Made Marian: Oozing Crafty Goodness

This is the simplest of scarves, just cast on 25 stitches and knit away til it’s long enough. I bought three balls of Tivoli Flair Tones and that will be just enough for a cozy scarf for my better half’s Grandmother.  She more often than not wears pink sweaters so I picked out a yarn that has a few different shades of pink.  The result is a self striping scarf.

This is the last of my handmade gifts, so once I have this done I can concentrate on some more fun crafts for the festive season.

Despite a few “what have I gotten myself into” moments I have to say that handmaking my gifts has been a generally positive experience.  I reduced our joint Christmas budget considerably from previous years but a lot more effort has gone into our gifts this year.  There was only one voucher on my shopping list this year but that was specifically requested so that the recipient could be kitted out for Christmas nights out in the student haunts of UCC. So I think we can be forgiven for that