I am a slacker.

I could come with a million reasons why I haven't posted in forever (such as both of my computer dying or that I just moved half-way across the country again or that I forgot my freaking camera AGAIN), but in reality, it's because I'm a slacker...

I'm also apparently a fiber slacker right now too...

In the 20 days since I last posted, I've made a hat. One Hat. In 20 days. This makes me sad. and that was only because my mother asked me nicely. My dad stole the last boy-hat, so my mom asked me to make her one too with a longer brim so she could roll it up.

I went on a attic fiber raid with my mother, and we found a bunch of wool and came up with a bunch of projects for it... I got some more work done on the scarf. And then I had to pack to come back to the east coast. And my yarn would not fit in my suitcases. I tried... I repacked twice. There was no way that anything I had on needles, let alone all the new and prettty yarn was going to fit. It was a really sad day.

I will be getting it all shipped to me, but I keep forgetting to give my mother my mailing address, so it's going to be longer than I was hoping. Until then, I'm confined to the stash I have here. It could be worse, it's actually larger than the one I have at home. The problem is that all the yarn I have here is either acrylic or handspun. After spending all break spoiled using wool and silk, I really don't want to go back to acrylic, and I am always too scared to use my handspun. I should just suck it up.

Goals:
1) Post more
2) Have something to post about.

One project down

I am trying to be better about this blogging thing. I've actually though about posting everyday, but every time I sit down to write about things I'm knitting, I realize that I don't have a camera with me in order to take photos of things I've knitted. So I decide that I might as well wait until I have photos. And then I don't post for days.

I finished the Boy Hat. I really like this pattern. It's really stretchy and happy, and I like the way the ribs come together at the top. If I had photos it would be easier to explain, but it's a really hat pattern, and fun to wear. I give it thumbs up. So far, I've only been done this one for an hour but my dad has stolen it and my mother wants one too, so it looks like I'll be making two more at some point. Probably after the socks, but I don't have the needles I need for the socks here so they may be delayed for a little while.

I'm still working on the lace scarf. Just after my last post, I messed up the pattern and clearly either added or lost a row of the pattern somewhere, so the knits and purls got flipped. I didn't notice that it had happened until 3 repeats later (this is what I get for knitting at 4 am). I had to debate if I wanted to rip it all back, and try to pick up all the stitches again but risk having to start over, or try and ignore it. I almost decided I was going to rip it back, but I'm not confident enough in the lace pattern that I would be able to pick up all the stitches again. I really didn't want to have to start over again, especially since I had to restart so many times. I decided to suck it up, skip a row of knitting (so that the purls were on the right side again) and continue on. So far, no one I've showed it too sees the mistake, but because I was the one that made it, it glares at me every time I look at the scarf. It's rather frustrating...

As my mother points out; if it's the worst screw-up I make while working on my first lace project, I should be happy. We'll see.

And now it's time for an attic yarn raid!

Sorry I'm a slacker, not that anyone actually reads this

Really, I swear I did mean to keep up with this blog. Just after I first posted I got H1N1, and then in short succession my residence building had a fire, I went on a semi-cross country adventure, and then I got a concussion. Then I got into exams and didn't really do much of anything, so I probably could have posted then.

Alas, I am a slacker.

Now I'm into a post-Christmas crafting blitz. I went boxing sale shopping at Romni, and got the hand carders that I wanted as well as some wool to try them out with. (Some sock yarn for a pair of socks for my Grandpa may have jumped into my basket too)

Then today my Aunt and cousins and I went yarn shopping too. We were going to go check out the Purple Purl, but they are closed until the New Year, so we continued going east on Queen, and headed out to the Naked Sheep. It was an awesome day. When picking out yarn there, I decided to challange myself and start new and scary projects.


Firstly, I got enough yarn and a pattern to make a sweater. Sweaters scare me because I have next to no attention span, so I'm not sure I'm ever going to actually finish the sweater. Plus: I'm kind-of afraid that it's going to suck, and since I'm making it for myself, it will always be sitting in my closet taunting me with my failure.




Secondly, I decided to try making a lace scarf. I am not always great at following patterns, so it's going to be interesting. I've spent most of this afternoon with the yarn and needles, trying to work out the pattern in a way that makes sense in my brain. I'm sure it will all work out. Really.

Current Projects
- Feather and Fan Lace Scarf
-"pear tree emu" Sweater
- Socks for Grandpa
- Socks for Dee and Erika
- Boy hat

I think that's it right now, which is awesome.