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Holiday Gifts - Part I

Yes, I took the holidays off to be with family.  It was great to spend quality time with my sons and their wives as well as with Paul's son and daughter and their respective partners. Kai was there as well.  It is rare that we manage to get all of us in one place, but this year we succeeded!    But alas, the holidays are now over so it's time to get back to real life  and that includes writing about what I'm doing with regard to knitting.

I can now start revealing the holiday gifts I have been making throughout the year.  Remember back in October when I said I splurged and purchased the tape-like yarn in Seattle?   In that post I showed the tape which starts out looking like this:


Part of my October yarn splurge

Well the 4 skeins of tape yielded these scarves.


Four Ruffly Scarves

The pattern is a very, very simple one, just pull the tape apart, picks up 8 stitches and then casts them off.  Repeat, many times to the end of the tape.  Here's a really close up look at one of the scarves:


Close-up of the Darker Scarf, note Mike's Contribution

As you can see the tape twists and turns itself without any extra effort on my part.   This particular scarf went to my boss because the colours are so her.  If you look closely on what looks like the burnt orange  in the center left you'll see one lone white hair.  Nancy, not only did you get something from me, it appears Mike, the cat, decided to contribute as well.

Thanks to my LYS in Seattle for inspiring these creations.  One set of holiday gifts down; more will be shared later.
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  1. Nancy5 January 2012 at 11:06

    When I saw the first picture before reading the caption, I thought you were making a jellyfish inspired by your time in Hawaii. The yarn is fascinating stuff.

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  2. Anonymous5 January 2012 at 11:34

    I am the lucky recipient of one of these unique gifts from jan and i love it!!!Thanks jan for all your creativity.

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