This year's christmas gifts

These three scarves are the only christmas gifts I made this year, though I've had a lot of commissions all through the autumn which might end up as gifts, but these scarves specifically I made for my grandparents.

Each scarf is made with one ball of Novita Kajo and 6mm needles. They are made in seed stitch with one stitch slipped at the beginning of each row to make the edges neater.

I did some very light steaming to smooth them out a little bit.

These were quick to make and the colours are beautiful. I hope they end up being useful and warm.

My recent stuff

It feels like I haven't posted in ages, but thankfully it's "only" been one month. I'm making something all the time, but I just wasn't inspired to take pictures, mainly because it's wintertime here in Finland and we only have about five hours of daylight a day, and all the lights I have, have this yellow tint so pics don't look great. But here are some things I have finished recently!

These first two are commissions, here is a pair of mittens made with a kit that included the yarn and the pattern. This pattern is called Kenkävero and it's part of the Roosa Nauha- campaign here in Finland, where they donate part of the sales to a breast cancer foundation. 

The wrong side looked pretty to me. These are made with 3mm needles, and for some reason the dark red yarn included in the kit was not enough to make the thumbs so I had to improvise and use the light pink. It looks a bit weird but not too bad,

The second commission was a shawl, made with Novita Nalle Taika and a 4mm crochet hook. The pattern is this one which is one that I wrote, but I'm pretty sure the original was the Virus shawl. I didn't have time to take better pictures.

Then there's these two pairs of socks for myself. 

This pair is made with Gründl Hot Socks Evergreen and 2,75mm needles. It's a toe-up pattern, and the colours are so pretty, they remind me of spring and summer!

These are made with Katia Olé Socks Komfort Tweed and 3mm needles. The pattern is basically just 2x2 ribbing with a cable on the front.

And finally is this set for my mom, also made with Gründ Hot Socks Evergreen and 2,75mm needles. The socks are the same toe-up pattern that I used in my socks, except the heel flap is longer and fits better. The mittens are also a "toe-up", or I guess top-down pattern, but what I mean is that I started at the fingertips and knit down, I've wanted to try that for a while now and it turned out to be pretty easy and also fun to knit! The hat is quite simple too, the main pattern is boxes of knit and purl stitches, each box is 10 stitches wide and 8 rounds tall. 

My first post on this blog was exactly one year ago today! Here's to another year of handmade goodness!