Yarn Shopping

So I went to Hobby Lobby last night. The intention was to pick up some Red Heart Soft to continue my sweater.

News and WIP Monday!

So this happened on Friday:

We ended up getting somewhere between 8 and 9 inches. That’s rare for my area. Extremely rare. We declare a state of emergency at anything over 2 inches. Why? Because people here don’t know how to deal with snow. If it’s not a dusting- we lose our minds!

WIP Monday!!

Currently on the needles:

1. Charity Scarf # 8

Changed from blue to brown. There’s something about the cold that is making me want to knit sweaters for myself and give other people scarves. In fact- my rainbow one found a home this weekend with some visiting friends…

2. My Flax Sweater

3. Hubby Socks

I need to finish these. I’m sure his toes are getting cold…

4. Dad’s Blanket

 
I’m itching to cast on other things. Perhaps that is due to the cold, too. Or maybe it’s a side effect of the new year. At any rate- I can’t until I finish one of these four.

It’s my anniversary!

I don’t usually post on Sundays, but WordPress let me know that I created my blog 4 years ago today.

Now- I wasn’t as active back then, but I’ve been working to change that.  And hopefully I’ve at least entertained you a bit along the way.

Arggh!!

I knew this was going too smoothly.

I am currently 4 1/2 inches from cast on for Flax and 16 rows from the collar ribbing.

I’m going to have to rip 15 of those rows out.

See this garter panel? I misunderstood the instructions. It’s supposed to be sixteen stitches wide. It doesn’t matter how many times you increase in that section- the garter part should stay sixteen stitches wide. It’s currently 30 stitches wide. D’oh!

And I’m not doing that ribbing again. (Non-pattern ribbing is the bane of my existence.)  So. I’m going to need to insert a lifeline into that first row after the ribbing, and rip back to it.

And it was going so well.

Now I’m sad.

Rest in Peace, Alan Rickman.

Cancer is Lord Voldemort.

2016 Sweater Agenda

As I want to knit 5 tops (of some sort) for myself this year (and 1 hoodie for Hubby), the following is a list of definites and possibles.

WIP Monday!

Currently on the needles:

1. Hubby Socks

2. Dad’s Blanket

3. Charity Scarf # 8
This one is just a simple, blue scarf. No picture yet.

 

In other news- I have decided on Flax as my first sweater (mainly because there is an accompanying tutorial, in case I have questions).  I just need to get the yarn for it.

Not in the least bit resolute.

I don’t like to do resolutions for the New Year, but I do have flexible goals.

2015 Recap

28 projects were completed in 2015, EIGHT of which were completed in 
November alone. It would seem that intentionally setting aside time to 
knit each day actually made me more productive.

(Warning- this post is picture heavy!  And if the pictures don’t show up- I also provided links to the Project Page on Ravelry.)