happy xmas to me… yesterday I received a card with gift card for Michaels from my parents. yay! so last night I bought the perpetual calendar with knit stitches. very cool, I’m def loving it! I also bought a couple balls of SnC cotton yarn - one in Mistletoe and the other is Potpouri Ombre/Print.
today I also received an eBay win - a bunch of random balls of yarn (some have labels, some don’t), 3 sets of circs, a needle gauge, and I think some stitch markers. lots of fun stuff. =)
this afternoon was spent mastering yarn overs… I decided to make a swatch/washcloth of the ’stitch of the day’ (which is the Little Shell Pattern). took me a while to figure out why my YOs weren’t making stitches - thankfully the mini-Vogue was uber-helpful in sorting that out. I love that book! I’m about half done with the swatch, so I’ll post a pic later when it’s finished.
Edit: Well, it’s later, and I’ve given up on it. I don’t know that I like the pattern as a washcloth. but I did get some good practice in. =) Here’s a pic, complete with YO help and the calendar page in the background. Oh, and I made the needles just before starting - my size 7s are currently stuck in the bear…
