Woe!

I've been knitting along great on my new project, and I would have estimated that I have only two or so more days until I'm done (at least finished by this weekend), but I went ahead and dropped a stitch; then, when I tried to fix it, I dropped another one.

I tried to find tutorials online for how to fix this kind of thing, but I've come up empty. Does anyone know of any good tutorials that might help? I'll even post some pictures if you want to see what happened!

xo,
LaurieLoo

New Project

So, I think I've decided what I'm going to knit with my new yarn! I was looking around knitty.com (which isn't as user friendly as I first thought it might be), and I found this cute 'coif'--it's an ear-warmer that isn't exactly a hat, but is very funky and cool looking, I think.

I'm going to start working on it tomorrow, most likely. It'll make a good second project and mellow me out for when all of the company arrives for dinner tomorrow night.

xo,
LaurieLoo

First Finished Project, etc.

Alright, I took some pictures of the dish towel I knit and of the yarn I have to use on some future projects. The dish towel was made on size 8 needles (I think--maybe size 9; I don't remember) and with Sugar 'n Cream 100% cotton yarn. It took me three days to finish (hey, I was on vacation; I didn't knit the whole time!), and I think that for my first project, it came out looking pretty good.



I also bought some yarn while in Florida at a shop my aunt Adrienne brought my two cousins and me to (Sit and Knit, or something like that); it's Malabrigo worsted wool yarn, about 216 yards--so soft and pretty! I bought 10 1/2 inch needles to make my sister either a scarf or a hat, though I've yet to pick a pattern that I like.


And, I also have some pictures from the Florida vacation:





xo,
LaurieLoo

First Post

Hello Internets!

This is my first post on my new blogger journal, made for posting my knitting tales. I'm a new knitter, and I've only just completed my first project--a dish towel for my mom. I'll post a picture and details at a later date. Right now I'm only intetested in setting up this journal.

Anyway, I've only learned to knit a few days ago while I was visiting family in Florida; my aunt Adrienne is a fabulous knitter, and she taught the visiting family the basics and gave us all some supplies to start us off. I was even able to visit with her knitting circle, which was a lot of fun, and I got more knitting done on that one night than all of my days there combind--it was a huge success! Maybe I'll be able to find a circle by home in the near future... hehe

Now, I'm off to finish creating this journal!

xo,
LaurieLoo