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.