Well I’m not a product of my generation- I don’t blog on a daily basis! I would like to say that my new years resolutions is to blog more but as it’s 22 days into the new year, I don’t think I’m going to be doing that much either! Since no one follows me yet though, I think that’s okay :)
A quick update on my personal life…I’ll be starting school on Monday. I’ve already graduated from college but I’m heading back to earn my teaching credentials. And because everyone always asks, age level: high school. Subject: English (literature OR grammar- whatever I can get a job doing!) This means one of two things for my blog posting. Either I will be way too busy writing lesson plans that I will stop blogging…or I will be on a regular schedule and will somehow find a time to blog. I’d like to say the latter but may be the former :/
Now for the yarn update…what’s on my hooks and needles? :) Well I always have several projects going on, but I do have two current ones that I’m working on and trying to finish.
Knitting: I’m making my first pair of gloves! I went kind of ambitious but it’s been really fun :) The pattern I’m following is from this book: Knitters Bible Knitted Accessories. I’m making the gloves on the cover except I’m using a variegated Red Heart yarn (Earth & Sky) and they are turning out really cute. Once I’m done I’ll mail them to my sister living in Oregon :)
Crochet: I’m working on a baby blanket for a friend due in March. I got the pattern from a friend and I don’t know where she got it from so I can’t link to it :( But basically it is striped and wavy. I know, lame description, but once I’m done I’ll post a picture.
As for what’s OFF my hooks and needles? (what I’ve completed)
Well with the holidays, I made several Christmas presents.
For the boyfriend, I made an afghan replicating the flag of South Africa (he has done mission work there)
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This was the blanket that I was working on without a pattern :) It took FOREVER but I’m really satisfied with it and he liked it so that’s good :) As I said before, I followed a graph that I made from knitpro.com. I did about 4 stitches per block (to make the size I wanted…I can’t say that that is rule to follow). Then I made a simple border of single crochet to finish it off.
For my parents, I made a wine bottle cover. I found the pattern on http://www.michaels.com/ but it seems to have been removed from the site. :(
The yarn I used is called Patons, Classic Wool (Rosewood). Here’s what it looked like:
(in process…blocking)
and complete!
Well that’s all that’s going on in this yarn lovers life…hope to update soon!
