Christmas - Take 2

We had our Christmas gift exchange with my family over Thanksgiving in Houston, and we'll celebrate with my husband's family over New Year's in Louisville. The big news is the arrival of our niece, who greeted us on December 16.

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Here's a little bunny that I made for her from 100% bamboo yarn. It was my first opportunity to knit with bamboo, and I found it incredibly soft and silky, but splitty also. If tangled, it became so splitty that I had to cut it before I could work with it again. Nevertheless, this was a great project to test bamboo. I have one skein of angora and one of mohair that I'm going to find small projects for as well.

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And this special sock is for my father-in-law who facetiously asked for socks and underwear for Christmas.

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With this sock, I have confirmed for myself that I am a one-sock-knitter. There are those whom I admire who have the patience to make two identical socks perfect-to-pattern. Whereas, I'm happy (not really, actually) to make one sock, and then if forced to make another sock, it would probably look more like this.

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Let me introduce you to Investment Banker Sock Monkey. Here you see him in his natural surroundings.
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