Crochet

I wanna try making socks, but they intimidate me so badly! Some people swear they're not that bad, but idk...

For now I'm working on this Yule Throw (but I'm using Lion brand wool ease in forested heather or some such instead) as a gift to my brother and sister in law, and after that I'll be back to crocheting a sunburst granny-square blanket for my first born that's on the way :)

This is the yarn I make my hat out of :)

A bit over half a dozen scarves for my nieces and nephews and a few friends. Should be done in a few weeks. Most are almost done and need frills. I got two already done, one for my wife and one for my mother in law. I'll post my wife's here pretty soon. I just joined here's realizing we do have a crochet sublemmy! Or what do we call this now?

Around this time last year I crocheted myself a Shanti Pocket Shawl by Deni Sharpe and as you can see, it is heckin' cozy!

Problem is, I've never worn it because I never got round to finishing the twisted tassels, they're maybe about a quarter done and have stayed that way for a whole year.

So my goal is basically to finish that, and then gift this shawl to my grandma for Christmas because she gets much more use out of things like this than I ever will. If I end up regretting giving it away, well, can always make another one!

Normally I'd have a long list of craft projects at this time of year but I'm recovering from covid and everything is just way too much effort. Knitting some socks though (it's sock month over on !knitting@lemmy.world but it's always sock month in my heart), and cross stitching Errol the swamp dragon from Discworld. So that's enough to keep me occupied without adding time-pressured gifts into the mix!