What Do You Want for Christmas?

 When you get asked what you want for Christmas, why not a gift that keeps on giving!  Like a magazine subscription that you an drool over and thumb through for years.   Not only that as your skills improve and your courage takes that mighty leap you can begin to work on some of the things that you thought you never would be able to knit.

There are literally every type of knitting magazine imaginable, but here are a few of my favorite ones.   You do notice Harry Potter is at the top of that list!   Who would not love to indulge in a nimbus 2000 set of knitting needles!   They fly you know!

Some of these magazines are hard copies and some I think are also offered as digital format.  As with real books, there is nothing that can compare to a  beautiful magazine full of inspiration, patterns, tips and techniques.   Hope Santa is good to you!

Boot Cuffs are SO Sweet

 Tues night at Odd Balls is always inspirational.  I was really happy to meet two new people both seasoned yarnies, one a knitter and the other crochet.    So glad you found our corner of play!

I am bringing up the boot cuffs since holidays are so close and this could be a quick gift to make up.   Our new crochet  person who as yet does not have a handle or nickname, was working on a pair of boot cuffs that were really appealing.  I should have snapped a photo. 

Anyway back to this boot cuff thingie - it seems there is just no end to the variations and delightful  ornamentation you can use on them.   A great use of scrap and left over yarn from previous projects also.

Be sure to check out Ravelry for free patterns and ideas!  

Here is a little Ravelry project for you.  The shop has a BUNCH of yarn in called Classic Shades by Universal Yarn.   If you log onto Ravelry.com and click the tab "yarn", you can type in this yarn and find that there are 2,747 projects in the works and finished using this yarn.  You can see how the colors knit up and use this as a great tool in your cyber knitting box. - At the bottom is one of the colors called Foliage - have fun!