Just what I need...

Another WIP! Lol.... I am crazy. But at Walmart the other day, Cynthia and I found the Peaches n Cream cotton (i know, at walmart? I was surprised also), so I HAD to buy some. Great colors too. And the perfect pattern? Ballband dishcloth from the Mason-Dixon Knitting book!!!!! This is my first time knitting with cotton, and I am really enjoying it. The texture of the yarn is awesome.

I am also proud that I am slipping stitches purlwise like a pro, and also that I figured out that 'yarn front' and 'yarn back' weren't any more complicated that they sound. :D I am so smart. lol

OK bedtime. Busy weekend!

Just for fun

I got my mason-dixon knitting book today!!!!!!!! It is one of the coolest knitting books I have bought. I want to make everything in it, lol!

One idea i got from the book was knitting with strips.... of things.... like old tshirts or rags..... or plastic bags:



LOL! Yes, I knitted a plastic bag. Morbid curiosity maybe? I took one plastic grocery bag, and cut it into thin rings (cut off the handles and the bottom first)... and then chained the loops together to make a sort of yarn. (This process is described in the mason-dixon book!) So that picture is of a (roughly) 3inch by 3inch square, knitted from one plastic bag. Whew, imagine what it would take to knit a floor mat or something! haha.

Anyway, it was fun and pointless, i just wanted to see if I could do it. Now i need to get back to THE BLANKET! Eesh.

quick post

Does it look any bigger???? I think I am halfway done, at least! I hope my cousin doesn't think i forgot about this, haha.

Didn't get that much knitting done this last weekend, Saturday I went to the beer tent at Germanfest with a bunch of friends! It was very fun. Beer, crazy folk style music, beer, roasted nuts (so goooood), and more beer! :-D And I kept running into people I knew too, which made me feel special.

OK back to work!