Purl One, Yarn Over, Purl Two Together, Knit One: Year-End Knitting Round-up and Snow!

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Year-End Knitting Round-up and Snow!

now!

After I posted about a light dusting of snow, and how we had to go up into the mountains to find snow, we had a realy snowfall down in the valley!

Photos below! But first, the year-end knitting round-up. I've got to collate my writing round-up too, and I usually do that one first, but this one is coming easier at the moment.

The 2019 wrap-up featured baby photos! I also mentioned a pair of leggings I was considering making for a friend. Little did I know that I would soon have a lot more time for that project...

My first completed project was a red superhero scarf (in a post that also paid tribute to Christopher Tolkien).

Then, in what I did not know at the time was to be my final outing for a good long time, I wrote a knitting in the wild post about the Canada and impressionism exhibit we went to in Lausanne.

Then I knit a hackeysack, which has since beenrepurposed as a stress ball, and started baking and knitting in earnest: baby hats! (In a post that also paid tribute to Jean Little.)

I finished the leggings! And started a baby blanket, and kept baking...

More baking! More baby hats! And I made ice cream!

I made a hat to match the baby blanket, and found two of my favourite knitting patterns, including the one from which the knitting blog gets its title!

A lot more baking, and some music!

Finished baby blanket!

More baking! A brand-new baby blanket!

And that was the year. The last item I finished was a hat and the last item I started was a Linus blanket, which I'm still working on:

These chocolate orange bars have turned out to be a constant hit. I've made them three times since!

More bread!

Chocolate pudding!

My first ever pecan pie! (store-bought crust)

Cookies! And blueberry muffins (recipe from my sister-in-law)

Beer from Valais!

A Christmas gift from a friend! Knitter's earrings

The Linus blanket begun

A cartoon about knitting.

How's the mitten coming along?

Not very well, I've only made one.

That's okay, Grandpa, I'll keep my other hand warm by holding yours <3

A new hat!

The Codlin Heid pattern from Ten Years in the Making by Kate Davies Designs

I didn't use quite the right kind of wool called for, so it's a bit hard to see the pattern, and then I didn't have enough of the white, so I finished the hat without the pattern repeats.

The white wool is unbleached, hand-spun wool that I purchased many moons ago in Upper Canada Village (and look! That post features the release of Alex's CassaStorm!)