There are no mistakes... It's quaint

A common posting in a lot of knitting blogs has the blogger describing an item they were knitting, and how they noticed (several rows previous to where they are working) a mistake and had to frog everything - or a large amount. I've done the same myself numerous times. But I've decided to take a more relaxed approach. Is the mistake that bad?
Sometimes - like in the case of wrong gauge, dropped stiches... by all means frog it. Lately though, it's been little things, like on one part of a cable ( in the besotted scarf) I held the stiches to the back instead of the front (only on the one, the rest of the row was right)... when I was switching colours. It's kinda obvious. At the same time, it's not horrible. In fact, I think it looks quaint. It's a reminder to the person I'm gifting it to that yes, this is a handknit item, knit with love by me. I make little mistakes every once in a while. They don't stand out, but I'm sure you'd notice them if you were looking closely (with an appreciative eye, of course). It doesn't bother me one bit!

(check out the definition of "quaint", it's perfect! I think knitters ought to keep it in mind)

Reading Week - Will I Use It To The Fullest?

I don't know. Homework wise, I've stalled already. Waiting for more information from the directors of my various projects so I can draw their storyboards. And the other stuff... lets not discuss the other stuff.

I've started knitting my moms besotted scarf... three times. Three's the charm, right? I'm new to the cable thing - though oddly enough the cables haven't been the reason for frogging. Using the wrong needles the first time (US 8 is not 8mm... I know that, but I guess I forgot!), the second time I must not have been paying enough attention, because the whole pattern seemed to have shifted over somehow...

This is a neato site Jess Hutch Crafts. There's a free knitted bunny pattern that I've been thinking of trying. I better wait until after christmas knitting is done though.

Ch-ch-ch-Changes!

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New look to my blog... I'm going to be slowly customizing more and more... improving picture quality... basically try to create a blog I'm proud of. I don't like half-assing work, so why should I half-ass play?

Here's a neat trick I might try next time I'm procrastinating: Procrastination Hack Link found courtesty of Lifehacker

FINISHED Jim's scarf. I have some pictures of it blocking... all soggy on my bed... (hope it's dry by the time I go to sleep! I was considerate enough to do the blocking on my half of the bed - my boyfriend's so lucky) but those arn't cool pictures. With any luck, tomorrow I shall extract from Jim the Price Of The Gift... a model shot! Hopefully he'll cooperate.

**And He DID!***


Well... you can see the backside of it around his neck there - pretty good - I really loved the finished scarf, much more then I "enjoyed" making it. Jim seems quite pleased with it!
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Started a besotted scarf, a christmas gift for my mom.

Didn't go to the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival. Spent the day with a friend - who was totally willing to go with me, but due to timing issues, we went shopping instead.

Dog Sweater!

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I've been working pretty solidly on Jim's scarf... when I get the chance. However, this weekend I set it aside so I could whip up a doggie sweater for the boyfriend's sister's pooch. It's a cute little chiwawa, and the sister's only request when I let her know of my plans was, "something girly." Oh, it's girly alright. I dunno if the sister's fiance was too keen on the blinding hot pink, but he did like the purple. It turned out pretty good for my first stab at such a thing. I had to make the pattern smaller, and it fits perfectly! One sleeve is a little shorter then the other, but that was really the only problem I had with the thing. Cool!
Might go to a crafter's convention thing this weekend. It will have knitting content.


Not bad, eh? Shoulda picked up another stich in the arm there... I see a hole... Next time will be even better!

Hope I can drag myself out of the blue funk I'm in and start to enjoy school again... It's been hanging on for quite a while, and these past couple of weeks have made me almost unbearably miserable at times... and my poor boyfriend puts up with everything, much more then he should maybe! But I am definitly thankful for him, and his support. I think right now I don't have much faith in some of my classes... the organization is awful - and this program is damned expensive! I wish I could see it was all worth it, but right now...

PROGRESSIVE SCARFAGE!

Yeah, that's right. I'm working on Jim's scarf again... I don't know why this silly scarf is taking me so long... probably because it's not the most interesting project ever. At least now it feels like it's moving faster, I'm about 1/3rd of the way done. I knit it for almost an entire class today (3 hours... gosh now that I think of it, that's a long time... I guess I was talking a lot though, and stopping to take notes, and watch the films that we were analyzing... I don't think I'm really that slow - is that slow?) How long does it take you to knit a scarf? I'm using 5mm straights, and putting a stripe up the middle.