Last Year's Christmas Presents

I like knit as many Christmas presents as a can. It means that the presents we give are a little different than what most people get (which is fun) and it saves us some money. Last year I made these for my sister-in-law's family. The purses and matching hats were for her older daughters and the sweater was for her baby, who is about a month and a half older than Samantha.

This year I once again knitted quite a few Christmas presents, but I don't want to post them until the recievers have opened them.

Hats!!!

This hat is for a friend's daughter. It's pretty cute, I think. I was originally going to made a purse, but it was just so cute I thought a hat would be more fun with this yarn. I think the pom-pom is my favorite part!

I finally got around to making a hat for Samantha. I have made a lot of hats, but this is the first one I've made for my girl. It's about time! I decided I don't want her to freeze in Illinois this Christmas. It was a fun hat to make. I just made up the pattern as a went. I'm starting to figure out that I don't really need a pattern all the time, especially for simple projects like these two.

Samantha's Stocking

I finished Samantha's stocking and have it now hanging on the wall. It turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself. I have decided that I'm going to knit all of my kids stockings. I love the stocking I used growing up and hope my kids will have fond memories of their stockings as well.

Flower Hat

I found the pattern for this hat online. The hat is knitted and the flowe is crocheted. With a little help from a crocheting instruction guide I was able to figure out how to do the flower. It's only the second thing that I have attempted to crochet. Not too shabby if I do say so myself!

I thought the hat would be the perfect Christmas present for my sister Kathryn. Unfortunatly there was not gauge for the pattern and I didn't use the right type of yarn. So instead of getting an adult sized hat, I ended up with an infant sized hat. Fortunantly I will be getting a new niece sometime this comming week. I hope she likes the hat!!!

Purse

Michael calls this my Harry Potter purse, but I didn't mean for it to be. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but it looks pretty cool. The draw strings are actually twisted, not knitted, which is a fun addition.

Stuff for my Girl!!!

I finished the pink dress a couple of months ago. It looks really cute on her; I'm going to try to get some professional pictures taken of her in it. The baby afaghan I actually made when I was in high school and saved it to use for Samantha's baby blessing.