Christmas Giveaway!

My favourite thing that I made this year was a hat for a 10 year old that had cancer. It was cotton so she wouldn’t feel too hot if she wanted to wear in the house or hospital. I added a flower to the side of it and was so cute on her. I got word yesterday she is cancer free so all the prayers that I said while making it must have helped! It was such good news. The other things were two blankets and sweater set for my new grandbaby in April. I was in Ireland in September and stopped by your shop…so beautiful! I hope to go back one day.

I really love the Sand Bank hat! I have made several this year as gifts and can’t wait to finally make myself one. :)

So hard to choose only one…I was struck dumb yesterday when I realised that my father had carefully washed and hung out the socks I knit him with Donegal wool this time last year. I love every knit that becomes a gift. The trouble with knitting as a hobby is that you either have a job to pay for the wool or the time to complete allcthe projects you want to work on! Thank you for making that trade off a little easier for student knitters with your shop’s discount, it’s so generous!

My favourite is a beautiful hat i made for a recent test knit. I particularly enjoyed using Fyberspates 4ply in Flying Saucer which i purchased in TIK.

I learnt sock knitting this year so I have a couple of pairs of vanilla socks that I am very proud of but overall I think the almost matching hats I knitted for the children it was the Tofino surfer pattern is my favourite as they look so cute in them.

My great knitting discovery this year was Elizabeth Zimmermann Baby Surprise Jacket. now looking forward to retiring in January and thinking about her ABCSJ (Adult, Baby, and Child’s Surprise Jacket) for eveyone I love!
But I could certainly fit in your “I want tThat Wrap” during my New Year holidays in Dublin.
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous (as they say here in Spain)New Year!

Oh my it’s so hard to pick just one favourite…but okay then I’ll have to say my Karie Westermann Tryghed hat that I made with a skein of the much loved Malabrigo Rios in Ivy I bought from the shop when I came to the carol feller book launch. I get so many compliments about this hat and the brown pompom I bought to add to the top just makes it pop :-). Thank you ladies for an amazing knitting year!!! Looking forward to 2016 😘

I know it sounds sad but my favourite knit is a Christmas robin decoration

Oh gosh there were so many this year. But I really loved TIN Can Knits workshop, so I made the cardi and vivid blankets for my TWIN grandchildren Sheenagh and Donnacha. Last thing i made was the MoJo Hat, in pink and the green/blue shades. Went down a treat. So I need all the yarn I can get, quickly using up my stash!!!

My fave project this year is a dragon scaled shawl in a green tweed sock weight yarn. Not finished yet but getting there. First attempt at a lace shawl too.
Really love this prize. Lucky knitter who bags this!

Thanks for the great giveaway. My favorite knit this year was a very easy cowl, The Darkside, which I know for a friends birthday. It was a quick knit. It is my favorite because almost every time I see my friend she is wearing it!

My favourite knit this year was the Rue Shawl by Bristol Ivy. It was knit in a beautiful teal linen & cotton blend yarn from Denmark. The yarn was passed to me after a dear friend passed away last year. I enjoyed every minute working with it. The colour reminds me of Irene & I am so happy to wrap it around my shoulders. Love it!

My favourite knit in 2015? No doubt,the mitts I’ve just finished. I know there aren’t the best mitts in the world, but it’s the very first time I wrote a pattern myself!

What I like most about knitting is that I’m constantly learning.

I usually knit scarfs and hats, but my favourit project this year was to knit an owl for my little niece.

Hands down, my favourite project this year was Siouxsie Stitches ‘Hella Gay Hat’ that I made for one of my best friends as a birthday gift. He loved getting daily picture updates on the progress and he got to try it on for the first time this weekend. The rainbow colours really popped against the black and it was so much fun to knit. Now to knit some more for his friends in time for the next gay pride event!

I think my favourite would have to be a cardigan I knit for my newest baby. It was a pattern that my mam found handwritten in a notebook belonging to my grandmother. It just gave needle size, yarn weight and the basic outline of the pattern, no gauge or what size it was going to be (the was just titled baby matinee coat). It was fun work in it out and made me wonder what my grandmother would’ve thought if she knew that one day her granddaughter would be knitting it for her great grandson. I never knew her as she’d passed away long before I was born but I always thought she would’ve been a wonderful lady to know so it was nice having this small connection to her.

My favourite knit this year was definitely Ysolda’s Dovana pattern. I knitted it in malabrigo sock yarn in terracotta. I finished just in time for Autumn and felt very seasonally appropriate wearing it!! 😊

Hard to choose, but my favourite this year was the Cladonia shawl – I love it!

This would be a fab prize to win! I recently cast on the I Want That Wrap, but hated the yarn I’d chosen so it’s currently hibernating….

Merry Christmas!

E

I’ll stick with my first! Dirty Martini in Malabrigo Rios.
I fell in love with that yarn and it’s seems to be turning into a long-term relationship :)

my Favorite project that I completed this year is the Kara Cardigan from Interweave Knits. It is heavy and warm enough to use as a jacket and I wear it everywhere. Second favorite is the “Follow arrow 2 mystery shawl” from Ysolda Teague.