Monthly Archives: December 2005

Time for a Change

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Well, I did it. I changed the layout. And it was fairly easy…just updated the stylesheet and tweaked the HTML just a little to accomodate the new style. For the most part the HTML is the same though. I love when it goes so easy like that. So here is the new, colorful layout.

Because of my somewhat lack of interest in updating the site design, it will be a while before I change it again. Get used to this. LOL!

In other news, I finished the neckwarmer and will be giving it to the recipient tonight. I did take pictures so I’ll post them tonight if I get a chance.

I'm So Silly

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Why? you might ask. Last year, I gave my sister a scarf during the summer months. Then she was living in Texas and could have used it a few times in the winter. But she graduated in December and moved to Tampa. So of course, she had no need for a scarf, especially one that was wool blend. But…

She’s currently spending the holidays in Spain with her boyfriend, and in her recent email, she said she’s using the scarf every time she steps out the door because it’s so cold over there. I was so excited to hear this, I cheered out loud when I read her email. And that’s why I’m so silly! It’s such a great feeling to know people are using the items you lovingly knit for them. After I made her the scarf, I was kind of sad thinking she’d never use it…after all, why would you need a scarf in Tampa? But the opportunity arrived and she’s definitely putting it to good use. Hurray!

More Doily

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The doily I’m working on has 22 rounds. I was about to start round 14 when I realized round 13 wasn’t correct. As I kept checking, I noticed I messed up pretty big. I ended up having to rip back to round 8! Yikes. Now I’ve successfully fixed rounds 8, 9 and 10 and am waiting for my afternoon break to start on round 11 once again. I think I’ve done this like 4 times already. Hopefully I’ll pay more attention to the pattern and what I’m doing so I don’t have to go through this again. After each round I count the stitches to make sure I have what the pattern says I should. So that I know up to that round everything is correct. So hmm, instead of working rounds 14, 15 and 16, I’m back at 11. Will this thing get finished before Christmas? That remains to be seen.

Last night I also worked on the neckwarmer. I’m doing a rib pattern that is pretty cool. The pattern stitch is a multiple of 6 and is worked over 24 rows. I did two pattern repeats last night. I had originally chosen a different stitch pattern, but didn’t like how it was coming out in that yarn, so I started over with the current stitch pattern. It’s really coming out nicely. I’m not sure how many more repeats I will need to do to complete the neckwarmer, so I don’t know if I’ll get finished tonight, but I will be working on it. Maybe I can get two more repeats done. I anticipate finishing it sometime this weekend.

Too Pretty

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I made a dishcloth this past weekend. No, I didn’t post a picture of it. I used a pattern found at Dishcloth Boutique and it went pretty quickly. I had it done in a couple of hours. I immediately started using it. When my DH came home from his camping trip I showed him what I’d done. Now he refuses to use it. He says it’s too pretty. I tried to use it to wipe up a spill this morning and he tossed it aside and grabbed a paper towel. I told him I’d made it to use, but he insists it’s too pretty to use. At least he likes some of what I’m knitting.

More Neckwarmers

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Anyone who does a craft gets something just right that everyone has to have. For some people it’s socks, others make dishcloths, yet others make scarves or hats or mitts. For me, it’s neckwarmers. I made one for a friend who requested it. My DH liked it so much I ended up making him one. Now the friend’s wife wants her own. Well, actually it’s probably the friend who wants me to make one for his wife, so she’ll quit borrowing his. LOL! So I’ll be making another neckwarmer in the coming weeks. I hope to have it done by Christmas so it can be her present. I’ve got the yarn, the needles and the stitch pattern picked out. I just need to figure out how wide to make it and get started. They are so simple, they can be whipped up in no time and apparently they are a success! Makes me smile when someone appreciates my handiwork enough to request something. Makes me feel like I’m not doing so bad after all.

Comments Must Remain Moderated

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Well, I was going to let comments go unmoderated, but within a day of opening them up, I got two spam comments. So back to moderation they go. Sorry! It’s just easier to approve good comments, then have to delete bad ones after they may have already been seen by someone.

If by some chance you comment, please be patient. If your comment is legit, I will make it visible. But I work, so if it doesn’t show up right away, just let it be…it will show up sometime that day, unless I’m out of town or something.