I don't have time to do much knitting and other crafty-type stuff. Or...I don't make the time to do crafty-type stuff.
I made another hat in December. It was the same pattern as the gray one I made for myself in December 2011. This one was pink and for my mom. She wanted hot pink, and I used the brightest pink wool yarn I could find.
Two weeks ago, I attended a pre-Super Bowl fiber party at my (more or less) local yarn store, WEBS. It was a knitting/crocheting/weaving/whatever-you-wanted-to-do party. It was meant to be something for the women to do while the men got ready to watch the Super Bowl (and there were actually a few men in attendance, also). They served refreshments and set out chairs throughout the store. We could sit and work on our projects and shop for more supplies. And talk.
I started another hat. I worked on gauge for a good while. The gauge is based on the lace pattern for the hat (Valley Yarns 391 Willow Beret), and I discovered I was reading the pattern wrong and adding lots of extra stitches. It was good to get the pattern correct on a small swatch, rather than have to rip out several repetitions of the pattern because I discovered on the second or third row that it just wasn't going to work the way I was doing it. I think I have it figured out. I like complicated patterns. They keep me from getting bored.
And this afternoon, I went to WEBS again to see and hear Debbie Stoller talk about lace patterns from her latest book, Stitch 'n Bitch Superstar Knitting, which actually has been out for more than 2 years (I'm kind of behind the times). Stoller is kind of a knitting guru. She explains things well, which is part of why her books are so popular. I bought her latest book and she autographed it. Cool!
And to think I would have forgotten I had signed up for this talk if I hadn't downloaded an organizer app for my iPhone which synched to my calendar. Fortunately, when I signed up 2 weeks ago, I had entered the date into my iPhone's calendar, which I never remember to check.
