Studying Again

Why is it that I think I should post when I have a paper to finish? Procrastination. I had to start over on my scrapbuster socks. I was crossing my yarns when switching colors, like with intarsia knitting, and I shouldn't have done that. I did a couple of rows the right way after I figured that out, and I think it's going to look really... interesting. I like how obnoxious the colors look together.

I also started the first sleeve of my hourglass sweater. I'm really liking that project, too. It's been very easy so far and a good project for knitting in public.

I really like these Pick Up Sticks patterns. I had never seen these before. I am thinking about getting the Triangle and Wavy Flower patterns and doing them in similar colors as the samples to match each other. I also like Vertical Stripe for me and Flower Top for my daughter.

I bought a couple Knitting Pure & Simple patterns yesterday. I got the women's and children's neck down cardigans. Matching cardigans for Mommy and Daughter? Maybe.

Sprout a Couch

I am absolutely going to do this. ReadyMade: Feature - Sprout a Couch First I need a yard, but then I am going to do it.

Studying Hard

I have been working on a take-home test for about 24 hours. I answer a question, then I put it down and do something else. Then I answer another one, and I wander off again. I think it would have taken me about an hour or two if I would have just sat down and finished it, but here I am, and I still have about one-third of the test to finish. So what am I doing? Oh, posting of course.

My daughter and I spent a long time on the Sanrio website yesterday. They have a lot of good downloads and activities. We made all of the envelopes and treat boxes and now I have Chococat wallpaper on my computer.

Cardigan-to-Be

This is what I did today. This is the first sweater I knitted for myself. It used to have a ribbed neckline, but it didn't have any neck shaping, so it was really uncomfortable. It's also way too heavy for a pullover, so it's going to get steeked and turned into a cardigan. Then I will put the ribbing back when I do the button band.

What's a couple more WIPs?

I also started knitting these socks. This was the first time I tried the Figure-Eight cast on. I used these directions. I had to start over a few times, but once I got it figured out, it went pretty well. I'd like to make these socks tall enough to use up all of this yarn, but I want them to match and I don't want to run out on the second sock. So maybe I'll knit them both at the same time, but then I'll have six strands going and the potential for tangling seems pretty high.

Here's the picture.

Here is my Hourglass Sweater. I am about half finished with the body. I like the Cotton Fleece yarn. I have never used it before; it's very drapey.

New Projects

Currently, I am knitting a pair of socks and the Hourglass sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I am using Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in color #310 (orange). I will post pictures when I get more of it done.

Old Projects

This is the goldfish sweater that I knitted my daughter last year. This will have to do for pictures for now, because I haven't taken any pictures of my recent knitting yet.

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