Some finished items

I finished my mom's cabled scarf. It looks very Irish! I think she'll like it:

I also finished a second baby sweater. I made an almost identical one for a coworker's baby shower, and I had so much yarn left over that I made a second one. It's a light brown cardiagn, and Jon (my husband) thinks that it looks like something an old man would wear while sitting in his library and smoking a pipe. It therefore has been dubbed the "little old man" sweater.


I have two new projects on the needles at the moment. One is a teddy bear that I am going to donate to a Hospice fundraiser, and the other is a sweater for myself (my first one!) that I've had several false starts on. Once I go out and purchase one more pair of needles I should be all set to go on it (I hope)!

Wrist Warmers

Everyone I know will have toasty wrists this winter. I have completed three pairs of wrist warmers:
I've decided to part with the pair that I was going to keep for myself. I think that after Christmas I will make myself a pair of pink ones. I'm currently working on a cabled scarf for my mom:

I'm happy with how it's turning out. The yarn is Rowan Cashsoft Aran in Forest. It is buttery soft, and I think when I'm finished I may try weaving ribbons into the lace pattern along the sides. I think I'll package it up along with a copy of the book "I Capture the Castle", which I read recently and highly recommend. It's about a poor and eccentric family that lives in a castle in England, and the daughter is a charming narrator.

Anyway, I should get back to my knitting. I have Christmas presents to attend to.