Slippers for Me! Yay!

Our house has been SO COLD lately, so I decided to make myself a pair of warm slippers. I chose the same pattern I used recently for the slippers I knit for my son. It's the free pattern "Red Hot Slipper Socks" on the Lion Brand website. (Now that I've figured out all the errors in the pattern, they are very easy to make.)

I love the way mine turned out. They remind me of Eddie Bauer colors. (tee-hee)


Here's how they looked when they were on the HUGE double-pointed needles. I think I could actually hear the "whoosh" of the wind as I was wrapping the yarn for each stitch. Ha!


Now, I'm planning on making some more slippers for other members of my family. It will be a nice way to use up the bulky yarn in my stash.

Cute Baby Earflap Hat

Today, I decided to make a quick baby gift. After searching through different patterns I could find online, I chose to make a baby earflap hat. I needed DK weight yarn, so I grabbed a pretty skein of red yarn I recently received as a gift - Magic Garden "Buttons", which is 83% Pure New Zealand Wool, with 17% Polyester Effect yarn. It makes a fun fabric for kids and babies!

Here's the free knitting pattern:
http://heyjulie.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/babykids-earflap-hat/

It only took a few hours to make this cute little baby earflap hat. Fun!

Pidge Podge Scarf

Here's another quick knitting project I've made in the past week.

It requires just one skein of Lion "Mystery" yarn, with the free pattern called "Pidge Podge".

I haven't sewn on the button yet, because I haven't decided which ones I want to use. It will be easy to do that, so no rush.

Bulky Slipper Socks

Last night, I was able to knit the other bulky slipper sock. Now, I have a nice pair of warm slippers to give my son for Christmas. Yay!

The knitting pattern is free on the Lion Brand website. It's called "Red Hot Slippers". Be sure to write the pattern corrections on your printed pattern. They don't show on the PDF file. You'll see them on the main page for the pattern.

Pretty Cabled Hat & Bulky Slippers Socks

I finished the cabled hat! So nice!


And, now I'm making bulky slipper socks, using a free knitting pattern on the Lion Brand website called "Red Hot Slipper Socks". It calls for Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, and I have LOTS of leftover skeins of bulky yarn. So, I'm just grabbing different yarns, and making slippers of many colors!


I wonder how many slippers I can make before Christmas? This one sock only took a few hours of knitting to make.

More Knitting Before Year's End

Now that I'm finished with the Christmas stockings, I can get to work on some other projects I've been working on. I've also been sick with a cold recently, so that set me REALLY behind.

Anyway, here's what I've gotten done on the Bernat Cabled Hat, using Ultra Pink Berella 4.

The cables are pretty!


And here is a bulky scarf I'm making as a Christmas gift for someone.


I'm planning on making more bulky scarves and some slippers also. Better get back to work!

Yay! The Christmas Stockings are FINISHED!

Woo Hoo! I finally finished the Christmas stockings for a customer. :)


I am very proud of my work.


And my customer is pleased with them!