Things are going along pretty well. I managed to get hat #2 finished (Janelle's hat). I decided to make the brattleboro hat from New England Knits instead of the slouchy hat I made before, and it turned out really nice. Here's a pic:
Since Valentine's Day is only a week away (yikes!), I am going to focus on getting David's scarf finished. It's slightly over half-way done, so there's a lot of time I'll have to invest to get it finished. I've also cast on the sagebrush shrug that will use up the white caron simply soft I have stashed away. The pattern is super easy so far. Well, there were a
few things I had to learn first before I would classify it as "easy", namely that stitch markers are REALLY helpful, and maybe casting on a project at my friend's house during the superbowl is not the
best time to do it when you need to have an exact number of stitches on your needle. So yeah, you do learn something new every day! Here's a pic of the shrug so far:
I would like to get the shrug done before Valentine's day as well, since it will look really nice with the dress I plan to wear, but the likelihood of me finishing both on time is, well, minimal at this point. I can always dream!
Oh, and I thought a "before" picture would be nice for the blog since it does document my progress with minimizing the amount of crafting clutter I have laying around, so here goes nothing (be warned, it is very scary!):
