christmas decorations – Hours of Fun

Last year I completed a knitting course and it was my favourite course to date. We had a fantastic group, an amazing teacher and we all enjoyed and learnt so much over the 10 weeks. I have been trying to keep up my knitting skills since then and have found knitting for people is the best way to do it as you have motivation to make something, if you give it as a birthday present you have a deadline to work towards and I make the time to get it finished.

For Christmas my husband bought me a knitting book which contains everything you need to know and I have used it a lot when reading new patterns and trying new techniques. The book is a fair size and has a number or post it notes in pages to guide me back and forth between sections as I attempt a new stitch or embellishment.

So far I have made a few Christmas decorations and three different types of scarves, all short neck scarves with a different finish or fastening. I have enjoyed making them and I have even been able to adjust the patterns to fit the design I want to achieve by reducing the width of the knit, adding button holes and I have also learnt how to knit a cover for a button.

My husband has asked if I can knit him a scarf and I think he would probably prefer a full length scarf rather than a mini neck scarf so I need to build myself up to start that one. I would like to find a pattern with different stitches and techniques in so I can keep challenging myself and make him something unique, his birthday is in October so I have a while.