Finished!

Yay! I finished the prayershawl! Unfortunately, my digital camera is still acting up, so the pictures I took didn't turn out. It seems to work fine outside during the day, so if it's nice out, I'll try to take a picture of it outside tomorrow. I'll go into more details when I get the picture up.

I'm still working on the hat I started last week-I'm ready to start the decreasing for the top of the hat. If I have enough yarn left over I'll make a scarf to go with it. I have a feeling that I'll probably have to purchase more yarn for the scarf, though...

Speaking of purchasing yarn, I'm planning on purchasing some yarn from Patternworks to make a gift for my mom. It'll be a belated birthday/mother's day gift. :) I've had my eye on the Svale yarn, and I know exactly what I'm going to make with it... :-D

progress report...

Woo-hoo! So, our second knit/crochet day was quite productive. We had a better idea of what we wanted to do, so we got right down to business.

I'm getting close to finishing the prayer shawl I'm working on. I started the last color change yesterday afternoon:


Unfortunately my digital camera is acting up, so that's the best shot I got of it.

I also started working on a hat:


"That crazy hat for chicken." -Billy WitchDoctor.com ;)

Since I haven't learned to knit in the round yet, the pattern I'm using for the hat does not require double pointed needles. Kim started to crochet a baby blanket, and it's looking really pretty-the center of the blanket has a flower in it. She was trying some new skills with this blanket, and so far it's looking pretty good!

After our day of knitting/crocheting, Kim and I headed over to JoAnn's to check the prices of some things. We both ended up getting something-Kim picked up a couple of pattern books, and I picked up some cheap yarn for yet another project I'm thinking of starting. While we were waiting in line, the woman ahead of us gave us her coupons that she couldn't use, so it was all good. :)

We haven't decided when our next project day will be, but we're hoping it'll be soon!

Knit/Crochet day 2!

Okay, so I did a little updating to the side bar-not much, just added a few knitting resources-I'll add more in the future, plus a few blog links.

Tomorrow (well, technically today) Kim and I are getting together for our second knit/crochet day. Let us hope we get more accomplished on our projects! I'm still working on the prayer shawl, but I might start working on a hat as well (oooh, venturing into starting one project before another is completed! ;)) This is the yarn I plan to use:


(Lion Brand-homespun yarn)

Hopefully my digital camera will work so I can take some more pics. I somehow managed to break the little door that holds the batteries in place, and as a result, I lost some of the progress pictures I had taken of the prayer shawl. :( Well, it is a cheap camera...but still! *sigh*

Well, here's to our second Knit/Crochet day!

About

Okay, well, I decided to try creating a blog that's devoted to my knitting, since I seem to be doing it alot lately, and have more projects in mind...

My main blog will still be Wandering Through E-Space, and I'll probably be posting to it more than I do here. This is just so I can talk about knitting, post pics of yarn I've purchased, and works in progress. (I'll still be posting first images and final images on my main blog...)

Since I seriously need to update my main site, I'm just going to use the template from Blogger for now. I'll be adding links soon, and maybe a pic or two, but any drastic changes to the template will have to wait until I've updated my main site. Here goes nuttin! ;)