Festive Knitting

 As It's almost Christmas, I thought I'd share two of my festive knitting projects.  The first is a sweater knit in modern 3ply (eek!).  The pattern is lovely and the yarn is merino with a touch of mohair from Kingcraig fabrics . The only changes I've made, apart from sizing it up, is to omit the two lace panels at the sleeves. 

The second is a fabulous mohair jacket, this pattern is taken from a vintage knitting machine pattern from 1961, but as my machine won't tolerate mohair I've decided to knit it by hand.  As the mohair is quite light when its knitted up I'm also going to line it with china silk to help keep it's shape and give it a bit more structure. 

Hopefully I'll have both these projects finished by the end of the Christmas holidays, or maybe thats just wishful thinking!