Christmas presents revealed

 Happy new year! I just have a quick post today because things have hit the ground running this year. I made all but one of my Christmas presents this year, so I thought I’d post some of the photos today, now that they’ve all been opened. Some of these have my construction notes, none of these have proper patterns. There are a few other gifts I made for the family, but I’m not posting them (one’s personal, and one I forgot about pictures until after it was mailed).

A scarf for my grandfather (Lion Brand Homespun, N hook, just 18dc across until the yarn ran out)

An amigurumi spaceship (inspired by/intended to be the millennium falcon, but messed up with engine placement). Boring gray yarn, an H hook, and worked in parts so the edges were fairly crisp and even. 

The edge of one of the embroidered towels I did. All of the towels used DMC pearl cotton, worked pretty haphazardly. 

One of the pair of fingerless gloves I made my sister. It’s variegated yarn, with an H hook, and I worked a cable across the back of the hand for fun (and so she’d wear them). 

A monogrammed towel for some family — I used their last initial and first initials to make the design. 

Drawnwork on a towel, with a snippet of a coaster laying on top of it. I enjoyed the drawnwork, although hemstitching was a pain. 

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