Cheshire Stripes

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (I sure did)!

The first gift I've gotten done was my sister's Striped Glass Mitts. I decided to use some of my Red Heart Multi in Plum Pudding and I bought a skein on Red Heart in Lavender to give them the perfect colors of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

She loves how they turned out and so do I. This is the first project I've ever had to put thumbs in and, suprisingly, they were pretty easy. I may have to make myself some at some point.

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The project I'm working on now is my dance partner's Sweeney Todd Scarf. I'm probably about 80% done with it. I'm in love with the yarn I'm using too, Waverly by Bernat in Classic Navy. It's super soft for this type of yarn. I can't wait to have it done.

Where did that hiatus come from?!

 It's all school's fault! The fault is not on me!

I have been so busy with school I haven't even looked at any of my quilting stuff and haven't done a darn thing other than that. Anyway...

I did make one thing while I was "away". October 14 was "I Love Yarn" Day 2011 and I decided to celebrate by knitting something up. So I went through my yarn stash and found some super pretty off-white yarn I had bought when I was making a hat before (which never turned out). I wanted to do something simple (because I only really had a day to work on it), but I wanted something that could catch your eye. I, ultimately, chose to do a cowl in a basketweave stitch.

Basketweave Cowl for "I Love Yarn" Day

It's so warm and soft. I wear it almost everyday, especially now that it's getting cold.

I'm also in the process of making a pair of above-the-knee legwarmers. I'm probably around half way through with one of them so far. These are definitely going to be heavily worked on over my winter break.

Calculations

I did run into a problem when I started making them though. I did some basic calculations so I could figure out how much stitching I would need. That all went out the window when I actually strted making them. So I'm doing a little bit at a time and then trying them on and going from there.

What I have so far...

 As far as Christmas goes, I originally planned not to make anything this year, so that I could have a break, but...I can't help myself. Two of my friends and my little sister will be recieving a knitted gift from me. (Yes, I am on a kntting kick. Thanks for asking.)

- Friend #1 (male): Flurries Slouch Hat (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flurries-slouch-hat), scarf unknown (Matrix: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/matrix-2 or Sweeney Todd Scarf: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweeney-todd-scarf)

- Friend #2 (female): Gathered Scarf (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gathered-scarf) [Hopefully, I can find some super nice yarn for it.]

- Little Sister: Striped Glass Scarf (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/striped-glass-mitts) [I have 3 skeins of Red Heart: Plum Pudding that I plan on using. I'm not sure what I'll use for the darker stripes yet, maybe a dark purple.]

My friends' gifts don't have to be done by Christmas, so I'm not too worried about those. But I would like to get my sister's done by then. We'll see...