Well Received

Saturday night I had a church Christmas party to attend and got to give my first gift of the holiday season.

Remember this July when I went to Peru? And then I came back with this yarn:
My friend Jonathan actually found the stall where this yarn was. As soon as he found it I knew I had to make him something, if nothing else than to thank him for finding me the yarn. I started making something for him back in October when I was in a knitting rut and needed a mindless project. Ever since we've gotten back from Peru, Jonathan has been dropping not so subtle hints that he wanted me to make him something. And then asking me when he was getting his sweater, mittens, hat, scarf, etc. And I just played dumb. Saturday though, he finally got what he was asking for...
He knew what was coming...
He said he could smell the alpaca...
And he loved it! Jonathan is the type of guy who can appreciate a well made scarf. He said it was soft and warm and then spent 20 minutes making everyone pet it and pointing out the finer details of the construction. I'd say that he gets to stay on the knitted gifts recipient list :)

The last of the Christmas gifts are coming along. There is one gift that I can't show on the blog but the baby surprise jacket is kicking it.
I'm about 15 rows from being finished which is spurring me on through the rows and rows and rows of garter stitch. Now, as for the gift buying part of the holidays...that's another story...