I almost forgot how rewarding it can be to knit with very heavy yarns. Last week I sure got a reminder and a very productive one indeed!

From Saturday December 18 until December 26 I managed to start and finish 5 knitted presents – oh the wonders of heavy yarns, and one is even not so heavy, Cascade 220 – is not that heavy, or is it?

If you promise not to laugh, I will show you some quite bad photos of my presents. I can assure you that they look much better in real life!

The one I started first, I finished one before last, as I bought yarn I liked better and knitted it before finishing this first one:

Mary showed interest so I presented it to her on Christmas Day

Although you can’t really see it in this photo, this cowl came out quite lovely, squishy and warm.

The first present I finished last week was a very chunky very wide tubular scarf for Sam:

This weird looking object can be worn in so many ways and is sure to keep the girl warm in the frigid Toronto winter

Here it is worn as a fitted cowl

The second one off the needles was my chunky version of the Tuesday Night Cowl:

Quite green and quite chunky cowl

Then after having two hand knitted presents for Sam I could start the simple black beanie hat Joe requested. As it was already late in the evening of December 22, I was not sure I will manage to finish this one in time, but after a slow start on December 22, the evening of December 23 proved to be quite productive and I finished the hat the evening of December 24th:

He wanted a simple, warm, ribbed black hat!

After finishing Mary’s wide cowl at the start of the Christmas Day evening, I was left without much to knit and I was away from my yarn and needles, so I didn’t have any other choice but to knit something with the rest of the yarn I used for Mary’s cowl: M&K Eco Multi Ull. As I had only 2 balls and a bit I decided to go the sideway route and see where I will get. I started with one stitch and added on one side one stitch every second row until I finished the first ball, I knitted the little left over without adding stitches and then started to decrease on the same side one stitch every other row until I got to one stitch and almost no yarn and here is the result:

I think it can be useful in a cold winter, no?

I think this little shawlette is good enough to be gifted too.

From the first time I saw those very fashionable, very fat scarves, cowls, etc. earlier this year, I liked them and now I know why! :)