..I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT "ME" SELF..:):)..

I TRIED DOUBLE KNITTING A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO KNIT A CUTE SCARF THAT HAD STARS ON IT BUT COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT..

I TOOK IT TO WV WITH ME THINKING THAT I WOULD HAVE SOME FREE TIME TO KNIT ON IT WHILE WE WERE THERE FOR CHRISTMAS..I WORKED ON IT AT NIGHT WHILE RAY PLAYED HIS GAMES HE GOT FOR CHRISTMAS BUT I COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS DOING..!!..

I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO MAKE A KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY SCARF FOR CYNTHIAS HUSBAND BRYAN FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND COULD NOT FIND A GOOD ENOUGH PATTERN..

WHEN RAY AND I FIRST MOVED UP HERE I CAME ACROSS A PATTERN ON KNITTINGPATTERNCENTRAL FOR A UK DISHCLOTH..I THOUGHT I COULD JUST KNIT THE PATTERN NORMAL AND THEN MAKE IT LONGER..

THIS IS WHAT IT CAME OUT TO LOOK LIKE..I DID NOT LIKE IT AT ALL..!!..I TALKED TO SOME OF MY GALS ON RAVELRY AND THEY SENT ME TONS OF UK IMAGES ALL I HAD TO DO WAS GRAPH IT OUT..(EASY TO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE GRAPHED BEFORE)BUT I HAD NEVER TRIED IT..SO THIS PAST WEEK I GOT A WILD HAIR ABOUT MY SELF AND THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE DOUBLE KNITTING A GO FOR TO SEE IF I COULD EVEN DO IT..SO I SAT DOWN AND GOT LOTS OF PAGES UP ON YOUTUBE AND SOME ON KNITTINGHELP TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT..

SURPRISINGLY THE DOUBLE KNITTING WASN'T TOO HARD SO I SAT DOWN WITH RAY LAST NIGHT AND ASKED HIM TO HELP ME GRAPH OUT THE MESS I HAD WRITTEN DOWN..OF COURSE HE WAS AMAZING AT IT..!!..

TODAY I WENT FOR THE PATTERN FULL FORCE..IT TOOK ME 3 HOURS TO JUST GET THE HANG OF READING THE CHART AND HAVING IT ALL MAKE SINCE TO ME..I'M ONE OF THOSE TYPES WHERE I GOT IT ALL LINED OUT IN MY HEAD BUT WHEN I HAVE IT ALL IN MY HANDS I CAN NOT MAKE OUT ANYTHING..I SEEM TO THINK ABOUT THINGS WAY TOO HARD..

I STARTED ON THIS PATTERN AT 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON AND DIDN'T FINISH UP TO WHERE I AM NOW UNTIL ALMOST 7:00 THIS EVENING..I DIDN'T STOP TO DO ANYTHING HARDLY..I WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO GET THIS PATTERN RIGHT AND GET THE HANG OF THE DOUBLE KNITTING AND CHART READING..

THIS IS WHAT THE BACK SIDE OF IT LOOKS LIKE..THE U IS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE EDGE THAN WHAT THE K IS AT THE BOTTOM(DIDN'T NOTICE THAT UNTIL AFTER I HAD GOT TO THE TOP OF CHART)I CASTED ON 37 STS WITH THIS PATTERN..RAY AND I COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO GET IT ANY LOWER THAN THAT..:/:/:/..I'M SURE THERE WAS A WAY BUT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS..I AM ALSO USING WORSTED WEIGHT YARN AND SIZE 7 NEEDLES(ALL MY OTHER NEEDLES ARE OCCUPIED AT THE MOMENT WITH OTHER PROJECTS)..I'M NOT FOR SURE IF I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS A SCARF OR SOMETHING ELSE..JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIG BUT THE PERSON I AM MAKING IT FOR WON'T TURN UP THEIR NOSE TO IT SO I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT..:):):)..

I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT I HAVE CAME THIS FAR IN KNITTING..I HAVE BEEN KNITTING FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW AND I HAVE ALWAYS STUCK TO THE BASICS BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS SCARED OF MESSING THINGS UP BUT NOW I AM GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEWER THINGS..

(MAYBE SOME FAIR ISLE KNITTING NEXT)..HAHA..(I ALSO NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A HEEL OF A SOCK)..:):):)..

RAY AND I GOT OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY HAD AN OPEN HOUSE HERE FROM 1-4..WE WENT TO THE BOOKSTORE AND THEN OUT TO EAT..WE ALSO TOOK THE BACK CITY WAYS INSTEAD OF GOING ON 30 WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS PRETTY MUCH INSANE ON THE WEEKEND..

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT STREET THIS IS BUT THOUGHT IT MADE A PRETTY PICTURE..:):)..

THIS IS ONE OF THE NICER STREETS(WHERE THE LIBRARY IS)..

THE GUY ON THE BIKE REALLY CRACKS ME UP..MORE AND MORE TOWNHOUSES..


THIS SIDE OF THE CITY IS MORE EAST YORK THAN WEST..

I'M ALSO STARTING ON A TABLE CLOTH..:):)..ITS SUPPOSE TO BE ABOUT 72 INCHES..

YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH OF IT WHILE ITS ON THE CIRCULAR NEEDLES BUT I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY PRETTY..ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE DEADLINES SO I AM TRING TO KEEP THINGS PRETTY ORGANIZED IN GETTING THEM DONE..

FYI:I ALSO HAVE HAD A REALLY BAD EARACHE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS..:/:/:/..