Knitting Project Update

I've been slowly knitting away, folks! Isn't it so pretty?!

Long Term Knitting Project

I love having long term knitting projects going on because then you don't have to constantly be thinking of what your next project will be! I've been wanting to make a sort of shrug/shawl thing for a while now. JoAnn's had a 50% sale on yarn a few weeks back so I stocked up on this gorgeous purple yarn!

Here is what I have so far:

So much more to go! Yay!

Day 308: Knitting

Time: One hour
Listening to: Revenge

Knitting, knitting, knitting!

Day 304: Knitting

Time: One hour
Listening to: The Voice

Knitting, knitting, knitting!!!

Day 296 & 297: Knitting

Time: One hour
Listening to: Doctor Who

I love Doctor Who. I just made it into the third season on Netflix. Last night, he just said goodbye to Rose. Noo! So sad!

Anyways, while I watched and cried silent tears...I knitted away!

Day 292: Knitting

Time: 1 hour +
Listening to: Pride and Prejudice

I got on a Jane Austen kick this summer after I reread Pride and Prejudice for a second time. After this, I was itching to watch the movie and finally got around to it this weekend.  The movie wasn't nearly as good as the book (I'm going to give the BBC version a try shortly!) but it has inspired a resurgence of my Jane Austen love so I will now begin to reread more of her books.What a cycle I've found myself in.

Anyways, while I watched I also knitted away. Still haven't figured out what I'm making but I sure am enjoying the pretty color!

Day 291: Knitting

Time: 1 hour
Listening to: Project Runway

I am so in love with this color that I decided to make something. I don't even know what I am making. Sometimes that is my favorite kind of knitting. Just knitting for the sake of knitting.

Day 286: Knitting a Headband

Time: An hour
Listening to: The Packers (win!)

I started this project on Friday during a girls' craft night but finished it up yesterday...on my birthday! I'm happy with how it turned out. I just knit a long rectangle, stitched it together, then wrapped another rectangle around the seam. And I love the color! Yay!

Day 277: Knitting

Time: 45 minutes
Listening to: My hubby playing his guitar

We took a little trip to Eastern Oregon this weekend. On Friday, we were waiting to be picked up and I knitted away hoping to finally get my last blue stripe done. When I lined up my rows today...it didn't quite make it! Boo! A few more rows to go!

Day 271: Knitting

Time: A couple hours
Listening to: Doctor Who

I made some great progress on my last blue stripe for my afghan. I can't wait to finally finish this project!

Day 270: Knitting

Time: 1 hour
Listening to: Doctor Who

I started my last stripe of blue for my afghan. Can't wait to finish this project!

Days 266 & 267: Knitting/Afghan

Time: Two hours
Listening to: Dr. Who

I finally was able to stitch on my second to last stripe on my afghan! Here it is displayed oh so nicely on my chair!

Days 263 & 264: Knitting

Time: Hour
Listening to: Music mix

Spent some time knitting! I'm getting close to finishing off that 2nd to last blue edge!

Day 261: Knitting

Time: Hour
Listening to: Yo La Tengo

I thought I might be getting close to being able to finish off my second to last end on my afghan but no luck! I've still got a bit more to go...

Days 232-235 Knitting

Time: A couple hours
Listening to: NPR

During our moving journey, we listened to a lot of NPR. Unfortunately, we never found those fun NPR programs like Radiolab. Instead we just listened to the same news stories over and over. Kind of boring..but boy do I feel informed! Anyways, I knitted away while seeing the country pass! It is quite a journey to travel from Michigan to Oregon! You should try it some day!

Days 228 & 229: Knitting

Back to knitting for a few days...

Day 221: Knitting

Time: 1 1/2
Listening to: The Olympics

So I was racing against my yarn ball today! I really wanted to finish my blue border before I ran out of my yarn and it was soo close! How close?

This close:

Unfortunately I do not have enough to stitch it together but hopefully I can get a hold of some soon!

Days 216-219: Knitting

Time: 2.5
Listening to: The Olympics!

So I am not doing super well on keeping tack of my creative time. I've had some days that I didn't quite make my hour goal but I think overall I've done about 2 1/2 hours during these past four days. Anyways, I'm working on adding on one of my blue borders to my afghan. Instead of counting my rows all the time, I just started safety pinning it together. I couldn't find a stash of safety pins so instead I used some hoops to tie it together. Here is my progress so far:

Day 214 & 215: Knitting

Time: Two hours
Listening to: The Olympics!

I was a little distraught because I ran out of yarn and the closest yarn store is a 1/2 hour away from where we are living now. What is a girl supposed to do?

Well, I went through this giant yarn stash that I had been hoarding at my parents house and...by golly, there was the exact yarn I had run out of!

Let the knitting begin!

Day 209: Knitting

Time: Hour
Listening to: THE OLYMPICS!

Gosh, I love the Olympics. I could watch them 24/7 probably.

I had only a wee bit of yarn left but I decided to knit until I couldn't knit any more.