes
Pattern: His Hat, a great easy pattern by Marnie Maclean
Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride bulky? worsted? I don’t know, I lost the label ages ago
Size: Adult

Oh and speaking of Christmas gifts, look at what Isabelle got from her Auntie Jo and Uncle Dennis.

Isabelle says this is a drawing of me. And here’s a drawing of me and her. Isn’t a drawing by Isabelle a great handmade Christmas present?

And this is a great present too, a little dance on Christmas: