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My own holiday-knitting tradition goes as follows:

1. Decide not to knit anything as a gift this holiday season

2. Change my mind on or around December 15th.

This year, I was lucky; I changed my mind on the 10th instead. I decided to knit one really fine scarf for one fine young man I know. I investigated and found out that he would indeed need and appreciate a hand-knit scarf. A visit to the yarn shop followed. When I asked the owner for fine yarns for manly scarves, she pointed me towards Classic Elite Kumara, a lofty worsted-weight merino with 15% of baby camel wool added in for good measure, not to mention extra warmth and softness.

Here is a quick snapshot of the scarf in progress yesterday. By now the knitting is finished and the scarf is ready to be blocked:

In other color news, I finished another pair of worsted-weight socks for afghans For Afghans. I was curious to see what Cascade 220 would feel like when turned into socks. The answer is, warm and cushy. I have about 1/5 of the skein left over -- and more important, an answer to the age-old question of what to do with an orphan skein of Cascade 220.

 

Comments

[Peg in Kensington, California]

What size of needle did you use for the socks? Lovely scarf.

[Marie]

The scarf is very nice--would you mind directing me to the stitch pattern you used? I, too, relented and gave in to the urge to knit gifts long after it became a sensible time to start--so now I am still in the midst of a pair of socks, a pair of mitts and and a pair mittens, all with Christmas deadilnes. I remain optimistic.

[Cathy]

A nice manly scarf. I'm also interested in the stitch.
My Christmas knitting ambition is always more than I could possibly accomplish w/o starting in June. I have 1 pair of socks to go, but if I don't finish (I'm not the fast knitter you are!!) I can alway wrap 1 & give the 2nd one later.