Cool thing about knitterly friends

... Handknit gifts from them!!

For my birthday, Shannon made me these fantastic fingerless mitts that I have worn obsessively since:




My previously chilly hands approve of this fantastic gift. AND, if I am not mistaken, this is Shannon's own pattern. AWESOME.

For Christmas, my new-to-knitting, but one of my oldest friends, Leslie, created this fantastic scarf for me with a pretty ribbon yarn and a wool yarn knit together:

Using flash to show the true colors:


Without flash, so I can take a pic in the mirror with me modeling it:


Thanks, Ladies - you are wonderful friends!!