The continued adventures in knitting

Well, I finished my second scarf. This one was for Jamie. I learned how to ease up my death grip on the needles a bit, which resulted in a much softer, much more relaxed scarf. I used Lion brand "Homespun" yarn for this one, which is a very soft and heavy weight yarn, but I found it liked to bunch up a lot and was generally a pain to knit for a complete novice. Still, that being said, 1 skein resulted in a nice long and wide scarf that drapes nicely.



Pattern :

Cast on 18 stitches
Knit every row
Cast off

Yeah, pretty darn simple, but what do you expect, its only my second one lol.

Settling Down

Well the holidays are finally over. Two weeks of always on the go can really wear you out. My camera made out nicely this year, which is a good thing if I want to get my photography business off the ground within the next couple years. New Years was completely uneventful. Stayed up reading till midnight then stepped outside to watch the fireworks for a little while... thats about it. Boring but nice.

Jamie set out for Florida to visit her friend for about a week, and to keep myself occupied I decided to teach myself how to knit. Not very manly or macho, I know, but fun. If I can make something to keep myself warm in the winter for mere pennies, why not? So far I've knitted a thin, VERY basic scarf, but its warm and does the job. At the moment I'm knitting a softer, larger one for Jamie that I think she'll like.

The pattern for scarf above is:
Needles: US 11
Yarn : Lion "Chunky"
Cast on 12 stitches
Knit every stitch
Keep going till its long enough
Wear.


Just before the holidays our family grew in size to include a new puppy. A female boxer to hopefully mate with our older boxer, Buckshot. We named her Dutches, after a boxer my grandfather had, the mother of my dog when I was growing up. I had forgotten how much work goes into training a puppy, its almost as bad as a child.




Thankfully Jamie gets home tomorrow night. I could really use a break.