Tears!

Wow. A girl scout earned her gold award doing the red scarf project. Story here... http://nownormaknits2.typepad.com/red_scarf_project_2007/

Wow. As a scout for 12 years I am so proud to see things like this. Girl scouting is such an amazing program that really creates strong women with incredible values.

Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold.

Joan, I'm sorry

There is no way I am going to make that sock deadline. I started last night and there is just no way I will be able to get my first pair done on time. But, I'm inspired to do some more charity knitting and will get a pair of socks done for The Dulaan Project in March. I'll knit some more in the months to come and ship them all off together. Promise.

Red Scarf sent!

Yay for the UPS store being very close!

Project #1 down!!

Woot! It took 10 days, but I made the scarf for the red scarf project! (Ok, I need to weave in the ends, but I cannot find my needles and I suspect the cats have taken them) I was so excited, I snapped a picture. And yes, this is the view right outside my front door.

Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. I really loved this pattern. This scarf was made in Red Heart Soft yarn knit in the oh so popular on the internet Irish Hiking Scarf pattern. It knit up really easily but this yarn tends to snag quite a bit. Great and cheap for learning on though.

Get used to this pattern, I'll be using it a lot. I love cables more than life itself. Ok, not that much, but seriously have you ever seen a more beautiful thing than a bunch of cables? And they are deceptively easy. Shhh. Don't tell anyone.

Jen and Ren better like this pattern because I am making their scarves in it as well. But they will be very different because the yarn is different.

I've now cast on and actually made a bunch of progress on the needle case for MIL's belated birthday gift, but I'm running low on yarn. I didn't buy enough at all. Whoops. Back to the LYS. So today I frogged Jenny's scarf and started it over in this pattern. I have to admit, I still hate the color she picked, but it looks so much better than the original basketweave pattern I was using, and the cables help to give it some fluffiness.