Thank you all for such an outpouring of support for my design! If you requested the pattern and haven't received it yet, it probably means I don't have your e-mail address. So if you want it, e-mail me. I've decided that this is a limited time offer - I'll stop distributing the pattern some time in January.
I've managed to adopt a more Zen attitude toward the holiday season. There's just no way that Hank8 will be finished by Christmas day, and I'm fine with that. Really I am. (Okay, I'm only pretending, but if I pretend hard enough I'll start to believe it.) I'll just wrap it up Christmas eve in whatever state it's in, with a picture of the sweater on top, and let my dad know that he'll get it a few weeks after Christmas. It may be tacky, but my pop's not the type to care.
I still need to finish my sister's cardigan, wash it, and find some buttons for it. And I'm making a cashmere hat for my (church) office secret santa - I drew a good friend who has been hinting (not too subtly) for as long as I've known her that she'd like me to knit her a hat. So I'm using the leftover cashmere from my gloves, which she also coveted, and will probably finish tonight.
My husband's best friend will be a father in February, and I'm going to make a baby blanket, also out of cashmere. Some may find that a bit excessive, but I think this couple would like a cashmere baby blanket, and you can actually wash it in the machine on gentle cycle in cold water, so it's fine if it gets mucky. I'm using a pattern that's been a big hit with other babies before, a lacy pattern with leaves, and the yarn is a pretty spring green. The pattern is written as 4 triangles that you make separately and then sew together, but I'm going to convert it to knit in the round all in one piece. It's also written with an edging that you knit separately and sew on, but I'll either knit it right on to the blanket somehow, or more likely crochet the edging instead. I've been wanting to hone my crochet skills anyway and can get help from my boss at the store, who is an expert.
I've decided to cook Christmas dinner for my dad and Scott, since we ended up with nothing to do on Christmas day. (My dad's family, who we usually celebrate with, has decided we're all too many now for anyone to cook for, so the extended family will get together at a restaurant a few days after Christmas.) I discovered last year when I cooked my first turkey for Scott's family that I really enjoy preparing a holiday meal. Which is sort of funny since I'm pretty averse to cooking the rest of the year. But when it's a big event, it's more fun. And my dad seemed really happy that someone would be willing to cook him a Christmas meal, so that makes me feel good. Now to scour the 'net for some good recipes...
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