And that was 2007

I was making a lot of things in December, but that left me too busy to blog about them.  So here's a catch-up, some knitting, some others.  Jane Brocket's "The Gentle Art of Domesticity" has been in my possession for barely a week, but already I'm fighting the urge to photograph my creations on co-ordinating plates and backgrounds...

A finished blanket - thanks so much to Liz for finding me a part -ball of the last colour. I did think of disguising it with borders or stripes - but we like PERFECTION here at BD. Whatever the cost!

Here are the two boys' blankets together - this is just the effect I was hoping for.  Fraternal.

They have lots of use, even two and three year olds like something to cuddle!

I finished the purple scarf, late on the Sunday before Christmas.  I had to buy another skein of yarn to complete it, and of course the colour balance was slightly different. 21st Century Yarns were very helpful in finding the matching shade from their enormous range (Aubretia). It was the early hours of Christmas eve when I darned in the last end, and I immediately reached for the tissue paper - neglecting to take a picture.  But I managed to catch the recipient, my lovely sister-in-law, wearing it a few days later:

I've indulged in rather a lot of non-knitting crafts too:

Baking - one Christmas cake

and four dozen mince pies

Every year I make a wreath for the door using my patent wire-coat-hanger method

I started making up a bunting kit from Dandelion Designs.  There should be a little felt ornament at each intersection, but that will be for Christmas 2008 - they are going to be seriously fiddly.  This was the most challenging project I've tackled with my sewing machine for quite a few years, not to mention the hand embroidery. It was a job collecting all the fabrics, trimmings and buttons too.  This is an exceptionally difficult shape to photograph!

A close-up of some of the flags:

What will be on the needles for 2008?  Well, in my queue on Ravelry there will shortly be:

- A well fitting, flattering, warm jacket for me - the Holy Grail I know.  Maybe Juno from Rowan 40.

- Alan Dart's Shaun the Sheep mobile

- A few pairs of socks

- Decent sweaters for the children - what sort of knitting mother am I?  They are hardly ever seen in handknits of my own!