Gifted Beanies

As predicted, I did not finish eldest nephew's sweater in time for Christmas. The next question is: will I finish it in January? 

I do not know. I have about half of one sleeve. So, maybe? 

As luck would have it, the family made the trip out to SoCal, so I could give presents in person. I brought along the work-in-progress so eldest nephew could see how it was coming along. He was impressed. Apparently, cables are impressive. Who knew? 

(Eldest nephew was also dealing with a miserable cold. On his birthday.) 

But I had finished some things. Like, the beanie for middle nephew in "Lakers colors". 

Yeah, he was wearing a Lakers t-shirt. Because, of course. 

And the beanie for my brother: 

Then the two of them took a selfie in their beanies:

I took a pic as they took their selfie. 

So, I will be continuing the Christmas knitting after Christmas. I knew this would happen, though, so I'm not terribly upset about it. 

The irony? When I referenced what they had asked me for in July, they had forgotten. So, the twins were quite content with the purchased long-sleeved sweatshirts (with Minecraft on them), and my sister-in-law wasn't upset that I hadn't started her sweater at all.