Knitted gifts. I've said it before and I'll say it again: they're really fun to receive. But while I'm still (and may always be) a slow, inefficient and clumsy knitter, I've been enjoying knitting again lately with the idea of giving gifts to those I love. I decided to challenge myself a bit by taking on a more complicated pattern than I've ever attempted. I wanted to make a shawl for my recently widowed grandmother as a Mother's Day gift and I settled on a pattern called In the Land of Oz.  … [Read more...]