Knit, knit, knit, knit.....

I realized that is has been a week since I last posted. If it weren't for my boys Blue and Gold Banquet you would have thought I had gone missing. At least, my next door neighbor thought so. I guess I have been such a hermit staying warm during the cold dark winter months, that my next door neighbor thought I had moved away. He saw me outside yesterday, and shouted, "She's outside, she made it outside!!" What a great neighbor!! I do love my neighbors

Anyways, as I was saying, the last few Saturdays I have been taking a knitting class. At first I didn't think that I was ever going to get the hang of it. I was stressing and sweating, and thinking that was not how I planned on spending my winter days. After some great help from Miranda and Heather, it finally clicked and I was set to go. Once I got the needles going, I kept on going.

My husband teases me that when I get started on a project I tend to be a bit obsessive about it and do too much. That is not always true. I know where the kids are...half the time. They are fed their meals (ramen noodles has 10% of their nutrient vitamins or was that -10%?) I remind him that I am home alone and when the kids go to bed, this has been a great help keeping me busy. I realized that since I started knitting, my days of the week have gone smoother and quicker. It has been a great blessing in my life.

Here are some of the things that I had worked on:

The scarf below is the first scarf that I made. You can see at the bottom of the scarf, it is wider than the rest. This is where Miranda and Heather helped me figure out the problem and then I was able to do the rest with no problems. I can also see where I was upset with my husband. Knitting and being upset with your hubby doesn't go well together, but it is a great story to share. Love ya sweetie!!!

The scarf above was the next scarf I made and I learned another stitch. I don't know if you can see the pattern of the two stitches that they taught me.

By then I was done learning about scarfs and ready to learn something new. They suggested dish towels, but I really didn't want to learn to make dish towels, maybe later. So I asked if I could do a hat. They found one for me and here it is:

It took me three times to figure it, but once again once I figured out the pattern, I was able to do it with no problems.

So now that my knitting skills are improving, I decided to take a risk and make a gift for someone. Who's birthday was coming soon.....hehehe...Sue's birthday.

Happy Birthday Sue, I hope you like it and enjoy it!!!