For those of you who read regularly, I acknowledge and apologize for the lack on knitting/craft related content on here. I admit, I lost my knitting mojo. I simply wasn’t inspired to finish anything (‘cept DH’s hat) and didn’t have the cash to buy yarn to start anything, either. In any case, my mojo is BACK!
FO – Russell’s New (and FINAL) Hat
He’s a cutie. Anyways, I love how pretty my decreases look. The first hat I ever made was a disaster in this department. Instead of smaller DPNs (*ahem* knitting manufacturers out there – this would still be AWESOME), more patience and time is key. This one finally fits his big ole head and is a color he will actually wear.
Now on to the more exciting stuff! I was in a frenzy digging through magazines, books and the like to find a new knitting project. Something that would capture and hold my attention, as well as teach me something new. I always crave to learn. I stumbled across an old UFO, the Cropped Raglan and thought I would finish it. Well, something sticky got on one side of my circular and I could not get it off. In a fit of frustration and desperation, I decided that it needed to go – frogged the whole thing. In an effort to salvage the yarn, I went on the hunt for a new project – something for summer…in the process, I made quite a mess:
So, yeah, something had to come of it. When all was said and done, I ended up purchasing and downloading Wendy Bernard’s Sahara – so happy!!! I actually made some progress on it this evening – despite the mess. The interesting thing about the pattern is it requires you to do a provisional/invisible cast-on. All the methods for this I have seen in the past have involved using two yarns and some Harry Potter magic -something I do not possess. However, Stitch Diva Studios gives excellent instructions for using a crochet hook to create sort of a “top of a bag of dog food” effect with the cast-on stitches (by this I mean, you undo the loop at the end, pull the string, and the hole thing unravels neatly). I managed to do it with minimal effort – so excellent! Here is what I accomplished this evening:
This project will certainly keep me entertained as I have coveted the pattern for a while. My only wish is that I had the pretty Tilli Tomas yarn the pattern suggests. I would definitely knit another one if someone was so kind as to donate the Disco Lights and Pure and Simple in a pretty deep turquoise colorway 
, but that is merely a dream!
