I finished and gifted a knit this week!
This manta ray-like Calorimetry head scarf was a last minute idea for a friend who often wears a ponytail, and for whom I really wanted to show the love of a handknit. And that's the key for gift knitting, right? It's not just because we enjoy the work and don't have space to store all we make. We want to show our love.
With this project, I also showed how close to the line I was willing to go, to get the best possible colour combinations for my giftee within the constraint of what I had in my stash. I wanted to emphasize the green but I had only 20g and the scarf needs about 45, so I grabbed some grey in the same tubular-spun superwash wool and hoped for the best with the striping.
Look how much green I had left when it was done! (and overlook the blurry photo... I got too close with the camera.
Not even three inches. And I only had that much left because I ran in the cast on tail so I could cut off the rest and splice it in for the cast off.
Then it was time to add a button for the closure but it turns out I had no buttons to choose from. Somehow I have reached this stage of life without a button box full of castoffs and cutes. I did have one green sweetie but...
Wrong colour, wrong hole size. So when I gifted it I made my friend try it on so I could pin it to the right size, and then I used the tail I'd left hanging to stitch it shut.
Flexibility is so important at this time of year.
Speaking of which...
I did knit something else too, and I had plans for a second Calorimetry for a third friend, but it was giving me trouble and I had to rip out to start over. At that point I thought, she does not need this, and is already getting an I Love You message via perfect tiny things I found over the course of the year.
So that's not happening. (totally saving this idea for next year, but I won't wait till December to knit it!)
And the fourth gift knit I was considering... I'm not sure it's even what that person would want or wear. So maybe I'm better off enjoying my blanket project during these final days of chaos?
I mean, Christmas is basically four days away at this point. And there are still visits to make and wrapping to do. So... I'm rethinking my plans.
Probably knitting that last thing anyway, but with a side of second-guessing all the way through, ha!
I won't check in till Saturday and Christmas falls in between, so I will take this opportunity to wish you a very happy season however you celebrate, and thank you for your friendship.
See you next Saturday!
