To-do lists are hard to follow!

So, obviously I am terrible at staying on track with my knitting. School got so busy that I stopped knitting for about 3 months and finally got back into it a couple weeks ago. Of course instead of finishing up UFOs I had laying around, I decided to start more projects! I think I'm hopeless.
Well, to maybe keep myself on track this time I decided to once again make a list of the projects I would like to complete by the end of this month. Along with this goal, I am taking into account the many KAL Ravelry groups that I am a part of:
1. Twin Leaf Cloth as an afghan square for Sisterly Love (Weekly Christmas Ornament KAL)
2. February Square [haha] (2010 Block a month KAL)
3. Mother's Day Cloth
4. Baked With Love
5. Begin a Cascade Christmas Stocking (Christmas Monthly Make Ahead KAL)

If I can get through the above then maybe I'll finish up some UFOs I've got laying around...

Goals for 2/1 :-)

So...my realistic goals for this week are:
1. Finish Elvish Leaves GTU afghan square
2. Sew up Rainbow Sparklies
3. Take photos of Rainbow Sparklies, GTU #3, and Flowery Snowbaby as FOs!!
4. maybe even finish up and mail off my friend's Super Scarf :-)
Commencing with the craziness!!!

Christmas wrap-up :-)

I'm gonna go ahead and display the rest of the Christmas gifts I made this past year before I check out for the night and will hopefully get to do some organized planning tomorrow for future knitting ideas :-D

Mommy's Bama Teddy Bear
She loved it! I think now I'm gonna have to knit her a bear every Christmas lol! She wanted a bear that said, "Someone from BAMA loves me" so I decided to just make her one (from the kit she had purchased me a year ago for the express purpose of me making the bear for her - hee hee) rather than pay too much at the supply store. Turned out great and I can't wait to make her another teddy :-D


Mommy's Blue Hat
This hat was perfect for her small head :-P It's her favorite color which is great! And she wears it a lot so I'll take that as a really good complement :-) Funny back story with this project was that we were at Michael's and I loved the yarn. It had this hat's pattern on the ballband so I just asked her if she would buy me the yarn so I could make her the hat - it worked and now she has a beautiful final product and I got to work with some yummy yarn - Bernat Satin in the Denim colorway.

So it's now closer to January 6 than December 6 ... really not good at that whole keeping up with posting thing. Ravelry gets me all distracted :-P
So below are the myriad of FO's I gave this past Christmas :-)

Christmas is a hoot! given out to friends and family as a quick and adorable ornament!

Daddy's Coozy given to my Dad who drinks an occasional glass bottle beer. I can't believe how magnificently it turned out. His nickname is W^3 as his first, middle, and last names all begin with W so I thought it would be the most perfect embellishment to just add the little raised 3 :-) It was my first go at duplicate stitch and I really like the result, as opposed to sorta embroidering the lettering on.

Leighton's Pickle given to my brother who loves pickles which I think are extremely gross haha :-P

Papa's Warm Hat given to my Papa who said he was cold all the time so I thought I would remedy that with this warm, bulky, Wool Ease Thick & Quick hat. Now I want one lol.

Well, I will add the rest soon...

So, as a quick round up and as some motivation, I wanted to list my WIPs front and center (It's a long list). There are several things I want to start for Christmas so not sure if I should just put the WIPs off or what...will have to ponder.
1. Super Scarf (could be a xmas gift)
2. Mama David Shawl (just add fringe)
3. Snowflake Divine Sweater (for me - really do want to finish for xmas)
4. Moonlight Mohair Vest (for me - will probably finish quickly)
5. Indiecita Alpaca Scarf (would love to have this comfy dressy scarf for the upcoming cold weather...!)
6. Sisterly Love (ongoing project...not sure if it will ever be finished lol)
Tomorrow I'll round up the list of additional things I would like to knit for friends and family for Xmas... :-D

Also thought I would mention that my mom has her own ideas of what I should make for family this Christmas lol :-P
1. another Katrine Stripes Afghan (takes forever!!!)
make that, another one for each household (3)
2. another Spring Beret for my aunt (I've already made 2)
Funny how non-knitters don't understand that certain patterns call to you and you must make them and that knitting the same pattern over and over is only pleasurable if you so desire :-)

Hello there...

I finally finished the Spring Beret I was making for my friend and it turned out really well :-D I can't wait to show pictures!! Instead of using a solid color yarn like I did the first time around (chocolate brown) I used a variegated light orange and cream yarn. I think the variegation actually worked quite well with the pattern.
Oh and Happy Belated Thanksgiving :-)

It's been far too long :-(

So I'm back and with a completed couple of projects!!! yaya :-D
I finished the Spring Beret and 3 little hearts for my mom (blue), dad (dark red), and little bro (specked red) for Valentine's Day :-)


Mama David's shawl is finally complete except for the fringe and the Super Scarf is well on its way to only needing another Superman "S." The shawl is truly gorgeous, I really hope I can figure out a way to get it to my homestay Mama :-/

I also have just started a turtleneck Moonlight Mohair vest that is movin' fast! I'm hoping it will be done before i have to head back up to school at the end of the week (I'm on spring break).

Well, I've also finished 3 more books! I'll be reviewing them soon.

To everyone else who is on Spring Break I pray y'all have lovely ones and to those who are not, i pray ya'll have lovely weeks with the spirit of Spring Break :-P