Thursday, February 10, 2011

Fingerless gloves

So I figured it was about time I make some fingerless gloves, seeing as how cold it gets in the house, one end is warmer then the other, just my luck... but I'm not going to blast the heater just to have my hands warmed up because then the other end of the house will be volcanic, which is not good.



I have been googling for patterns, in crochet because I am more comfortable with it than knitting right now. I found some on Ravelry and I think I'll use them.



Here is the link: Fingerless Gloves I want to make for ME!!!!



I'll post pictures as I go, updating this until completed or frogged

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Obsessed with "hooking" now starting to knit?!

I know I know... say it's not so! I wanted to give it another go, since I haven't tried knitting in about a year or so. I have picked it up and in less than two days, I made my first knitted (Drop stitch) scarf! I'm so proud of me!






Beginning of scarf



About 1/3 done with the scarf





Done with scarf - but still needing blocking and fringe





Blocking done - knitting opened up nicely





Close up after blocking





Blocked and fringe added


 This has been, probably, my favorite scarf to date.

Italian Chili Photo Tutorial and Recipe

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