Colorful Yarn

I found this yarn on clearance at Hancock Fabrics... it was marked down to $4, however, when I checked out they were actually $.50... yes fifty cents... score! I was very excited and tempted to buy every skein in the place, but resisted so that other shoppers would find a great surprise.

Now this colorful and soft yarn is on my needles and I'm making a scarf for my sister for her birthday... don't tell her. She'll be headed back to school after the holidays and I'm sure that it will keep her warm.

Kid Knitting

Baby girl got a "mushroom" for knitting from Tante. It's made by HABA (I love there stuff.) They got it going... it was slow going. Does anyone have experience with these mushrooms? Can you send any advice our way? She had fun, but needs a ton of help.

A finished scarf...

While Tante was in town, she brought me a "fancy" scarf pattern, taught me how to read it and walked me through it. Well.... I finished it. It was so exciting to finish it within a relatively short time period. I had a little wool left over, so I knit a small version of the scarf for baby girl. I finished that last night.

Kids Knit

Tante was in town and gave everyone a knitting lesson. I was stunned at how well the kids did. They didn't get frustrated, took turns and made her knit with them ALL day! What a great Tante!

Pearl 2

My sister-in-law is in town and I forced her to sit down and teach me more about knitting. I've been doing the garter stitch, but I'm ready to move forward. I can now pearl! Yeah for me. I'm now looking for simple patterns that I can use my new found skill on. Learning to pearl was so much easier than I thought it would be. Here is my practice piece... (don't worry, it isn't anything... so if you just asked yourself "What is it?" The answer is nothing... it's just practice :) )