Homemade Christmas

Happy new year and merry christmas, better late than never I guess, running with the late theme here are some photos of a couple of knitted presents. I'm always knitting while I am at uni so when I retured for the holidays with a giant IKEA bag full of yarn I felt a bit at a loss with nothing specific to do. I through myself into knitting presents. In total I knitted 6 presents some were slightly more laborious than others but as always I enjoyed it.  

This was the present for my mum. Vintage coffee pot with a handknitted cosy. As the shape of the coffee pot is simple knitting a cosy for it was quite easy. I knitted two panels of a cable idea I liked and simply stitched where needed leaving holes for the spout and handle. Eyelets are around the top edge for a cord to thread through and pull close. I especially like this yarn which is a chunky cotton. The pot is of course used for tea, with my parents probably drinking two or three of these pots between them a day, I thought it was a pretty decent size and not like my previous knitted presents this is actually being used. (It matches the new kitchen well to my mums suprise.) 

Cushion covers for the boyfs mum. I actually machine knitted knitted five of these to fit the cushions she always had. I wasn't sure if she would like them or use them but they are on the cushions in the living room as I type! The walls are purple and luckily I had alot of this chunky purple yarn which seems to match well. 

The boyfs scarf. Definitely a labour of love, this almost killed me, I must have a (slightly) more muscular right arm for it(!). The cable pattern is slightly more complicated than the cushion covers and took about two days to complete. Knitted in the same yarn as the cushion covers but grey instead of purple. I'm yet to catch him wearing this so I can get a good pic, hopefully soon.  

Other presents included: fingerless gloves, slippers, phone case and a mr Hat puppet (from south park)

In total it took me a week and a half to complete them all, wrapped up and ready so not too bad.

This year I actually recived a knitted gift which makes a nice change! My auntie knitted us cousins our own dolls. (mine is to the right of the monkey) I think they were very much appreciated by all of us especially for the time she has put in to get them all finished, I do love presents that are made and thought through maybe sometimes more than the extravagent ones!