Ravelry consumed my day....

So ravelry ate my day, but all my yarn is now in my stash... I think. After awhile it all seemed to run together. I still have some WIP to add, but I'm so tired of my camera and flickr that it can wait until tomorrow.

I started a group for newer knitters, didn't think I'd have any members until Jess showed up, but I woke up with quite a few. At least it won't be a lonely wait!

Yay for Big Things!

Got my computer back from the shop on the 4th but because of my finger I still couldn't do much knitting. I finally picked up the other day and knitted Baby Matney a new blanket (I just didn't like the old one, maybe I looked at it too long). It's 3 strands of off white virgin acrylic (garage sale stash) along with a strand of red heart symphony in blue, and a light green yarn on size 35 needles (I'll edit specifics in later). I was always a little intimidated with the big needles thinking what could possibly look good on them and didn't people just use them for a quick way out. But I love them! While the blanket certainly went by fast, it allowed me to add quite a few strands without being too tight or bulky and give it a lot of color and texture which I think is great for a baby blanket. Plus while it's heavier it's also a loose knit so little fingers can just grab on anywhere and drag it around. I'd never been able to accomplish this blanket with those strands on smaller needles, it just wouldn't have given me the look I wanted. So I had some black sparkly, bulky acrylic that I just didn't know what to do with along with some nobby fun fur type stuff I had been given as a gift. Never knew what I'd do with either so I threw them on the 35s and started a scarf. With the bigger stitches, the fur isn't too overwhelming and the black glitter business isn't so thick that it's uncomfortable or tight. Definitely not a winter scarf to keep you warm, but will be a nice accent to an outfit somewhere on someone.

I also got my invite for ravelry.com today. Quite made my day with all the stress over E's party. Once all that business is over I'll definitely start updating all my stuff. Not so happy that you have to use Flickr since I have a photobucket account I pay for, but it will hopefully only mean some double uploads. I don't have any desire to pay for two photo sites and I believe I prefer PB.

Pictures will soon follow along with details!