Merry Christmas to All

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I have been busy knitting like a mad woman. Why I do this to myself every year I will never know. Actually I know....I am the Queen of Procrastination!! Queen of all Queens! The bonus to making my own gift is that I only have to purchase 3 gifts that I'm not making. This definitely saves moolah. Yea! I even used my own stash yarn so I didn't even have to buy yarn. I do have enough stash yarn to outlast me even if I knitted every minute of every day for the next 60 years. I have issues, but I guess you already knew that one. I thought I'd take just a few minutes and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Here's a couple of projects I have finished lately:
Scarf & hat for my chilly nephew who recently moved to Duluth, MN. I'm jealous. Knitting makes much more sense living in cold climates.
Binary Hat for a friend of hubby. He requested I design it and make one for him. Can I just say, I COMPLETELY undersold myself on this one. It took hours and hours of designing and reworking to get it right. It actually says "J***** N*********, King of the Pirates" That was worth so much more than the $20 I quoted him. He loves it though. I'll get a handle on this pricing thing eventually. But I seriously cheated myself on this one.
One for me!!! I think I deserve it. One of my knitting peeps made this yarn and dyed it for me. Yes, people, she spun the yarn and dyed it. Funny how so many people's jaws drop when I tell them she MADE the yarn. The first word out of every one's mouth is, "how????" I think images of ancient spinning wheels come into their minds with little old ladies slaving away like Rapunzel spinning her hair into gold. Yes, my friends, young and not geeky people knit. Believe it or not. Here's a close-up of the cable work on the hat.
I think it turned out beautifully. Great for those, "I don't wanna do my hair days." She gave this to me in exchange for a hat I'm making from some more of her hand-dyed yarn. I should probably get on that soon. AFTER the Holidays!!
Last, but certainly not least, a Gryffindor house hat from Harry Potter for my favorite sis (you know who you are) This is to match her house scarf she's had for a number of years now. Finally a complete set! Whoo hoo!! It's so warm, soft, and toasty I think I'm gonna need one too. It looks good on me.

Back to knitting now! Next post I shall share my new additions to the ever encompassing stash and my birthday gifts (think sparklies!!!)