My First KAL

Well, that scarf I mentioned in my last post that totally intimidated me has been started. It is called La Dentelle Belle and I have never done anything so involved before. I have only done garter stitch, knit, purl, or a combination of the two. I don't know how long it will take me to finish this scarf but look at me now....

My First CAL

I just finished my first CAL-Yeah!!!! My yahoo group ILoveKandCAlongs had this snowflake dishcloth as a small CAL before the end of the month. (The date on my camera is wrong so the date on the pic is wrong.) I have to admit the scarf that was started on Dec 7th is very intimidating and I haven't even started it yet. I did buy the yarn for it though and do plan to start it this week. I am still working on the dishcloth for another yahoo group MonthlyDishcloths-the mid month dishcloth was a little out of my league but I am saving the pattern for a later trial when I learn more about knitting. It has cables and I want to practice those with the Fetching fingerless mittens pattern first. Happy Holidays to everybody and I hope all is well with you in your corner of the world....

What I have been up to....

Well, it sure has been a busy week or so since I posted last. This is fairly new to me and I can't seem to get out of reading other blogs mainly for the patterns and how to of things and visiting ravelry-wow is that site neat. I am wanting to make stitch markers but not sure when I will get to that. I am still working on snuggles for the AC4C project this month. I have 6 made so far and have laid out all my fleece squares into 14x14 and 24x24 inch blankets for that same project and a few for cat toys. I just need to sew them together now. I have posted pictures on my flickr account of the ones that are done. I have joined many groups and have found it is hard to keep up with all of them so I toned that down a bit. Sure is hard not to go overboard with it. I want to be a part of them all but we all know how that goes-so much stuff so little time-sigh....I have a washcloth group project going right now that I am hoping to finish soon because we are starting another one in a day or two. I guess December is just a busy month for everybody.....Another group I belong to is making a scarf and I haven't even started that yet. Can't wait to get going on that one. I am going shopping in the morning to get the yarn for it. Can you believe I don't have the yarn for that project....Darn the luck....I need to go get MORE yarn ;-} Anyway, I hope all is well in your corner of the world. I am off to continue this wonderful madness otherwise I will just ramble on and on and on......

Neck Gaitors (or is it Gaiters)

Well, I finished the neck gaitors (I ended up with 16) for my nephew. Now on to the snuggles project. I have one 14x14 garter stitch snuggle done and have started another one of the same this time using two strands of yarn and bigger needles. I have now started a monthly dishcloth club as well as a knitting novice club with yahoo and they are great. I am starting my first knitted washcloth with the monthly dishcloth club. Can't wait to see how it turns out. I also ended up with more fleece 6 inch squares in blue from the leftovers from the gaitors. Got two blankets 4x5 layed out to sew and enough squares to do the backs of the same pattern making them double sided fleece blankets. Plan to use some of the fleece squares for toys for the snuggles project making them various shapes and sizes and filling them with catnip (I think I said that in an earlier post;}). Guess we will see how much I can get done. Busy, Busy, Busy....

Fleece Square Dilemma

Well, it looks like I can do many things with the fleece squares. This months AC4C http://www.allcrafts4charity.org/ project is snuggles for our beloved animal shelters and such. I think I can make catnip toys for my shelter in various shapes using some of these squares. That is what I am going to be working on starting next week. This week I am going to work on a project for my nephew and his class to help the troops. Such a small world because the patterns they are using for the projects they need are from another group I belong to called The Ship's Projects http://www.theshipsproject.com/ . I am hoping to help him with making as many neck gaiters that I can by the deadline. I will keep y'all informed on how it goes. I will also be working on some of the snuggle blankies for the pets at the shelter using some patterns from the snuggles website http://www.snugglesproject.org/ during this month. I already have one started because it ended up being a knitted square for another project with AC4C that was too big-they needed 12" squares and it ended up being 14 inches. Off to a good start....