Just chatting about progress

So hello to all my yahoo group friends! Okay so I haven't made much progress since my last post except to say I have given up on the Cathedral Window. I did another couple of rows and just don't like the way it is turning out. I have officially put it away for future attempts (maybe) but I didn't frog it this time. YIKES! I am soooo irritated with this thing. I am still working on the sweater, the log cabin afghan, the crocheted afghan from when I first started this blog, my monthly washcloths of course, and my La Dentelle Belle scarf. I frogged the baby blanket from the first week of my blog to restart it in bigger needles. I think it will look better that way. I have been asked to work on a special project for the troops and am putting all projects on hold a bit for that. I need to knit some neck gaiters for them and mail them by the 7th of Feb. so I will make what I can by then and mail them. After that I will be back on track. I still can't believe me and the Cathedral Window. haha I don't know if it is me, the pattern, both or if I just plain don't like the thing. Oh well, on to other things for now and maybe SOMEDAY(lol) I will get back to it. I hope everything is okay in your corner of the world and have a great day. I am off to knit for the troops....

Cathedral Window Progress

Here is the CAL Cathedral Window. I have frogged it already and still it is turning out the same. It doesn't lay flat and it seems way too big. I am only on row 6 and it seems way too ruffly-if that is even a word. haha. I believe it might be because I am using bigger crochet thread than it called for and also a bigger crochet hook than it called for. I am going to have to frog it again I think and try it again with smaller thread and a smaller needle. YIKES....

Raglan Sweater Progress

Here is my raglan sweater progress. I started it yesterday, with this yarn(I tried it with a blue worsted weight the day before and didn't like it so I started over), and will work on it more today. It seems to be turning out okay so far. I was really scared of the pattern because it looked so difficult and this is my first sweater attempt. It is going smoothly though. I also started my log cabin knitted afghan using the moderne log cabin pattern from mason dixon knitting. I am also working on a crocheted doily called the cathedral window. I had to frog it yesterday because it wasn't turning out right. I tried something with the pattern and it didn't work out once I moved on to the next few rounds. It wouldn't lay flat. I will post a pic of that progress later today. It is snowing here today so it is a great day for knitting and crocheting. I will also try to do another repeat on my La Dentelle Belle today. I plan to stay busy crafting all day-YEAH. I also want to thank VJ from my AC4C group for taking my fleece blankets off my hands and attempting to fix it/them. I would also like to thank Patt from myknittingcircle for making me some name plates I can attach to my emails and such. Hello to all my yahoo groups friends, you are all great people and I hope everything is okay in your corner of the world....

Finally the Fleece dilemma comes to an end!!!!

Well, I finally finished with the fleece squares. I made some triangles and did the basic sew together process and this is what I ended up with. Looks okay but boy have I just realized I am not as much of a sewer as I used to be. I did try to do the rest and it didn't match up and ended up p***ing me off so I only ended up with this front and back. Can you believe that when I went to put them together they don't match up either? ARRRRGGGGGG! So anyway, at least these made it through and I am off to work on my La Dentelle Belle (thanks to Cat-my subconscious!) and the other KAL's and CAL's I am involved with. I sure hope everybody else is having a better time of it....til next time....

Still Working Away on Knitting....

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted. I guess with the holidays and all it has been pretty busy. Well, I have kept busy with my yahoo group monthly dishcloths and made these two cloths so far. The Partridge in a pear tree is from Dec 2007 and the Football is the first Jan KAL of 2008. I am now waiting for the next one to start soon. I am also working on fleece blankets (with the leftover fleece squares from before) for the AC4C group I belong too for the Zulu babies in South Africa. Needless to say I haven't touched my La Dentelle Belle since I last posted the pic. I can't wait to get it going though. My knitting circle yahoo group is doing a year long log cabin knitted afghan and I can't wait to start that either. I still need to get my yarn together from my stash. Also, a knitting circle friend and I are going to make a baby raglan sweater starting in the middle of this month and of course I will keep y'all posted. I have joined the challenge of doing all 24 dishcloth KAL's of 2008 with my monthly dishcloths group so I think I will be pretty busy this year with all that is going on. I do hope to learn to do socks this year also. Wow, what a busy year and it has barely just begun....