I wanted to make something special and fun to stand out from the Christmas gifts my nephew Harry will be receiving two weeks before his third birthday, which is January 6th. I found a cute, fun pattern by Evelyn Clark called Sock Monkey Scarf.


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The moment I saw it, I knew that was the gift I needed to knit for Harry.  I purchased the PDF pattern a couple of weeks ago and went to Seattle Yarn last week to pick out some good machine washable yarn.  With the help of the clerk, I decided on Berroco Vintage yarn, a blend of 50% acrylic, 40% wool and 10% nylon.  The wool will help keep Harry warm while the acrylic and nylon means the scarf will be able to be machine washed multiple times.  I selected chocolate brown, golden brown and brick red as colors that would look good on Harry and look something monkey-like.

On Thursday, I cast on the scarf and I finished knitting it Saturday night while on the Snohomish Knitters Guild's Fall Knitting Retreat.  Almost everyone at the retreat admired the pattern and thought it adorable.  Now I need to sew the facial features and a button on the pocket, and the scarf will be ready for wrapping.