I really should finish the Graham Saga before I get started on something new, but I've recently become addicted to yarn to a point I can no longer control. This is the result, and I hope it's helpful for at least one person out there :D
I learned how to crochet from my roommate Elizabeth during my freshman year in college. She got me going on a granny-square afghan that is yet to be finished, and since then I've made several beanies for my siblings, daughter, and myself along with a scrap afghan and some scarves. I'm currently working on that same granny-square afghan (in my defense, the colors I was using were discontinued and it took a while to figure out what I was going to do to finish it) along with another scrap afghan. A few weeks ago I got the urge to start knitting again. I learned the basics about ten years ago but never did anything with it, and my one set of knitting needles stare at me every time I pull out my yarn basket.
Starting back up again was pretty easy, thanks to youtube and a lot of knitters who post how-to's, and I'm 5 rows away from finishing my first project: legwarmers. Next I will be knitting a hat for my husband and a sweater for my daughter (THAT will be an adventure), and then once I get the hang of things I want to make myself a sweater.
Let me point out that I'm still very much a beginning knitter, so you won't see anything amazing on here for a while. I plan to get a lot of projects done this summer (gotta keep my mind off the fact that my husband will be half a world a way) and then maybe this blog will be more interesting and amazing. For now, I'll just post as I go and include some projects from long ago as well :D
This is a scrap afghan. I made scarves for my friends one Christmas and ended up with half-skeins of lots of colors. My friend who taught me to crochet has a scrap afghan her husband made, and I always liked it, so I decided to make one.
This is my best so far :D I made this while I was pregnang with my daughter.
A lot of my more recent projects are borne of necessity. My daughter inherited her father's large head and I can never seem to find a hat that will fit her for very long. I made this simple beanie in about an hour out of two colors of yarn. My three youngest siblings are big fans of my hats, and they wanted some just like this one. Pictures to follow (once they get home from school).
This is my favorite hat. Very simple and very soft. It's three colors and it probably took about an hour. I made one just like it (different colors) for my three youngest siblings for the next Christmas, and sent one to my brother on his mission.
