As a last minute gift idea, I thought I'd knit the Christmas tree neck warmer that features in the latest
Knitty.comhttp://knitty.com/ISSUEw15/index.php It is a brilliant pattern, very effective indeed. I didn't put the bead decorations on this one as the recipient is a big burly bloke, but would like to make another with the beads on it.
I did have a couple of false starts - couldn't find the aran wool I was sure I had, so used some ordinary DK which was too thin & had to be doubled up - but despite this I would dispute the sentence on the pattern saying this can be knitted in a day. Yes it could if you did nothing else all day! It took me three evenings of about 4 hours work each. However, that's a minor gripe - I love this and think it is very clever.
Excuse the rubbish photos - it's early in the morning and I have to wrap the neck warmer up for posting very shortly!
Not getting much else done at the moment - we've just adopted a second dog so the house is in a bit of an uproar as we all settle in to a new routine.
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Oh I don't know, maybe beads could be the latest man-trend to take over beards? :-) Belated happy birthday, and hoping the new member of the family is doing well. x
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