So, I will start with my families gifts. My mother I knit a beret, a scarf and matching fingerless mittens, all in létt lopi, in a kind of peachy pink.
My dad got two knit hats, both is létt lopi, dark grey and cream.
For my little sister, I made two hats, one in cream, lilac and pink, the other in chocolate brown and lilac and a pair of mittens, (she told me the thumbs on them are too tight).
For my two brothers, I bought them some very cool beer mittens. I bought them at a store run by knitters and crafters in ísafjordur, West Fjords, back in September.
Now to Stephen's family's gifts. For his sister Sharon, she requested a hat she had seen me knit for myself. The hurricane hat. I used Artesano Aran for this and it turned out so nice and soft. For her husband, just a nice plain black lett lopi beanie. Then for their daughter Orlaith, my second favourite knit, a lovely létt lopi Icelandic toddlers dress. The pattern is called Teikn, by Védís Jónsdóttir, from Lopi book 28. It fits her and she loves pink!(3 year old girl)
Stephen's other sisters Leanne received an ístex Alafoss Lopi hat, with a lovely wooden button. Her daughter Emily got a hat and mittens, the same patterns as my sisters stripey hat, Emily's was lilac and cream.
Now we come to Leanne and her boyfriends son Nathan's gift(1 1/2yr old). The MONKEY PEYSA! My favourite gift. I just love this cardigan so much and Leanne seemed very impressed with it :D Also a matching knit hat.
For my friend Sarah Jane up in the wilds of Northern Iceland, she received a pair of Lopi Sjónvarpssokkar- Icelandic tv socks, made to wear while watching tv. Knit with Alafoss Lopi, in green and wine, from the book SJ bought me for my birthday.
My co-supervisor Malgorzata chose a beautiful cowl for me to knit her for her gift.(I couldn't choose what to knit her!) I used Istex Alafoss with stripes from cream, through brown and black. It was my first time to knit cables, but I think it turned out really well.
Here are some wine bottle sweaters I knit for my mam.
