Row counter bracelet

Yarn Harlotさんのブログでは12月に入ってから、

「編み物をしない人から編み物好きな人に送るプレゼント」のアイデアが毎日一つづつ書かれています。

毎日楽しみに見ています。

私も近々自分に糸巻き器を買おう、と決心をしました。

ある日、こんな便利なものが紹介されていました。

Fancy Jasper Row Counter Bracelet by catbirdstudios 

編んだ段を数えるためのブレスレットです。

なんというグッドアイデア！

紙だと、毛糸と一緒に持ってくるのを忘れたり、

昼間起きている小さい人に破られたりお絵描きされたり、

ペンを片付け忘れて翌朝落書きされそうになったり、

iPhoneのアプリもありますが、私は編み物をしている時間はしばしばiPhoneを充電している時間なのです。

iPhone充電ケーブルは、コタツのそばに無いのです。

欲しいです。このブレスレット。

Cable hat 2

Here is my cable hat 2, out of 3. 

This is a christmas gift for my mother. She would like it very slouchy, so it is fairly big. 

Rib is 28cm, laid flat. 

Edge to top is 26cm. 

Yes, it falls down if she look down. But it is how she wants it. 

I hope this hat will keep my mother warm during this winter. 

Cable hat 1

 Second finished Christmas present.

Cable hat for my father. 

I should name it cable hat 1, because cable hat 2 and 3 are waiting in line. 

I showed this picture, which is my 2 yr old son wearing grandpa's hat, to my mother and sister. They liked the hat very much so they want the same hats. 

This is going to be very busy December. 

Noble cowl

It is about time to think about christmas presents. I think this is the happiest and busiest season for knitters.

My first finished present. 

A cowl for my mother. 

This is also my first lace project.
Though 2 yarns were held togather, it os very thin and soft cowl.  I guess lace knitting is much more thinner and lighter than I expected.  My mother peobably need a nice pin brooch to wear togather with this cowl.  I hope it is not too thin for winter in Japan. 

My first fisherman's sweater

Finally! Finally! Finally!

I finished my first fisherman's sweater. 

In fact, it is my first adult size sweater. 

I started this project when I was a definite beginner.  I even didn't know it would be crazy for a beginner knitter to knit a fisherman's sweater. 

Well, it took more than a year.  I have also knitted some other projects.  I was on and off on this project. 

I frogged it in countless times for mistakes.  I even used wrong size needle once, when I took the needles off for the other projects and put them back on.  As I knit, my hands got looser so the cable patterns on the front and the back are slightly different width-wise.
Overcoming all these begginer mistakes, somehow all parts were put together. 

It is a sweater far from "perfect" sweater, but I love my first fisherman's sweater so much!

Neckband 

Pick up 124st

K1 p1 rib for 4 round

Dec 16st evenly, dec 2 x 8times. - 108st

Dec 12st evenly, dec 2 x 6times. - 96st

Dec 12st evenly, dec 2 x 6times. - 84st

Dec 12st evenly, dec 2 x 6times. - 72st

K1 p1 rib for 2 round

Regular BO on St st, stretchy BO on p st. 

And, I secretly joined #fringeknitalong. I was not confident enough to leave a comment on Knitalong owner though.

http://ilovehomebookwine.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-156.html?sp