Irish Hiking Scarf... It's not you, it's me...

Sooooo.... here's the promised knitting blog. I've been steadily increasing the length of the Irish Hiking Scarf, but... there's always a but... and everyone has a big BUT... tee hee... Anyway, I do love bulky yarn, but not so much for this scarf. It's about 3 feet long, and I swear it has NO BEND WHATSOEVER. It will practically stand straight out horizontally from the needles. I'm trying not to give up on it, yet I do NOT want to finish it. Should I finish it and give it away? ("Hey, Mom, Merry Christmas... I knitted a BOARD for ya'") Should I frog it and STILL be stuck with this yarn that I pulled from the "GO AWAY and STOP BOTHERING ME" pile? Should I just slip it off the needles and pretend it never happened? Get my husband to throw it out when I'm not looking? It's comforting to knit... I like the pattern, but I feel like it's a waste of time when I work on it. Knitting is supposed to be fun, right? Ok, I'm taking it off the needles. Sorry scarf... you're not the one with issues... you're being the best scarf you know how to be... it's me. Maybe we can just be friends.

Irish Hiking Scarf... not just for hiking anymore

Got this pattern from http://www.helloyarn.com/. I used 2 cables instead of the 3 because I used bulky. I also used bigger needles. I was going to get rid of this yarn, but I dragged it out of exile because I maybe have enough for a scarf. Maybe. Er... remember that talk about guage? It's a really nice, free pattern. 2 alternating rows for 7 rows, then the 8th row is the cable row. Simple. Plus, bulky yarn is always fun to use, because you can get this much done in less than an hour:

Theresa... one glove is done!

The pink (Lotus... excUuuuuUse me) is a bit darker than this. I think it's totally cute. Got the second one's cuff done. Hope you like it. I had to frog one glove that I'd gotten up to the end of the thumb increase because the pattern was dumb, but I LOVE these mini-stripes. I may have to make a pair for myself.

Froggy McFroggerson

Well... this hat has been sitting around for 2 years now. It never found a home on anyone's head... too big! too heavy! I frogged it to make something else. Is it wrong to love the little graduated sized balls of wool? Oh rats... just noticed one is out of order. Is it wrong to want to re-photograph so that they're right? What does that say about me? Never mind, I don't want to know. :)