New Year, New Cast-Ons

Happy 2007!

Last night I went to Sandy's to see in the New Year with her, Lorraine and Sandy's dad who looks forward to this every year that we're here. Since I had a good six hours of just relaxing, I brought some knitting to finish up.

I finished Terry Ross' mitered bag that I started as a KAL at K&C during the summer, I think. Now all I have to do is felt it. I also finished a mitten which I thought I was making a child's size medium. Couldn't figure out why it was so big and fit me perfectly. Well, DUH! The pattern was an ADULT'S size medium. Oh well, it was just to use up some stash so eventually I'll make the other one and either Sam or I will have a pair of mittens. LOLOL!!

Today I cast on for the sweater KAL at K&C. We're doing Mason-Dixon's The Perfect Sweater but I don't like the hem and am doing my own. I also don't want to sew seams so I'm doing it in the round. This should be very interesting because I have no idea how to adapt patterns and am really winging it. I know I'm going to rely heavily on Jackie Fee's The Sweater Workshop. I did a gauge swatch and it's fine but it sure looks like the sweater will be tiny. I will NOT frog it though. Whatever size it comes out, I'll find someone to fit it. LOL!

I am also about to cast on for the Sock a Month KAL we're doing.

I have to take pictures of things and post them. Will I remember??

Later...I cast on for the socks and did one round. Wish me luck! I also took pictures of both the first round of the sweater and the socks. I'll try to remember to post them soon. Hopefully I'll take pictures of my progress on everything I'm working on from now on.

ARGGGGGGG!!! I frogged the socks twice. Tried two different patterns and one looked like it would fit an elephant and the other a premie! GRRRRRR!!