Sad but true

I'm thinking of frogging the rose gloves, if not all the the way then most of the way. Perhaps I'm being too nit picky, but I have a small mistake where i knit instead of purled on two stitches (I could live with that one) At some point I made one of the cables too small (or large) and now the sides don't match up and there is a bit of laddering going on that is driving me crazy. But because I've started and restated these gloves so many times I'm a bit sick of them to tell the truth so it would be a while before I would try them again... So what to do in the mean time? I'd like to use some of the sock yarn I've got and.... imagine this... make socks.

hmmm Still need to think about it

Greetings!
I'm being very good and still only working on one knitting project, The Rose gloves. Go me! I'm almost to the thumb gusset and both excited and worried about it. the first attempt i made at doing them (almost a year ago) is were I went wrong last time, so I'm hoping it'll be better this time. After the rose gloves I've got to bring something with me to Media West con, maybe two somethings, one for the car and one for the SnB at the con. or it may just be one project. Who knows?

Anyway I'm mostly posting just to keep this blog updated a bit my more personal blog is over on LJ, which is friends locked because I'm avoiding someone who has me as a friend on there, maybe it doesn't matter now, but the journal will stay that way. But anyway you're only here for the pretty yarn right?

Making very good progress on the rose gloves so far. I'm actually on the second diamond but I don't feel like re-taking pictures. I've found it best if i work on these without any distractions like Tv or people because when I add those in the stupid mistakes happen. I'm trying to be good and only work on one project at a time, I'm using the Ravelry queue as my nice to do list. I've found projects for almost all of my important stashed yarn. I may allow myself to make a few wash cloths for gifts that I'd want to give as gifts very soon .

Next Please

Happiness! I'm now on Ravelry as SeverusSnape. It is like the mecca of knitting! So many patterns! Although I feel like a knitter and not Knitter there but I shall aim to become better a be one of the really cool people and less muggle.

For my birthday I went and bought myself yarn as a present: Two balls of Lion brand Wool ease Worsted weight in 139 dark rose heather which will be used to make The Rose Doomsday Gloves from Doctor Who. Pattern Here. And Two balls of Patons Decor First Spring Varg for purposes not yet decided on, mostly I just loved the color way. I've cast on for the Rose gloves a few times but I seem to have a mental block with them as I keep making mistakes early on. the thing is though Is I've made one of the gloves before in a different yarn (caron simply soft) and while the color was perfect the yarn drove me nuts with all it's splitting. (that and I didn't do the thumb gusset very well) But I will get through them I am determined that I make these gloves!
Oh also for my birthday I bought myself dpn's sizes 6, 7, and 8 yay!

I did in fact finish the quilt in time and I got one of those disposable digital cameras to take pictures with so as soon as I take the camera to be developed I'll post the better pictures until then I give you the bad picture from my web cam, please ignore the mess in my room It wasabout 2am after I had gotten home from work and I really didn't feel like cleaning up to take the picture.

Ok so I want to show off

I'm currently making a Quilt, which I should be working on now instead of blogging. The Quilt is for a baby boy, the shower is on the 20th of April I hope I make it in time! I need to add another row of three blocks the boarder and of course the back. Those will be in blue 9the same blue on the front. Once again note that the colors captured on my web cam are not very close to what they are in reality. The colors are all bright primary colors The green has vines in the pattern, the blue kind of splochy and wavey, the yellow has , well almost a chicken foot pattern in it and the red has dotted circles. Originaly I was going for earthly elements sun, fire, water, earth, but it's been pointed out that i also managed to pick the four Hogwarts houses. Anyway, since I have to keep the project under raps until the 20th I've been limited on who I can show it to hence the desire to post it here with the knitting (none of my friends know about this journal, this just for those who happen to wonder by)

It's finished!

I hadn't meant to abandon this blog, I haven't been writing in my LJ much either since life at school and work has been busy. I have finished my Irish Hiking scarf though, mostly because I worked on it tons when I went to see the Yarn Harlots book signing. I've posted pictures in the knit along blog but I'll post them again here just because. Oh and my web cam really doesn't take very good pictures the colors are all washed out and you can't see any detail, I'll post some better ones if my friend lets me use her camera.