I learned how to...

...KNIT!

I'm so excited because a knitting group has just started up at my local Hobby Craft! So, I went on Tuesday and learned how to knit! It's going to be great to meet with this wonderful group of experienced knitters (and crocheters!). It will be nice to have to help when I get into trouble with my knitting as I have in the past and am sure I will again. It's just not as easy for me to hold two needles as opposed to one hook!

I also finished one of last week's WIPs: my very own pair of fingerless gloves. I was so eager to get them finished so that I could wear them. My ones (bought not handmade) from last year were really thin and falling to pieces.

These ones aren't perfect because I rushed, but I'm confident that they will still last longer than the cheapies I bought on the high street.

☼

I'm linking up to these fabulous parties!

Fly Me to the Moon

This is an Etsy treasury I made as part of a Knit1Treble2 team game. I haven't made many treasuries, but found this was a great way to explore Etsy and see all the creativity it offers. I hope you enjoy it!

ButterflyLove1 $2.00	aplusdesignnn $32.00	LondonHandspun $25.00	lalylala $5.50
thefibretree $11.99	MrFox $6.80	Iovelycrochet $42.00	BerthasBizarre... $300.00
LePetitKnit $35.00	AdelaideYarn $17.00	EjaEjovna $19.00	FrankyMay $26.00
CrochetAccents $24.98	nelliangel $20.00	SILAYAYA $25.00	TheYarnOwlsNes... $7.50

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Knitting . . . or not!

It's the last day of May. Sad. That means my birthday month is over. Sad. And I think our gorgeous summer weather might be coming to an end. Sad. I'm not really sad, though. I'll be going to California in two weeks and that makes me very happy! As well as a visit from an old friend. Sewing my little boy's Jubilee trousers also lights up my day. So, that's the end of May. :-)

...I realized it was almost the end of May a few days ago and remembered that I was supposed to learn how to knit this month! Yikes! That was Tuesday, May 29th. I had just a couple days left to achieve the first goal that I set (here) when I participated in Knitting and Crochet Blog Week. Fortunately, I had bought supplies weeks ago, but they weren't what I had originally planned. At the yarn shop, I was so overwhelmed trying to find the right kind of yarn to match the pattern I had intended to make. I ended up just grabbing a Fab Big skein by Patons. It came with a free pattern (the one pictured). It looked easy enough.

Gotta love Photobooth. Check out those bags under my eyes.

In between helping the girls in the dorm with their work and making sure they were all where they were supposed to be, I watched a couple videos on knittinghelp.com. I was ready to cast on! 

So proud (dorky smile...and my even sleepier eyes)

 I did it! (as my 2 1/2 year old would say). The next step was to knit one, yarn over, purl one, yarn over, and so on. I totally read the pattern wrong, though, and knit an entire row, then purled an entire row. Of course I didn't realize this until I just sat down tonight to work on my knitting some more. In the last half hour, I've started over four times!! I need a break, so I'm writing about it. Ugh.

Fish-eyed and temporarily defeated.

I think I'll hem my husband's trousers that have been sitting in the "to-do" pile for the last two years. That sounds much more appealing at the moment. But, don't worry...I haven't given up on knitting! I know new things aren't always easy the first time trying and I'll try...try again until I figure it out!

♥!♥ knitting ♥!♥