Moving along

Busy working, busy knitting. Here are pics of the hat so far.

Catching up

I had a very busy weekend. I saw the movie Amelia about Amelia Earhart. It was a good movie (but we all know how it ends) and also saw the Chipmunk movie. It was pretty funny. I remember watching the tv show when I was growing up. On the hat front, I'm about half done with the hat. I'm still working on getting even tension. I'll do more tonight while watching the women's skating on the Olympics. I checked out the craft stores this weekend to see what new stuff they have in. One thing that bugs me about certain stores is that they rearrange the store every couple of months. So if you want to quickly run in and out for a special yarn for example, you enter the store and go down the first aisle and turn right expecting to see the knitting section and you see.....beads. The yarn is now at the other end of the store. I understand why they do it, they want people to see the other things they have and maybe buy more, but it drives me crazy when I'm in a hurry.

Uneven Stitches

Here are close-ups of my uneven stitches.

Thursday and Payday

Today is payday or as I like to call it, "Pay everyone else day" because when you get through paying all the bills you don't have any left for yourself. My cat seriously needs to get a job. Her food, litter and treats sometimes cost more than my food!
On the knitting front, I'm struggling with keeping the yarns stranded when working with 2 colors. I have to make my stitches so loose that they seem sloppy to me. I hope with practice it will get better. Pictures soon.

Terrarium Pics

As promised, pics of my terrarium.

Worked on the K.O. project last night while watching Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader and then the skating on the Olympics. Why do four day work weeks always seem longer than five day ones?

Staff Training Day

Yesterday was President's Day. It was also Staff Day at work. I learned the latest news, saw some people I haven't seen in a while and took a class. I took the horticulture class and made a terrarium. It was fun. We also had a scavenger hunt and my team came in second. I won a Barnes and Noble gift certificate. I love to get new books. I wish that it was on a Friday though because after all that running around and going up and down all those stairs, I could use today off to rest. I was so tired when I got home I only knit 2 rows on my hat. So not much progress to report there. But altogether a great day. Pics of the terrarium tomorrow.

K.O. Day 3

Short post today. The progress of my project  as of yesterday, 3 inches of ribbing done and ready to start the color work. I've never worked from a chart before. Wish me luck.