First of all, I've been knitting, as you know, for a few weeks. In that time I've completed two scarves and two hats. I'm not completely pleased with the latest hat - it's supposed to be for my dad but I'm afraid it's a tad (haha) to small. I could be wrong; I plan to have my husband try it on for show. I also have a couple plumpkins that would do the trick. I just hope it's big enough.
Secondly, I'm distracted from my gift-knitting trying to develop a pattern for a child's hat I found while surfing the web months ago. I've searched and searched for a suitable pattern, and have resorted instead to drawing up my own. Only problem is - I have no clue what I'm doing. I've only ever used two patterns (the hats) and they were "Knit a lot and then decrease a few times." This hat
appears to be a little harder. Obviously, what attracted me to the hat is the neato zig zag pattern. Trouble is, I can't be sure exactly how it's done - this is the only picture and it's as big as I can make it while maintaining any clarity. I've decided it's a knitted zig over a purled background, and that's all I've got so far. Point is, I'm going from scratch. I can't even be sure I've chosen the right yarn! I mean, I barely know the difference in weights, so I'm not venturing into the world of nice yarn just yet. I'm getting my goods from Michaels. It feels like I'm having an affair on my LYS, but I just don't want to spend any real money until I'm sure I know what I'm doing. Does that make me a yarn slut? Getting it cheap and easy? I guess it might, but that's all I have for now. Until I'm churning out socks and sweaters and gifts this'll just have to do.Also, in news, I've made some fabulous stitch markers that I plan to peddle on Etsy. I'll post a link to my store as soon as I've set it up. Of course pictures of them and completed projects are soon coming. I've been out of town every weekend for months so I'm incredibly delinquent in downloading, sorting and posting photos from the camera. I'll be busy with that this weekend.
On a non-knitting note, I've recently been contacted or reached out to a few friends from high school. (The miracles of Facebook and MySpace!) It's invigorating remembering times spent as a youngin'. Many people are exactly where I left them - some are still living at home. Why do some people move on and grow up and others don't? I attended two high schools, one in Virginia and one in Alaska. I'm surprised to find that many of my friends from VA are still at home while many of my AK classmates are explorers. The people I associated with in VA didn't go to college. The people in AK did, for the most part, and many out of state (a necessity if you want a diverse experience). Why? Why was one group so drastically different from the others? Am I not the same person? Anyway, just asking.
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