Have you made your Christmas list!

Dusty the Dog with Chunky Cable 100% Baby Alpaca Scarf....Lucky Dog
PS...nobody would model this scarf for me, so Dusty volunteered

I have good news! There is still 55 days until Christmas....so make your gift giving list, and get out your knitting needles, you still have time to give handmade and not technology. Enough with Ipods and Ipads, they'll never guess their getting handmade socks and scarves. I've made my list, kids ( three of them), siblings ( three also), best friends ( that would be three). That's nine knitted goodies....55 days divided by nine is 6 days per item  with no time for Christmas baking, fun and frivolity. Lets get Cracking.

Son number one loves BIG BIG BIG Chunky scarves, think Vogue cat walk......Using Pollikas lovely Ancient Art soft grey hand painted yarn called Pieces Of Eight, and blending it with Jeanette Sloan Chunky 100% baby Alpaca, add three fabulous cables, makes this yummy scarf oh so soft, warm and wonderful.



Beautiful Grey "Basalt" yarn By Ancient Arts

Son number two is always looking to cover his head so he can travel incognito.......a slouchy toque will be perfect. Since grey is the NEW brown and to be truly with it you have to use grey, I chose Ancient Arts DK Merino, called "Basalt".

Slouchy Toque

Daughter number one..........Lost on this one...perhaps a cowl...I'll get back to you, or if you have any great ideas please let me know. We have to stick together when it comes to Christmas gift giving.

Brother One and Two.....one lives in Winnipeg, affectionately called "Winter Peg" and the other loves anything handmade....socks......I'm thinking socks...simple pack around, so you can knit socks.

Winter Socks from 4ply Bluefaced Leicester

Special Sister....mmmm mohair lace shawl...just because I love her.
Last but never least, my posse...three special friends, I have to treat them equal, so fingerless gloves. I have the perfect pattern from Ravelry...Vancouver Fog...sports a great cable for a little detail but very easy to knit, I also have the perfect yarn, pure DK Fawn Yak  for conservative buddy number one, hand painted Merino Cashmere form Indigo Dragonfly for buddy number two ( she's the crazy one), and "Swash buckle" by Ancient Arts for the mediator ( buddy number three) ..Whew.....that's my list for now...........wheres yours?
Perhaps Pollika can help...take a look at www.pollika.com for inspiration!

Swash buckle Fingerless gloves....I can hardly wait to start these ones