The Draw
If you’d like to be entered into a draw for your very own Yarn Tamer or goodies from Creations by Uli, remember to leave a comment on this post and tell us what fibery or yarny goodness is on your holiday wishlist. Contest closes at 12:00am pacific time on December 25, 2009.
Christmas Knitting
My Christmas knitting that’s still in progress includes a pair of garter rib socks, and some Skyp Socks. You’ll have to give the show a listen to hear about all that has been completed already.
Knitted Gift Ideas
French Press Felted Slippers (non-Rav)
French Press Felted Slippers (Rav link)
East Coast Mittens – thrummed mittens out of worsted weight yarn
Bamboo Soap Sweater
Deep Blue Sea Shark Mittens
Brangelina Hat – don’t let the name discourage you!
Cabled Button Toque
Roger Sock by Anne Hanson – Manly socks made from sport weight yarn.
Decorations
Amy Gaines Etsy Shop features Adorable Knitted Ornament Patterns – even little holiday penguins!
Lumpy, Rosy, & Slim Snowmen
SnoBuddy Family of Snowmen
Cookie Recipe
Mexican Wedding Cookies
Preheat oven to 400f. Bake cookies for approx 12 mins.
Ingredients:
1 c butter
1/2 c icing sugar (plus extra for rolling baked cookies in)
2c flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup toasted and finely chopped pecans
1 big pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg
1 pinch of salt
Beat butter in mixer, add ingredients in order, shape into balls, place on cookie sheet and bake for 12 mins or until lightly browned. Let the cookies cool a bit, so you don’t burn yourself, and roll the still warm cookies in powdered sugar. Place on wax paper, and enjoy!
10 12 Great Gifts for Knitters
1. 2010 Year In Yarn Calendar
2. Designs by Romi Pins & Lace Club
3. Knitting Charm Necklace from RJ Charms Etsy Shop
4. The Yarn Tamer this ingeneous little device will make sure you ball of yarn never falls on the floor again!
5. Creations by Uli gorgeous jewelery, stitch markers, knitting themed metal bookmarks and charms.
6. Interchangeable Knitting Needles from Knitpicks
7. Gift Certificate to Your Favorite Yarn Store or store you consider your online LYS
8. Silk Needle Case from Della Q or Lantern Moon.
9. Namaste Knitting Bag
10. A notion case, like the Namaste Buddy Case or one of the cases from Lantern Moon, or Della Q! There are also a ton of really awesome handmade notion cases on Etsy.
11. Go Knit Pouches
12. Go Knit Stitch Marker Necklace
10 Great Gifts for Spinners
1. A Spinning Wheel.
2. Woolee Winder & Bobbins.
3. Handmade/Hand-turned drop spindle, like those made by Kundert or Zebisis Designs. I’m also extremely partial to Spindles by Jesh.
4. A spinning book, like Spin Control by Amy King, or The Intentional Spinner or Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning, both by Judith MacKenzie McCuin.
5. Extra bobbins!
6. Sprouty25 (aka thechickswithsticks) is doing another fiber club! She has a keen color sense, and any spinner would be happy to have a membership to her fiber club under the tree. She also has a proven club track record.
7. Spinning Wheel Cup Holder.
8. Enough fiber to spin for a sweater and a book like A Fine Fleece by Lisa Lloyd to go with it.
9. Subscription to Spin Off Magazine.
10. Skein Winder.
Christmas Movies to Knit By
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- Home Alone I & II (not so much III & IV)
- The Santa Clause (2,3)
- Elf
- The Polar Express
- Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009). We saw this at IMAX in 3D and it was wonderful!
- Christmas With The Cranks
- Jingle All The Way
Holiday Sales & Festivities
Drops Design Advent Calendar Find a new knitting pattern behind each door!
The Painted Sheep 20% off yarn, roving, kits until Dec 15, 2009 – use code “holiday” in the buyers notes to seller box.
Stitched by JessaLu 15% off until December 13, 2009 – use code “holiday2009″.
Spunky Eclectic Equipment & Fiber Sale until December 11, 2009.
Hooked On Ewe free shipping until December 15, 2009.
Poems & Stories
Knitters Night Before Christmas, author unknown. Read by me.
The Little Gray Lamb by Archibald Beresford Sullivan. Read for Librivox.org.
To An Old Fogey by Owen Seaman. Read for Librivox.org.
Did you like the closing song?
It’s called A Pirate Christmas by Tom Smith. More info can be found here.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
I love the Christmas Spectacular. It is a gift for knitters within itself. I have asked for several knitterly gifts this season, and I hope Santa is good to me. I’ve asked for a Newport Namaste bag and buddy case, a few skeins of luxury yarn, some skeins of sock yarn from Okay Knits, a favorite etsy seller, blocking mats and pins, some assorted sizes of Knit Picks dpns, and a Manic Purl long sleeved t-shirt (which my husband has told me to just go ahead and order for myself after the holidays, so I’m assuming that means that Santa forgot it).
Wow I loved your Christmas Pod cast Fabulous: I would love for Christmas a Ball Winder that works. Also the best yarn I can not afford. And the Namaste bag. Can’t decide on the color or type. I think the bigger the better.
Loved the podcast! As always, the #1 thing on my wishlist is Malabrigo – Lace, worsted, sock… whatever!
What I’d really like is a sweater’s worth of Ethical Twist DK Baby (85/15 organic merino/baby alpaca). And some Araucania Aysen and Mirasol K’Acha. They would make lovely scarves and hats and mittens.
Wow… great music, great podcast!
Thanks for doing anothr Christmas special!
I would love to enter the contest….
I have a bunch of stash, but nice yarn is a treat always!
Honestly on my wishlist for my hobby…
Interchangable needles
Alpalca or malibrigo yarns.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Enjoyed the Christmas Spectacular podcast? What fibery goodness is on my wish list? Oh…just about everything and anything!
I didn’t realize until I heard your podcast that The Yarn Tamer should be on my wishlist! I have 1000+ yards of pure silk laceweight that I haven’t used mainly because I am scared of winding it up and having the whole thing collapse once I start using it. Yarn Tamer would solve that
Thanks for another great show!
An absolutely fun episode to listen to while I make Christmas cookies (hermits, no bakes and snickerdoodles) with a great Night Before Christmas poem, lots of sheepy stuff, and a great finish by pirates! My wishlist biggies are a ball winder, a swift and a yarn club membership. But, even if I don’t get any of them, I have a job, a wonderful husband and family, good health and a good life. Who could really ask for more? You do great work, Chrissy! My next socks, definitely, SKYP.
Fantastic Christmas episode, Chrissy! This year, I don’t get to have a wish list, since $ is a little tight. But if I did have one, I’d wish for a gift certificate to BMFA, because one can never have enough STR
Awesome episode–really brightened my v-e-r-y long commute. I have no fiber on my Xmas wishlist, but I did ask for Haiku knits (as well as suggesting a certificate to my LYS to anyone who is stumped).
After I listened to Episode 50 I was hooked. Episode 49 was equally as good and now I think I’ll start at #1 and work my way through your the whole ‘body of work’. My wish(es) for Christmas fiberwise are certainly some Merino/cashmere sockyarn from turtle toes, or some STR, or that great yarn tamer. Many wishes for a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year.
and a Spectacular episode it was. Very awesome show, really enjoyed listening to it. On wish list is anything Malabrigo and yarn club subscription.
Have a Merry Christmas!
(born2knitnpurl in Ravelry)
The knitting/fibre items on my list this year were a sweater’s worth of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted, or a gift card for the hardware store (I need to make a drying rack for washed fleece which I can set up in the house ^_^).
Thanks for an awesome episode and I hope Santa leaves lots of yarn in your stocking! I’m hoping for some nice Malabrigo…I have been pretty good this year…
Wow Chrissy, what a great episode! With the busy holidays I’m way behind on my podcasts. As fate would have it I got to your Christmas episode right before Christmas. Fabulous job. Thanks for all the extra effort it must have taken to put out this oversized episode.
I bought myself my most wanted gift…a jumbo flyer for my Kromski Minstrel. I’m still hoping Santa will bring me a Sheep 2 Shoe kit from Blue Moon.
Loved the podcast! The Pirate Christmas songs were wonderful! Your suggested gifts for knitters were really great.
I asked Santa DH for an Ashford Joy…
What a wonderful and generous contest!! Thank you so very much!!! I have just listened to episode 49 and just enjoyed it so very much!!! Listened to it while wrapping gifts and the must was awesome!
My wish list….hmmm…..I have never knit with cashmere so that was be wonderful to try!! Interchangeable needles would be great as well!!!
Merry Christmas and thank you for such an awesome podcast!!!
Love the podcast, music was great. The fiber goodies I would like for xmas would be a swift and a ball winder, and of course more yarn.
Thank you for the fabulous Christmas Spectactular. I enjoyed it immensely and appreciate your hard work in putting it together. Don’t know if the contest cutoff was 12 am this morning or tonight. If the game’s still on (and even if it’s not), my fiber goodies wish is for alpaca yarn and the Knitpicks blocking wire set. I’m scared of blocking and have several almost FOs just waiting to be blocked. The wires look neat because you don’t have to do so much pinning. Happy Holidays, Chrissie – and thanks for all the great podcasts.