Belated Valentine Square Swap!

Yay! Even though I signed up for the group a couple weeks late, one of the members said she'd be willing to swap with me even though she's already done it with someone else! Soo, I'm currently working on my square to send out on Monday - all the way to Scotland!! I'm so excited to receive my square from her - how cool is it that my very first square is coming from so far away?! =)

Well, I better get back to making that square instead of spending time on here and on ravelry.. ;) We're supposed to get about 10-12" of snow over the next two days, so I feel that I'll get a lot of knitting and movie watching done this weekend!

Warmer Weather!

The past few days here in Virginia have been great! Nice and warm.. ish! In the 50s.. Since it was so warm, I didn't even mind the days of rain. Figures, by Friday we'll have freezing rain. But, enough of the weather! I'm finally back to subbing for the rest of the week!

I finished my Friendship Exchange square for a group on Ravelry, and it's so cute! Our theme for the month was green and white. Of course, I'm a little ahead, as we haven't even been assigned partners yet. I still haven't gotten anywhere on my socks, only about 5 rows of ribbing have gotten done. I'm taking the Not Quite Straight scarf with me on my days that I sub, so I have something to work on during my 1.5 hour "planning" period. It should be done this week!

I may also make another square for the exchange, as I found a very cute varigated cotton yarn in green and white! The part I'm struggling with is making the silly thing 6".

I'll post pictures soon enough - having dialup doesn't make posting pictures (or even updating this blog) very easy! But, I will try to update this at least twice a week!

Have a great week!

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My cat =)

Just needed a place to upload a picture of my cat for a group!!

January's "on the needles"

This month I've got a few things I'd like to get done:

1 - Grandma's Bay Print Garter Stitch Scarf - this is a scarf that my grandma bought me the yarn for to make her to match her favorite jacket.

2 - Mom's Fingerless Mitts - She wants a pair in this really pretty green, light blue, and dark blue yarn.

3 - Not Quite Straight Scarf - For me! =)

4 - Another pair of the fingerless mitts to sell on etsy

5 - Possibly the Give a Hoot! owl mittens I've got on my queue for my 10in2010 on Ravelry

6 - mayyyybe start on my first pair of socks! I really want to.. but I'm a bit intimidated when it comes to the heel... we'll see!

And if I manage to get all that done, then maybe there will be some more.. but that's way more than plenty for now! But i'll be riding to jersey from virginia later this week for a funeral, so i'll have two 8 hour trips to work on those scarves..

New Moon Alice Mittens - Sort of!

Well, i followed the pattern that the wonderful Nancy Fry put on Ravelry, but I didn't use the same yarn, so although these are the New Moon Alice mittens pattern, they're just some basic fingerless mittens! I used a rainbow yarn, and they came out so cute! I wear these all the time now.. Great for driving! And they don't snag on my keys or get stuck on my bag while I'm trying to walk!

You can find the pattern here! It's wonderful! I would definitely make them using the yarn she recommends, as they will come out very pretty! Here's mine: