1st project-done!

            My first project is finally complete! I’ll post some pictures of them once I get a hold of my camera again-which would be Monday. Until then, I’ll be kept busy with the second project. We have to make something for someone we know, and I’ve decided to knit for a friend of mine from high school.

            I attended a charter school that taught grades 7-12, and both my friend and I transferred there at the start of 8^th grade. We met at orientation, where she scared the living daylights out of me the first time she actually spoke to me. We just decided to stick together at school since we both knew each other, and we became fast friends. Before I knew it, we had formed a group of friends from that year and our number had quickly grown from two to seven.

            Right now she’s an art major, and her birthday is coming up at the end of March. So I’m making her a small bag to keep art supplies or other stuff in. I’m using a pattern I found on lionbrand.com, and I’m using some lime green chenille that my mom gave me, since her favorite color is green. Hopefully I can finish it in time for her birthday.

The pattern I'm using can be found here.

Almost finished.

I'm almost finished with my first project. For some reason I haven't felt like knitting much the past couple of weeks, although I did manage to finish a crochet project that I had started back in September or October (can't really remember at this point). I just have a couple more rows to do for the wrist warmer, and then I have the little flower to make. Hopefully I can get back in the mood so I can finish the long list of projects I have yet to do for friends. D:

Halfway there!

The first wrist warmer is finally done! I had some issues with the little decorative flower, but with some help I finally got that taken care of. I also modified the pattern by adding a thumbhole along the seam. It’s very comfy, although I seem to have overestimated the size a bit. I used the same number of stitches the pattern called for (36), and I thought that would be enough for it to be a little snug on my hand. Instead I think I could have gotten away with using 32 stitches. Well, I guess next time I’ll know better.

            Here’s what it looked like without the flower.

And here’s what the finished product looks like. :)

Looking back, I’m a bit surprised the two cats didn’t try and steal the yarn while I was working with it like they usually do. Then again, they are a bit preoccupied with chasing each other around the house...

Almost halfway there...I think. Maybe.

I just finished the 12^th row of the first wrist warmer. I still have at least 8 more to go, so hopefully I can have the first one done by Tuesday. The knitting will have to take a back burner over the weekend though, because my other classes are the priority, and I have some research to do for my history paper, not to mention my English paper as well. At least they both have something to do with Japanese culture, so that’ll save me some time.

This time I took a photo of what I have so far. Unfortunately the battery in my camera seems to have died on me, so I had to use the webcam on my laptop to take a picture.

I can't wait 'till it's finished. :D

The adventures of a college student and her...yarn?

Hey! First post! Yay. :)

So I guess I should introduce myself...? My name is Lizzie, I'm a student with way too much time on her hands and an addiction to crochet, knitting and the internet. To explain the title, I have two insane cats at home, one of which is extremely attached to me. He's like my baby. I recently started my first project for Knitting to Connect, which is a class I'm taking for the spring semester. I decided on a pair of simple wrist warmers for myself, instead of another scarf. The pattern I'm using can easily be modified, and can be found here. I'm not sure what else there is to say right now, so I guess that's it for today.

~Liz