So, there has actually been a TON of progress with our knitting projects - it's just been a tad gradual. :D
Finally finished Casey's scarf. He's pretty excited. It went something like this: Me, "Your scarf is finished! Woo-hoo!"; Him, "Great! I'll wear it to brew this weekend." Then, the room fills with laughter because, of course, it is May and no longer scarf season... Haha. Oh well. For now, he's thrilled to wear it around the house, and with any luck, he'll have a hat to go with it come next winter - now that's exciting! :-)
Holly is working on a blanket. None of us were quite sure how blankets go on knitting needles. I looked it up later, and it seems most people do larger ones on longer, circular needles, but for a small one it's fine to scrunch it up on a long, straight needle. Her colors are wonderful - I'm impressed at her color changin', too. When thinking of changing colors like that my mind gets bogged down with thoughts of weaving in millions of ends. Ha. How's that for lazy?Anyway, plans were made to start a sort of hat knitalong - once everyone is ready to start a new project, we'll all start it together. Shouldn't be too far off. If Taylor isn't finished with her tank yet, it's gotta be close, and Angela is practically finished with her scarf for Tim - will post pics of Tim modeling very soon, so get ready. ;-) Also need a tank pic and will get the finished Holly blanket. We may need a brief break from knitting after that.. there's talk of an embroidery interlude. More on that later.
In other knitting news... my sock enthusiasm is missing - or maybe I just misplaced it. After ripping out the half-finished kiddie sock and starting a larger kid / adult size and managing to knit on the wrong side after turning the heel, I'm not much in the mood to finish the half-inside-out sock before trying to get the mate right. Plus, I'm finally seeing the difference between toe-up and top-down sock knitting. This one is supposedly a childrens size large. Naturally, I didn't knit a swatch or anything, so it happens to look like a giant hobbit's sock at the moment. I'm really mostly ok with it. This will be my first sock (if I ever finish it), so it's bound to have issues. When first reading about the toe-up method, it sounded ridiculous to constantly try on the sock for fitting purposes - I mean, can't you just measure and calculate and count? Not if you want it to actually fit your foot, it seems. I'm determined to find some resolve to finish this pair before moving on to the next one - thus rediscovering sock fanaticism... or that's the plan anyway. For now, it's back to the good 'ole dishcloths. Will be sticking with them until the sock fervor returns.
