Chickenlips Knitting

This is the view from our front door. If you're in the Portland metro area, you know we're freezing our tookuses off and the streets are icy. At least they were yesterday and earlier today, when a couple of inches of snow fell and the temperature dropped to below freezing with wind-chill factor in the single digits. And it's supposed to stay below freezing for the rest of the week! I did venture out today for errands and Christmas shopping, but dang, it's cold out there.

I did get some knitting done over the weekend though. Behold the One Row Scarf made with one skein of Stitchjones Tribute DK merino in "Charlize", finished just when I really need a scarf. I rather like it, and I'm keeping it.

Hallelujah and oh my aching wrists, Annette's Christmas present is finally ready! I started this in August and finished it in the wee hours of last night/this morning while watching "Chicago" on IFC. And all that jazz. Here is the Sugarcubes wrap from Gardiner Yarn Works. I've made no less than three of these in one calendar year, and I think I'm done.

The story: 10 balls of Debbie Bliss Prima on US 3 needles...ouch. Finished length: about 55". Width: 21" or so. I don't really give a rip; it's wide enough. I do lurve the yarn though. It's 80% bamboo and 20% wool--soft, lightweight and warm. The actual color is closer to the above photo; I used a different camera setting for the stitch detail. I decided, and Michelle backed me up, that it doesn't need blocking. It's going directly into the giftwrap queue. (Now that I have enough shopping done to actually have a queue.)

I'm almost done knitting a pair of socks for my dad.