My neato stuff

I've been busy...knitting and making stuff to hold my knitting. I have my startitis under control for now. I've been trucking away at my multi-directional scarf. I realized last week that I was adding stitches and had to rip out over a skeins worth of work. Now I'm back on track with that and almost done.


I made myself a knitting bag large enough to hold a small child. It started out as a Butterick pattern but it didn't have enough pockets for my taste. I added 3 extra pockets and found a use for my multi-colored sheepy fabric as a lining.



Then I took an enterlac class at my local yarn store, Alamitos Bay Yarn Co. This was my first class and I dug it. I learned how to make an enterlac pattern, a brioche stitch and that I was purling wrong. I have since fixed my purl. It goes so much quicker now that I'm not screwing it up. I am looking forward to signing up for more classes. Now I just have to wait till their next set of classes. I also did some shopping and picked up some more luscious alpaca yarn and Noro like I used for the enterlac project.

I'm a joiner

I had to join Secret Pal 4. I had so much fun last time with giving gifts. I enjoyed getting too. So I have to start updating my blog again. I've been knitting, but not writing about it. Part of it is due to the fact that the digital camera will not hold a charge. I like pics with anything I write.

I finished my MIL's scarf and had to rip out the one I'm currently working on. I was knitting on it at two in the morning and the next thing I knew it had gotten wider than it was supposed to be. I pulled out a whole skeins worth of short row work. Really no fun. It made me think that maybe I just wasn't cut out for knitting. After getting Mouses help over the phone I am back to knitting on it again.

I will post my questionaire tommorow night. I have 3 days in a row off coming to me. I'll have time to do things I actually want to do, like sewing a new knitting bag!

My projects

I have been gone. Christmas is the crazy season in the craft store. I was working 6 day weeks and still am to a certain extent. I've been knitting, but sure not taking pictures. That takes thought and I'm on autopilot and have been for a while. I don't look forward to doing this again next year.

As for knitting I really have been doing it. I knit one of my coworkers a hat in 2 days, which is like a record for me. I am not a fast knitter but I was determined to get it done for her quick. I finished 2 scarves and gave them as gifts this Christmas.

Currently I am knitting my mother in law a scarf, which matches a jacket she made herself. I didn't even realize the yarn I had picked out for this particular scarf was destined to be someones. I was just knitting to knit. Now that it has an owner I am set in getting it done.

My new years resolution as far as knitting is that everything I currently have on knitting needles has to be finished before I start anything else. It is killing me, but I find myself knitting more when I'm just sitting. I have tons of things I want to start.

I signed up to take my first knitting class at the end of January. I'm going to learn enterlac knitting. It takes a ball of Noro Silk Garden and you make a little bag. We'll see if I can play with others while knitting. I also found a local Stitch N Bitch group. I'm hoping to make it to one of their meetings but they only do them the first and third wednesdays of the month. I may never actually make it to one, but now I know there is one in my area.

That's all for now. Maybe I can get the camera to take a charge later and I'll show you some of the things I've been working on. Or maybe it will die again in the middle of picture taking never know around here.