Knitting - Day 30

And thus comes to an end another monthly challenge . . . how fast this year has gone by! I must admit, I didn't knit too much tonight. I was distracted by a movie, and then my time was filled with planning next month's challenge. I'm not sure I'll be able to do it, but I'll try. I also realized I have much farther to go on the scarf to make it long enough, so I wouldn't have been able to finish it tonight anyways. Have no fear though, I will finish it, just not tonight. Good night :)

Knitting - Day 29

I'm so sad today because tomorrow is my last day of knitting month and this scarf is not done and I did not get to start on the cool scarf I want to make for myself either. I do enjoy knitting, but my right index finger is rather sore on the end where I keep pressing the left needle into it to help scoot the stitches down. I think I'm getting a knitting callus, if that is possible. I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing next month, but I do have a few ideas. If you think of anything, please let me know :)

Knitting - Day 28

Haha . . . I knit today while watching "Chopped" . . . that's such a fun show. We watched a "British Invasion" episode. It really made me miss living in London, but it was so much fun and made me laugh a lot. I love their accents and expressions. Maybe some day I'll get to live somewhere abroad again, I would like that. Nothing too eventful to report in the knitting department except that I can wrap the scarf around my neck twice now. So I just need to keep making it longer so it has a little more length to wrap and then it will be good to go . . . a lovely Christmas present for my husband :)

Knitting - Day 27

Today was a pretty uneventful day. I felt very cold all day, but that was about it. Knitting went well, but I made myself stop sooner than I wanted because I really need to put my laundry away and get to bed early (or at least on time) tonight to catch up on a little sleep. Progress update: 42.5 inches of beautiful scarf :)

Knitting - Day 26

Wow, my first real-time post! After 330 days of being behind on this blog, I am finally caught up :) YAY

Knitting went okay tonight. My husband did some sort of fancy sailor's knot to tie my two skeins together so I am successfully on to the second one. The scarf looks rather long, but then when I try it on, I realize it's not nearly as long as a scarf should be, so finishing in the next few days might not happen :( However, I am well on the way to having a nice scarf, so it will get done, even if it's not exactly in this month.

Knitting - Day 25

Those frizzies are just the extra yarn (not yet used) hanging behind...not bad ends, have no fear :) 

Progress so far

Well, the first skein is almost done, so now I need to figure out how to attach the next one. I noticed a small mistake, I had only gone through half of the strand and so there is a little loop sticking out . . . oh well. There is not much I can do about it, and it’s not that noticeable, so I’ll be okay.

Knitting - Day 24

I don’t even know how long I knit for today, but it was way longer than one hour. I knit through one movie and 4 TV shows, some longer than others. At any rate, I’m doing it because I wanted to finish the one skein today, but I didn’t quite make it. I am happy to report though that the scarf is now 34.5 inches long J If I can keep this pace up, I should finish by the end of the month J

Knitting - Day 23

It is nice to be home again. And since it felt like a 1-day work week, it’s amazingly Friday already J We watched a few movies tonight and I sat on the couch and knit . . . since it’s rather cold out now, it was really nice to have a cozy night in.

Knitting - Day 22

Do you get frustrated when movies you rent from the library are all scratched and unwatchable? I know I do . . . and that’s what happened tonight. We were trying to watch “National Treasure”, but we only got to “chapter” 4 before it wouldn’t play anymore . . . bummer. So we watched a different movie instead. I had never heard of it, but it was kind of cute. It featured Charlotte Church and Craig Ferguson and was set in Wales. Anyways, I knit during the movie. I complete about two rows during my knitting time each day. I don’t think I’ll have enough yarn on this one skein to make a long enough scarf though . . . do I dare go to a store on Black Friday to find more? Happy Thanksgiving everyone J

Knitting - Day 21

We were on our way up to my in-laws tonight to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow, so I knit in the car. It worked out pretty well, I didn’t have the added distraction of a movie, just music, so I felt pretty productive. I hope I can finish this scarf by the end of the month.

Knitting - Day 20

For being such an unanticipated and last-minute monthly challenge choice, I’m rather enjoying this month. There are just so many things that can be knit. I’m excited about all the possibilities, but in reality, I know I’ll be lucky just to get this one scarf done this month. I’m still pretty slow at it, but the scarf is about 19 inches long now J When I think of it in the grand scheme of probably needing to make it 60 inches, I’m only about 1/3^rd done, but I think I’m getting better and faster as time goes on, so I’m really hoping I get to finish it. We are driving to my in-laws house for Thanksgiving, so I’ll have lots of time in the car, and hopefully on my day off to work on it. I’m going to stay optimistic J

Knitting - Day 19

My right index finger is getting a little sore from all of this knitting. Instead of making a giant batch of clam chowder so I have something to take for lunch tomorrow . . . oops, I watched TV and knit instead. Hmm . . . now I really don’t know what I’m taking for lunch tomorrow. Oh well, knitting went well, slow but sure.

Knitting - Day 18

Almost a perfect knitting day . . . good movies and good knitting, right until the end of my last row for the day, then I made a mistake. Oops. But I figured it out and fixed it, so it’s okay now. I wish I had more time in the day to just sit and knit, I also wish it was possible to take a bubble bath and knit at the same time . . . that sounds nice J

Knitting - Day 17

Today I knitted while watching a movie, and I don’t think I screwed it up! I was watching the most excellent 5 hour long version of Pride & Prejudice. Sigh . . . what a wonderful movie J I didn’t do a ton of knitting, and the girls I was watching the movie with were chastising me for my very tight stitches, but the result looks okay, so I’m not too worried about it. I did manage to get back to the yarn skein now, so that’s good. Today ended more relaxing than it began (too much baking for a Saturday morning), but much yummy food was prepared, so that’s good at least. Now it’s time for bed.

Knitting - Day 16

I’m very tired again tonight. My husband was nice and turned a whole bunch of lights on in our house to help me stay awake long enough to make cookies and knit. But now I think it’s time for bed. I’m almost back to the part of the yarn skein where I had it pulled out to for my practice swatch, so that’s good. I don’t know how long this scarf is going to be . . . I was just going to use the whole skein, but that might be too long . . . we’ll see.

Knitting - Day 15

Sigh, today went much better . . . thank goodness. I’m sleepy now, I should go to bed. I just wanted to update you that peace has been restored in knitting world with less distractions and good music J Good night.

Knitting - Day 14

I knew I spoke too soon when I wrote about not making any major mistakes yesterday. Granted, I did notice every time I did, and it was a good learning experience trying to figure out how to fix them, but geepers, the panic sure was not welcome. I thought I was getting better at drowning my perfectionism, but I was wrong . . . it’s still there. I think I have fixed the errors (by removing the faulty rows) and I learned an important lesson . . . concentrate on what I’m doing. I’m not ready to knit while watching a movie yet I guess. On a happier note, I did remember to take my two week picture, so enjoy that . . . I’m going to go try and relax now, here’s to better knitting tomorrow.

Knitting - Day 13

I’m making progress, slowly, but surely. Amazingly, it doesn’t look too bad. I think I’m getting a little more consistent with my stitches, and it’s going pretty smoothly. I don’t think I’ve made any major mistakes, and hopefully that pattern will continue throughout this scarf. I’ll try to remember to take a “2 week” picture tomorrow to document my progress.

Knitting - Day 12

I knitted during the two hour “The Voice” show tonight. It was a good idea because I don’t actually have to watch it because I just need to listen to their voice, so I could “watch” TV and still pay attention to my knitting. It’s rather slow going, but I knew it would be . . . knitting is slower than crocheting I think. It is looking pretty cool though, and it will keep my husband warm, so that’s what counts. He’s such a dear, he doesn’t mind if it’s not perfect, so it takes some of the perfectionist pressure off knowing that J

Knitting - Day 11

Not too much to report today . . . the gap between the knit and purl sections remains, but for the most part, the scarf is looking okay, so I think I’ll just keep going.