I've been knitting furiously this week (not angrily, but busily!).
The in-laws phoned last weekend and said today would be the last time we saw them before they emigrated to Spain. OH NO! No Christmas shopping had been done! So out came the needles and I whipped up this knitted snowman to remind them of Christmas in the UK.
Because of the urgent time frame, I was forced to take out my knitting at work during my lunch hour. I can always rely on my colleagues for some interesting comments, my favourte: "Is that a cuddly Christmas garlic?"!
I think he looks more like a festive shmoo!
I found the pattern on freepatterns.com. It called for aran weight, but I only had DK so used that instead. I added a bit of sparkle to his scarf by including some twilleys goldfingering, but in hindsight I should have made it a little narrower to compensate for the additional yarn...
Saturday, 9 December 2006
Cuddly Xmas Garlic...?
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Hi there, I have been meaning to thank you for your comment on my blog recently. If you have looked again since you will see I copied your clock, it's very smart. I am going to use it while I am travelling so people can see where I am and what time it is.
I am wondering what a Shmoo is?
A shmoo is a cartoon character I used to watch when I was a kid. He's white and 'cuddly garlic' shaped!
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