I have learned to needle knit!!!

Here is my latest project, ON NEEDLES!! I finally did it thanks to a link shared by a friend in one of the knitting groups that I belong to online. The link is www.KnittingHelp.com and Amy is fantastic at explaining and showing just how to knit. I am using the Continental or German style of knitting. You see, I am a lefty. I hold the yarn in my left hand and work the project from the left needle to the right. The stitch that I am using here is called Basket Weave II. It is very easy to do. I have never followed a pattern before and have found this to be very simple. Any and all comments are welcome and I will post as I progress.

I will not be around this weekend as I am taking a much needed mini-vacation. So, on Monday, I will be back to knitting. I still have two projects on the looms that I am still working on, but those will be done in no time flat and am also still working on Nicol's afghan, but it has been too warm for that at the moment.

I am off to go work those needles.

Baby Hat

Here is a scan of the hat that I have made for my friend Stephanie.
This is going to be given along with the bunting\wrap that I posted last night.
I tried to take a shot of it with my web cam as I do not have access to a
Digital camera anymore. It came out really crappy, so I scanned it. :)
This was made on the round KK with one strand of worsted weight and
then I combined that with the stand of fun fur and viola! An adorable
little baby hat. I am going to make another one with LB HS, but will make that
on the blue KK as it will have a bit more stretch to it and will be too big if I use
the red KK. I will post each project as I complete them over the next few days.
The little hat here only took me a total of an hour to complete.

Baby Bunting\Wrap

Ziggy is modeling this baby bunting\Wrap. It started as a baby afghan on the long greean KK Loom, but I messed up when binding it off. So, I threaded some of the left over yarn on the end that I bound off, added four beads to each end and made a drawstring. it is made with yarn from a round robin yarn swap that I received. The yarn is two skeins of No Boundaries Panda Space - 26. It is White, light pink, magenta and purple varigated. I started this several days ago and only managed to get about 10 rows done. I picked it up this morning about 10:20 AM and finished it at 1:00 AM. Just under 14 hours. I did take several breaks throughout the day and evening for meals, chores and phone calls, but was determined to get it done. I am planning to make a couple of hats as well as another attempt at an afghan for the baby shower on August 19th, that these items are for.