Mission Impossible Knitting

You wake and see the calendar on the wall – how can it be only 1 week before Christmas? You sit at your favourite table and gaze blankly into space. You have been knitting like crazy for ages and there's a lovely scarf for your Dad and even Uncle Bertie has a hat with a rather interesting pom‐pom on the top. But, there's still Aunt Winnie and your Mum... And now there's only 1 week to go.

You rest your head in your hands then idly pick up a knitting needle. But there's something odd about it – it's larger than you usually use. And now your fingerprint has activated it, sending a beam of light towards the wall. You watch as flashing images show first the calendar you spotted earlier, then a series of photos of knitted items being finished in a flash and wrapped just in time.

Then you hear the Secretary's voice:

The knitting needle smoulders then vanishes and you realise the answer. You have the ultimate secret weapon – chunky yarn.

"Agent Knitter ‐ your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete all your knitting projects in only 1 week! This message will self‐destruct in 5 seconds."

You dive into your stash and find some fabulous chunky cotton yarn you purchased a year ago and you're off. Shortly afterwards, you watch astonished as first one item then another is completed.
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Your other half gingerly steps into the knitting room with a cup of tea and a reinforcing mince pie on a plate and stands in awe at the growing pile of items waiting to be blocked and finished.

Then as the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve, you tie the ribbon around the wrapped presents and retire to bed. You were successful! You are, indeed, a member of the Impossible Knitting Force, the IKF.

And yes, we have just been watching some Mission Impossible films, how can you tell ...

So here are three more suggestions in my blogpost series “Winter Knits”, with some wonderful gift ideas for Christmas. The patterns shown in the photographs are:

A new pattern, the Malvern Spa Pillow and Mitt. These are quick to make and easy to finish. They would make a great present by themselves or packaged together with some herbal soaps or bath essences.

Another new pattern, the Malvern Bath Mat. This comes in three sizes for a shower/wash basin, bath tub or a larger, dressing room size. The small size only uses 2 balls of each colour and works up very quickly.

These are Anna's Shelbourne Spa Towels and they have a lovely texture on both sides. They only use 2 balls of yarn each so are quick to make and are wonderfully soft and absorbent. 

And a second secret weapon you can use here – these are all from the same yarn! This is DMC Natura XL "Just Cotton", an absolutely fabulous yarn that is soft, easy to knit with and available in a wonderful range of colours (30 at the time of writing!) Of course, any chunky cotton yarn would work for this mission, but if you can get the Natura XL you won't be disappointed.

So go for it, Agent Knitter! You can still do it!

Oh and if you’re wondering, all three of these patterns use stitches taken from our Reversible Knitting Stitches book! So once you have completed all your knitting, you can sit back and peruse through the E-book for ideas ready for some post-holiday knitting.

Good luck with your mission!

Moira

Last Blogpost: Tick, tick, tick...
Winter Knits Introduction: What time is it?
​Next Up: What's on the other side?

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