Still in Birmingham and having a good visit with the ‘rents. Very mellow. Lots of knitting time. Oh! I managed to finish all the presents in time. I was casting off the Irish Hiking Scarf for dad as we were taxiing into the gate in Atlanta and I had time to sew in the ends before the connection to B’ham. It wasn’t blocked (I did that on Tuesday) but I had a finished knit item for everyone! Go me!

They all seem to enjoy their presents. I felted the fuzzyfeet to fit my father-in-law’s feet that Festivus night and he clearly loved them - kept looking down and playing with them. That Crystal Palace Labrador felted beautifully - BEAUTIFULLY!! It has these really cool spots which would explain why the color is called “Jaguar” I was kinda wondering that. So hopefully I’ll get a photo of them sometime.

Mom loved her mini clapotis, my sister was very happy with her poncho, and my brother-in-law seemed to enjoy his scarf. They all looked much better after being blocked - particularly the clapotis and poncho. And my mother-in-law an Dad enjoyed their presents too! I don’t think I’ll be knitting presents for Xmas again. Ok I probably will.

I think I have a few photos on my camera of my family enjoying their new knits but I know I didn’t get them of my in-laws. Way too many distractions going on. But I’ll see if I can get everyone to send me a photo of the giftee wearing their present.

I had a very generous giftmas. I received so many cool, useful, and thoughtful prezzies that I’m almost embarassed to list them all. I will probably get over it when I’m not sneaking in some computer time before I go to sleep. The good news is my parents have a sweet wireless DSL setup for their different PCs so I’m not having to read all my friends’ blogs on dialup. Thank you bloglines! My parents were computer geeks when geeky wasn’t cool.

I thought I’d be able to fill out this neat meme I found on Carole’s site. I’ll undoubtedly forget some and have to add them later. But to help myself I’m going to go from head to toe. And I’m using Flickr.

Items I’ve knit in 2005 (in order of corresponding body part)

Head
SNB’s Kitchy Kerchief
Baby Hat (from Last Minute Knitted Gifts)
Baby Bucket Hat
Funky Page Boy Hat
So-called headband
Reversible Autumnal Hat
Jayne Cobb Hat

Neck
very first garter stitch scarf (in February)
Ribbed for her pleasure scarf
2 Tequila Sunrise Summer Scarves
Beaded Lacy Zig Zag Scarf
Fun Fur Boa
Raspberry Mocha Chevron Scarf
Craaaaaaaaaazy Scarf
Knit Grape Kool Aid Neck Tube
Beaded X Scarf
Ziggy Zaggy Scarf
Biased Eyelash Scarf
Sloppy Slubby Scarf
So-called Scarf
Fuzzy Navel Mohair Scarf
Bird’s Nest Scarf (TV Eye Scarf)
Color Fiesta Stole
Autumnal Crossover Scarf
2 glamrock Scarves
Irish Hiking Scarf
2 Manly Racing Stripe Scarves
Mini Clapotis
Finished a Noro Iro “Opposing Biases Scarf” last night

Shoulders
Fiesta biased stole
Knit Black Purse
Baby One Skein Wonder
Boucle Nouveau Poncho
La Boheme Nouveau Poncho
Silk Garden Nouveau Poncho

Chest
Baby Kimono
plus sized ballet tee

Hands
Felted Lopi Tote
2 felted bamboo handled mini purses
Kitten Mittens
Felted Fiesta Tote

Feet
Baby Booties
3 pairs of fuzzyfeet

Misc
Ipod Cozy
felted cat bed
knit flower pin
6 pairs of mini mittens and 6 mini stockings
Teddy Bear Scarf
Knit Fun Fur Stuffed Hedgehog
Knit Chenille Stuffed Pumpkin

I’ll post about my planned 2006 knits later I’m pretty distracted here so if I don’t get to post before I get back on Monday have a safe and happy new year’s eve!