Christmastime is ... Finally Over!

Wow, the last blog I posted was just around Thanksgiving. That tells you just how busy I've been knitting for Christmas. I was able to finish and mail everything off (even though my mom's second slipper made it there AFTER Christmas!) but I felt really overwhelmed. 


In case you are interested I am still working on making a knitting pattern, but since Christmas was over I finally knit a few things for myself! 

This is a lovely cowl, nice and warm (even though it hasn't been terribly cold, has it?) and it took me a couple afternoons and I was done! If you want to make something quick before a cold snap, you can find the pattern here for free. Then, when I was wandering around Michael's yesterday during a great yarn sale, I found some delicious Angora Bamboo by Patons in "Urban Grey" and KNEW I had to make something - anything!


Well, one of the amazing things about ravelry (just one - are you signed up yet?! Go!) is that you can look up the yarn you have and then search through projects that other people have used that yarn to make. Turns out some people have used this yarn to make a great slouchy beret and that's what I've been wanting for myself. Even better is that the cowl pattern I made is based off of this hat! What luck! I don't usually look very good in hats, so finding a good pattern has taken me a long time. But I have to say I look pretty cute in this one!

Not only that, but a darling woman friend of mine, one Jaime Patterson, also loves this hat. Well, when someone who is that amazing likes something I've made I must make her one too! Hers will be purple, and if she is so kind (with her being a photographer) she'll take some pictures of herself in it! I never say "no" to commission work! With a baby on the way it's nice to make a little money by sitting on my end and doing something that I love. Now I just need to get so good that people hire me to do it 8 hours a day and then I never have to work again. That's what photographers do right?? They get to do something they love and get to call it "work"! 

Now that I'd finished my last "Poppy" hat (see previous post) I wasn't sure what to make. That's why I'm glad Jaime wanted this slouchy beret, Brandon wanted a new hat for his birthday, and Scott wanted a hat that was "urban sheik" - which is apparently a real thing. That keeps time passing a little more quickly for me, and all I'm looking towards is the birth of this giant baby who loves to sit on my right hip - every moment of every single day. 

And mostly, thanks to you all who read this as though I have something interesting to say, and encouraging me to try more things and get better at something I enjoy. This blog is mostly to remind me that I DO like knitting, and to not ever ever ever stop even when something gets frustrating. I hope you don't stop doing something you love when it gets frustrating, or time consuming, or tedious. It's worth it.