Under the Weather

I have had a bad cold all week. Finally, Saturday I decided to give in and spend the day on the sofa watching the Olympics.

One Superscarf is completed. I made this a basic garter stitch scarf, changing colors every six inches. Garter stitch is actually kind of fun even if boring. With my eyes watering and blowing my nose every other row, I could still knit without looking.

Next on this list is to crochet a top. I’m using neutral colors and I have no idea what I’ll wear with it.

Before starting on the “Challenge Project” I still have to vest to knit. Unlike Julie and Julia, I am not going to set a deadline. For me that would be too stressful. I still have Christmas presents to make, Superscarves, charity projects, and things for my booth this summer.

I'm Getting There!

One more Christmas gift is finished – eight more to go. There isn’t a picture posted because someone might see what they are getting.

The super scarf project has been started (see picture). I still have a top and a vest to finish before I start my challenge project.

The list of books to use for my challenge has been narrowed down to a book of purses and bags and a book of sweaters. Both will offer me a challenge with the various techniques and yarn suggestions.

I have the start of a bad cold today, so not much knitting will be done.

What To do?

This blog was originally started in order to write about my crochet and knit journey. It seems I’ve run into a dry spell—not that I’ve haven’t been making anything, but I have not really done anything worth writing about. It seems I need a project.

Last week I watched the movie “Julie & Julia”. Julie blogged about cooking her way through a cookbook. Maybe I need to crochet and knit my way through a pattern book. Which book? I have many choices on my bookshelf.

Afghans are out of the question, they take too long. The patterns need to be quick and offer new techniques. To make it more interesting, I could use the suggested yarn. That would get me to try different types of yarn.

There is plenty of time to decide. I have Christmas presents to make (13 total gift receivers, 3 down 10 to go); I have volunteered to make scarves for Super Bowl 2012 (have until November 2011 to get as many done as I can as they need 8000); there are things I need to make for a booth at an art fair this summer; and I have yarn for a couple of sweaters, I’d like to start this “journey” without UFOs.

If anyone is reading, I’m open for ideas.