I love the way this chunky afghan turned out that I gave to my daughter Sara. It is very soft, thick and warm. I loved working the cables and although there are a couple mistakes in it, they are very hard to find and not noticable at all.
Daughter Erin received this one, which is just as soft:
For Daryl, I found a pattern for Soldier Socks from WWI, distributed by the Red Cross. I thought these would be interesting as Daryl loves watching the old war clips on TV. They knit up quickly and brought me back in time. All the while I was knitting them, I was thinking about the soldiers off to war nearly 100 years ago.
For Alehk (daughter Erin's boyfriend) I was most proud of this pair of socks. Even though I used a self striping yarn, I was thrilled that I actually got them to come out to match perfectly:
Erin's socks didn't match stripes as well, but still a fun pair of socks anyway:
Daughters Katie and Sara and son-in-law Kris went with the plain jane styles:
Now that my holiday knitting is over, I am looking forward to a productive 2012. I've joined a knit along on Raveley for a Dozen Shawls in 20Dozen.. That is a shawl a month and I hope I can keep up with it. I plan to cast on January's shawl this weekend and knit it up in a couple weeks.
I hope you all have a great 2012 and keep on knitting!
