I'm in the middle of two projects right now. Both actually for the same recipient. I'm crocheting a baby blanket for my good friend Jenn from law school. She's having her first baby, a girl, this May. The blanket is gift for her baby shower which she doesn't yet know I'm even travelling cross country to attend!

This is the beginning of the blanket. Its two rows dc, one row tc in Red Heart Baby Cloud "Creamsickle."


Close up of the stitches:


When I get around to it (tonight probably), I'm going to add a couple pattern repeats of "Breeze"



The second project is a knit scarf also for Jenn. Its a combination birthday/mommy gift.

1 strand Lion Brand Homespun in "Antique" and 1 strand Fun Fur in black. All garter stitch (which at this point is basically the only thing I can do.)



I'm still a very very slow knitter. I taught myself how to knit about 2 months ago using books and websites. I've actually never finished a whole project. Until this scarf, I've only made a bunch of practice swatches. I'm not sure what prompted me to think knitting a scarf with two strands of yarn was a good idea for my first project. Guess I'm a glutton for punishment. I just hope I can finish it before I leave for DC on March 9th!

First Post

Ok, I'm just testing this out. My intent in creating this blog is to force myself to get more serious about knitting and crocheting. And since my good buddy created a knitting blog for herself tonight and I like to do (almost) everything she does (except the birthin' babies stuff), I had to do the same.