Crocheted Hat

So I saw this awesome crocheted hat tonight. I may have to get the pattern so I can make a bunch like it. It looks like it would be quite a nice addition to that batch of hats I'm making to donate to the hospital, doesn't it?

More progress on the sock

It's actually starting to look like the ribbed top of a sock!! I'm still so very excited. I'm already threatening to wear the first one while I'm working on the second one. Hehehehe. I did have a minor 2 or 3 row setback earlier but it is unlikely to be repeated now that it has size. When I picked the work back up after setting it down, I had flipped it over, so when I started the next round, I was going the wrong direction. The error was apparent after 2 or 3 rows because there was a large gap at the point where the stitch marker was. I unknitted to the point where the gap didn't exist and could see where I'd gone wrong. Now it's looking so nice.

Trying to knit a sock

Okay, so the story is that TS from the knitting group and I made a fieldtrip to Joann's in Duluth on Sunday with a stack of coupons and a sale paper. :-) We spent forever in the store looking at just about every single yarn they had there. We got the Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn we wanted on sale for $1 off the usual price. I bought tons. One thing we discussed was how awesome the colors were for sock yarn. So we figured out that the Deborah Norville Collection: Serenity Sock Weight was the best price (and the prettiest colors) and picked one of those tear-off patterns for socks they had there. I had plenty of the double ended needle sets at home, so our plan is to knit socks. I tried once last night while we were all together knitting (knitting group has moved to Monday nights) and quickly became a bit frustrated and frogged what I had done. I've started again tonight, with a much better idea what join in the round means, a better stitch marker, and having learned to keep the work centered on the two needles which are not in use. The picture is the first four rounds. I'm so excited!!!!

Skeletal Crochet

Today I came across this site with pictures of a skeleton which is completely crocheted. http://hugo-sb.way-nifty.com/hugo_sb/2008/11/yarnatomy.html Quite cool I thought!!