"Where did these come from?" Part 1

I don't know how it happened, but I somehow contracted a case of Finishitis! If you know what that is, then you know how lucky I am to have caught it!! Please don't be scared, but I am about to resurrect 2 projects from the GRAVE! (Ok, perhaps not the grave, but from the bottoms of baskets or containers tucked away in random hidden locations in my house)

First up: a hand towel I started in August of 2009. (LOL)

I think the stiff cotton (I used some sugar n cream kitchen cotton) and long slightly boring middle section caused me to toss this aside time and time again in favor of more "fun" projects.

But FINALLY.... finally I got up the gumption and FINISHED IT! It really wasn't so bad :-)

I knit the middle section longer than what the pattern called for, because I wanted it to be the size of an actual average hand towel (I used one as a template). My towel turned out almost EXACTLY the same length, but slightly WIDER! Go figure.

(tan hand towel laid on top of my knitted towel.. yikes, too much TAN)

I am very happy with it, and I have decided to gift it to some friends who have built a house in the last year... it will be a nice belated housewarming present methinks! :-)

Stay tuned for more HORRORS FROM THE GRAVE! Oops... I mean, projects I am unearthing from long, long ago!

Busy!

Well this last weekend wasn't fun in the sense that I got an infection and even had to stay home from work friday! (That may sound awesome but trust me, I just laid around and slept and tried not to moan lol)

Luckily enough, I had the strength to do some knitting - and made some awesome progress!

Dishtowel (from Mason Dixon Knitting)


I am going to give this as a gift to my grandma, whom I am going to see (along with my grandpa, uncle, and cousins) this next weekend when I fly out to see them!!!! It should be a great trip.

I made this for my cousin:


This has been done for awhile but I forgot to blog about it! Super cute pattern here: Arrowhead Lace Headband

Baby hat made up on the fly using scraps of yarn....


A little bit of Dream in Color Classy goes a loooong way into making a beautiful hat! (also has some cascade 220 in there). I just realized I know a baby boy due the first week of september, ANOTHER baby boy due in november, and a baby girl due... i think in dec??? So yikes, I am getting my baby knitting started!

AND THEN there's Christmas! I have already started a list in the hopes of coming up with a manageable group of projects to knit by Dec 25. :-) We will see come December how many will actually make it!

Secret sweater project is going well! I loooove the pattern, and I am almost done with the back!!!! Yeah!!!! Let's see, I worked on this seed stitch scarf I've had for awhile a little bit, but nothing crazy.

Hope everyone has a great week! I am going to bed! Zzzzzz