I Guess You Could Call Me a Night Owl

   Here it is, almost 2 AM here in Texas and I'm starting a new project! I finished 1 1/2 projects today, I say that because I am still working on one fingerless glove. I finished one glove, and I finished the bolero. Now I am starting a slouchy hat in Cherry Red. I cast on, on my size 7 circulars, and have been knitting away for about 45 minutes now. Since receiving my circular needle interchangeable set, I have acquired some new knitting skills. I have learned to do the following, today...

• sk2p
• ssk
• knit in the round
• p1tbl
• k1tbl

   Excuse my organization obsessions, please! :D I knew that with knitting it was going to be more challenging than crocheting because...

• there are 2 needles, instead of 1 hook
• there are tons, and tons more stitches to learn
• you have to pay more attention
• you have to have more patience

   The patience part I had to work on today, there was just no way that I could cast on another 351 stitches for that darn shawl. I think that pattern will be sitting in my pattern notebook for awhile, until I can master, or as close as mastering as I can get to, knitting. It is a lot of stitches and I don't think that, with the limited amount of stitches I know, and the amount of learning I am doing as I go along through each and every pattern I am knitting, that I can tackle that big of a project yet.

   I am still trying to figure out what I want to knit with my SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock, because i know that you don't just have to knit socks with it! It's super soft and I want whatever I knit with it to turn out muy perfecto! Well, goodnight everyone! Going to knit a while more before bed!

Sorry, Lila, You're Being Frogged!

I have just about had it with Lila. So it is being frogged. Just until I can regain the patience to cast on for a fourth time. Had to rip it out again today, twice. I am going to have to find a simpler shawl. I really wanted to do that one too, it was so beautiful! Well time to hit Rav and get searching.

Finished!

   I am kicking myself for not finishing this on Monday when I only had maybe 5 rows left! It turned out really cute, but small. It is now listed on my Etsy shop as US Small- Teen Girls for $15.00. Listed 14 more Knotted Headbands, in each color I have, each only $5.00. Hand Knit Infinity Scarf is only $15.00 also! I am really proud of myself for finishing this bolero and now going to pull out my Lila Shawl and start working on it!

   Used the digital camera for this picture so that it wouldn't be blurry due to my phone's camera.

Lila, My First Shawl

   Last night I cast on Lila, a gorgeous, free, shawl pattern I found on Ravelry.com. Got to about row 2, it took a long time considering I cast on 351 stitches. Then this morning, I was reading through the pattern and realized I had overlooked the "ssk" before row 1... the first stitch and I missed it! How could that even happen?! Well it did, so this morning I ripped everything out and cast on 351 stitches again, placing stitch markers every 50 stitches to make sure I didn't lose count. Now, 11 hours later, I am almost done with row 4. I'm sure for you long time knitters out there, that's probably way too long to get to row 4, but I will say, it takes a long time! It's turning out very cute though! I thought I just might fill you in on my first shawl I'm knitting :) Now to "Keep calm and knit on" and listen to my poor puppy have bad dreams. This will be my last post for today, so goodnight all and I will be posting again tomorrow!

My, Oh My

   I have really been falling down on my Making Monday, WIP Wednesday, and FO Fridays.... Well since it's Friday, I will say, there are no FOs this week, there are some close one's, which will hopefully be done this weekend, or early next week. The WIPs I have going are Snowflakes Throw, Cotton Candy, another Blues Infinity Scarf, and Lila Shawl :) They are all beautiful! My new interchangeable needles are AMAZING! I love them! So much more than my straights!

   This weekend, I plan to finish Cotton Candy, put it on Etsy and get my Lila Shawl going further and further! If the weather here in Texas keeps being bipolar, yesterday it was hot, today it is 48 F, I won't get to see my aunt and cousin in Midlothian. If all is well, then we'll be at the park. But, there's just no changing the weather here in Texas.