Santa's Elf is Hard at Work

Hello everyone! I'm happy to say I'm officially complete with the Fall 2013 semester and I did well. I'm happy I have time now to take a chunk of work out of my Christmas projects. The Marine Corps blanket is coming along nicely. However, I have taken a small break from it as I've recently started making dish rags for stocking stuffers. I'm using Peaches and Cream (100% Cotton) and Sugar n' Cream (also 100% Cotton).

Here's a picture of the first few I did:

I must apologize, the camera on my phone is a bit awful, but you can get the general idea. They have all been worked in dc, without any real particular size. I just go until I'm happy with the size. I've finished them all a bit differently, one I did dc chain 2 dc around the sides, the other I did around the edges in sc then hdc and the final two I just did sc.

I was really enjoying myself and decided to make a bunch to stuff various stockings with. I wanted to make some for the men in the family as well, so I went to Joann's in search of some manlier colors. Here's the camo one I've made:

I'm quite happy with this one as well. This one I did also in dc and did the edging in the dc chain 2 dc style. While at Joann's (where I go the yarn 50 cents off a skein) I also got two new books, one of just stitches and the other of dishcloth patterns (both also on sale <3). I'm very happy with the progress and will post some better pictures shortly. Until next time, keep crafting!