Christmas On My Mind

Okay, call me goofy, but I have Christmas on my mind. Well, anyone who knits, crochets, or does other types of needlework or craftwork would understand.

This year, in an effort to use what I have and thereby save costs, I am starting my Christmas crafting early, and using (hopefully?) only those yarns that I already have on hand. To that end, I just finished a shawl for my mother-in-law, using yarns from my stash. I do not know for sure that she wears shawls, but I do know that she likes the colors that I used.

The name of the shawl is "Simple Yet Effective Shawl" and it's by Laura Chau. Floating around in my head for my next project, or at least in the queue, is a moose; not a caribou, a moose. My sister-in-law wants a moose. The first thing that popped into my head when she said that was a large, crocheted, and stand-alone version of a carved moose sculpture belonging to my husband. If it works, it will (hopefully?) be spectacular. If not; well, I can always make her some moose mittens, or a version of Calorimetry with moose antlers sticking out the sides. Yea, that could work. (grin)

I think my next project to actually cast on for will be a prayer shawl for my mom. In light of everything that is going on right now, I think that will be a really good idea...especially the prayers.