Every year, I say no more Christmas knitting. I never mean it, this year especially. Obviously, with a new nephew, there will be Christmas knitting. His first holiday package went out today, the reversible hat (that you saw on Monday) and a new stuffed friend!
The little friend is not my favorite. He’s a Rebecca Danger creature using her Basic Uni-Body design. I meant to make a blue striped monkey but once I stuffed the body, I didn’t like it enough to do the monkey add ons. There would have been ears, a tail and a protruding snout piece.
The snout piece was just too much. It involves picking up a circle of stitches on the face, knitting outwards while shaping into a dome, stuffing it, closing it and then embroidering onto it. I was not in the mood, so he’s just a funny, stripey, blue thingamabob.
Of course, because I don’t like him, I expect this will be Marcus’s favorite. His floppy arms are perfect for grabbing and chewing! I think those little legs are likely to get chewed on too!
I’ll attempt the monkey again something but I’ll skip the stripes. Before that though, it’s time for Baby’s First Christmas Sweater. It won’t be ugly. It won’t even be tacky. It will be a little naughty though!
I’m halfway through the back and with a little determination, this could be done by next Friday! Three cheers for aran weight yarn and 4 stitches per inch! Wooooooo!
FogKnits 
Aran weight is lovely for fast things :) Enjoy the Christmas knitting
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Haha, I think your thingamabob is marvelous!
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It’s a cute little blue thingamabob!
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Ever knit an entire sweater you didn’t like? I can’t wait to finish. It had a funky 5 stitch wraparound the needle twice then make loops out of them and knit them together twice! I mean why? Then It called for crocheted hem single crochet then reverse on all the edges. My hands hurt, can’t find the right hole to poke and this whole thing could have been easier with p/o knit garter stitch. Never doing a stupid crochet hem again. #teamknitting
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Oh geez…good luck! I’d probably give up before then :)
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