What's your best thing ever? I'm currently going through my FO and taking pictures for the blog, and am pretty pleased with some of the things I've made. In particular, I'm really happy with the jumper I made for Jay (from Knitty's Duo pattern) after he wore it without urging at the weekend. So what FO are you most proud of? Details and piccies please!

The best thing I ever made was not that long after I had started knitting and it was a Bride and Groom for my Mum's wedding. I'm not into making soft toys or anything like that but I thought it would be perfect as I couldn't afford to buy them a wedding present at the time. My mum really really appreciated them as I put months of effort into making them and to this day I remain so so proud of them.

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I'm still thinking. It could be "Best" as in most satisfying, "best" as in most appreciated or "best" as in display of technical skill and wizardry. Some of the things that I've made that have been cooed over were really simple knits in gorgeous yarn.

I shall think some more (but in case you want to see the likely next best thing, click here (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5165152) - top pattern for me)

I think the best thing I've knit in terms of complexity and beauty of the finished product was the Bayerische socks. Well, sock actually. I'm still knitting the foot of the second one after a break to do other stuff.

I think the most appreciated thing was a throw made from Colinette Giotto from the Toast and Marmalade booklet. It was a fairly simple pattern, but huge and the colours chosen to match the bedroom of the recipient. They adored it, though it drove me silly towards the end of knitting it.

My Best Thing is probably the Brioche throw (http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n119/knitbird/Brioche.jpg)for my sisters birthday. Because I'm always convinced that I've chosen awful colours, or an appalling pattern, especially when it's for a gift, and this has been universally admired. My sister was cornering people at her party to show them the throw, and I know some knitters who are now making their own. It's an easy pattern, but choosing the colours made my head hurt, and it's nice to know I've done something right!

I've worked out what my best thing was, except that it's over 20 years since I made it, I gave it away and there are no photos. I'm hoping that I can turn up the pattern at my mother's because I know that I kept it in case I wanted to knit it again. (We'll not go into how likely that ever was). It was a sweater, no surprises as that was all I knitted back then, from a Patricia Roberts pattern. I can't remember the name of the pattern but I can see the cover of the pattern book and remember the particularly jarring colourways that it was shown in (yes I know that it was the '80s but even then there were limits).

My two best things were both Patricia Roberts patterns. I still have both of them but never wear them. One has bunches of grapes all over it and the other is in cream silk and has sampler pictures all over it.

Was it the grapes and cherries pattern? I was always going to knit that but never did. I really need to find that pattern book to see if her patterns were really as good as I remember them.

Was the sampler pattern one a single colour one where you worked the pattern and then the initial letter of it? I think it was called Scrabble and there was a sailboat as one of the designs. I have no idea where my version of that particular sweater is but I suspect that I still have it (even though it's years since it would have fitted me) because I loved it and it was made of cotton and wore like iron.

Yes they are the ones. I'm impressed you know the name. I can't get into them, but could never part with them. If I can find them I'll bring them to the meeting tomorrow. Might even be able to find the pattern book.
I loved her patterns so much, they were so different from anything else that was around at the time.

This (http://www.woolforbrains.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/scrabble.jpg)is not the best thing I ever knit, but it made my top four. Al Bethere and I both knitted this, hers was in a lovely cream silk and mine was in cotton (we both took ours along to the Wool Baa last night). I think I made this in the summer of 1986 or 1987 and I loved it and wore it for years.

This (http://www.woolforbrains.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/scrabble.jpg)is not the best thing I ever knit, but it made my top four. Al Bethere and I both knitted this, hers was in a lovely cream silk and mine was in cotton (we both took ours along to the Wool Baa last night). I think I made this in the summer of 1986 or 1987 and I loved it and wore it for years.

Both me and Mara said there looks a lot of hard work there. How long do you reckon it took you? :confused:

Agreed, Wheezy. Very beautiful, any many hours work, should be hung up on a pretty hanger for people to admire!

I don't know how we did it. Now, I look at a pattern and if there's any moss stitch in it I think it's too difficult.

I think upto now, I love how this scarf (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shunklies/513194506/in/set-72157594457780914/) came out.

Also my Chunky fingerless mitts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shunklies/400136201/in/set-72157594457780914/) because they were knitted using some of my handspun yarn.