Surprise Project!

I've found a wonderful pattern to make for the lovely Kitty for her birthday in December. I've very excited. I found the pattern on Raverly thanks to the ladies at Twist. It's called Eva's Shawl, and I've picked out some wonderfully orange yarn to use, I just know Kitty is going to love it!
I've also finished my first bib, I didn't really like the way the pattern had it turn out, so for the second one I've modified it so it's more square than rounded, and also the i-cord ties on a little differently. I'm also very proud of myself for being able to modify a knitting pattern....it makes me feel acomplished :)
And now off to the yarn store to get some work done on the new shawl, and also just to get out of the house....I need more of a social life I think.

New Plan

I have Husband's permission to take a 'basic sock' class next week, now I just have to complete a list:
*knit
*purl
*knit in the round
*increase
*decrease
*cast-on
*bind-off
*ability to follow a pattern

of those not marked off, I'm pretty sure I mostly know how to increase and decrease...I'll have to go to Twist sometime this week and make sure I can read patterns well enough for the class requirements. As for the increase and decrease...I've learned one version of both, so I'm waiting to cross that one completely off until I have learned one more of each.

And the Crafting goes on

Not at the frenzied pace I had going last week, but slow and steady win the race. After re-doing Aunt's cowl 3 different times I have finally picked a pattern of stitches I like, and I do believe that I will stick with that pattern when I make more cowls for my Etsy site. The two I've already made that are a half double crochet stitch have been dubbed "the Cozy Crochet Cowl" (There is another shop I like that has named their different types of cowls, and I just thought that was the bees knees, so I'm trying to do something similar, with the naming, I mean)

But anyways, I'm off to crochet some more, and after finishing Aunt's cowl I'm going to work on a scarf for me that I'm knitting, this time not just the knit stitch, I'm using the purl stitch too! (scandalous, I know) Thanks to the wonderful ladies at Twist, I have learned not only how to purl correctly, but I have learned how to read the stitches and know without remembering what stitch was done last and what the next one should be.
All in all, very good things to know, and I am very happy to have learned them.