Time!

Took a second look at my 'crazy hat'...and ended up frogging it. It was just...there were too many problems. I made it too early in my knitting life and then let it collect dust for awhile. I was just SO excited by circular needles at the time...anyway, it's gone, and I'm actually pretty glad, after having looked at it. :-P I'm saving the gorgeous wool I bought for it for my next hat attempt...I'm convinced that it will be a pretty hat.

I started a new project this past weekend....my baby blanket. The yarn is prettier than it looks (it's Bernat 'Soft Blue' - it has a thin silver/white line in it that looks gorgeous in the light), and I'm following a pattern I found at Wishing I was Knitting at the Lake. She makes it look SO pretty, and I have a friend that had a baby this past winter. Now that I've started it, though, I'm thinking I won't be done with it until this COMING winter! Let me show you:


Yeah. The pieces of brown yarn are just markers for the different sections. It's going to take a long time. I knew it would, but I stopped because I got cold feet for the cabling part. So I decided I needed to try a little cabling with my spare yarn before I get into it with this piece. That, so far, has not been very effective, but it's because I haven't spent much time working on it.

I have also been avoiding my backpack that I started back in January. I finished the knitting part about two weeks ago, but the finishing work looks daunting from here...there are several hours of finishing to do for all the pieces...mostly the front. I'm not sure, but I think I should have used fair isle instead of intarsia. Either way, I finished the knitting part, and now I have a lot of weaving and sewing to do.

The truth is, I don't have a TON of spare time to knit right now. I'm working a lot, and I'm helping my friend move this weekend. I'm studying some sound and acoustics stuff to prepare for a class I'm taking this fall, and I'm studying for the GRE, which I'm also taking this fall.

But I want to knit. I want it very badly. So I must find some time to squeeze it in. :-P The baby blanket is not something I can casually knit while I do something else either...it is a little too challenging and detailed for me to do that. Maybe after I get my friend moved in I will feel like I can spare the time.

Anyway, that's about it for my knitting update. :-) I might need to make another washcloth to feel better about myself during this baby blanket experience! ;-)

P.S. Tried knitting in the round for the first time this weekend (this was right before I killed the hat...I did a few rows with a set of double-pointed needles I bought last week). It was awesome. I think I like it better than circular needles. So efficient and rhythmic. I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. :-)