I'm feeling very knitty this evening. I started a dog sweater for my chihuahua Spock night before last, and I finished it about an hour ago. I'm especially proud because it's the first time I've finished something beyond a square/rectangle of my own design! I did keep notes as I went, so I'm hoping to fine tune it and possibly offer it up as a pattern. It's a top down, in the round, seamless ribbed sweater and it would fit a large variety of sizes. Unfortunately, I'm not really good at the math/gauge aspect of patterns when designing my own stuff, so I probably won't offer it in various sizes. Still, I'm pretty psyched that I made something useful that could be made by others. It's super stretchy so it could fit a dog with anywhere between an 18" chest to around 24". I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow when it's bright outside.
My mother in law really digs the socks I made for her for Christmas last year, and so she asked me to make her some more this year. She chose some Bernat Baby Jacquard yarn. I'm not super wild about knitting socks in acrylic, but for house socks it's not too bad. The last pair I made her were superwash sock yarn that I dyed myself in purples, pinks and blues and she's pretty precious about them. She won't wear them in shoes or walk around the house in them because she's scared of ruining them. She only wears them in her slippers and in bed, and when she washes them they go in a lingerie bag and are washed on the gentle cycle in cool water and then laid out to dry. Hey, at least she's conscientious about their care (even if overly so) so I know I could trust her to care for wool garments properly.
So I started on a pair of socks for her right after I cast off and weaved in the ends of Spock's sweater. I'm not at all sleepy so I'll probably work on them and read until I get tired. I suffer from second sock syndrome really badly, so I'm going to try to start the second sock as soon as I finish the first. I figure if I can get it going right away I won't leave it to languish. That's the plan anyway.
We're going to be spending the majority of Christmas Eve and Day with my mother in law this year. She lost my father in law earlier this year and it's been a really, really rough year for all of us. My husband and I are going to go over to my parents house early Christmas Day and spend a few hours with them; visiting and maybe watching a movie, then we'll go over to my mother in law's to help make enchiladas. It's usually a big affair when we get together to cook, so that's probably what we'll be doing the majority of the day. Afterward we'll probably play Yahtzee or Uno. Pretty low key stuff. None of us have a whole lot of Christmas spirit this year and no one is exchanging gifts. My parents will do stockings for us because it's kind of a tradition, and I may make my dad some sugar free peanut butter cookies (he's diabetic and rarely gets special treats), but that's about the extent of it. I'm hoping next year will be better and we'll have more of an opportunity to decorate and give gifts, but this year just isn't happening. I'm happy enough that we'll be spending the days with family and just being together.
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