Citron Shawl

I recently saw the citron shawl (by Hilary Smith Callis) posted on Susan B. Anderson's blog and I fell in love. So with my gift card for Lakeside Fibers and I bought the material for making the shawl. I got Madelinetosh lace weight yarn in alizarin color.

I started the pattern about two weeks ago. Unforntunately, my dog ripped apart my first attempt. However, the second attempt looks much better and is coming along nicely!

With this project, I found a lot of stitch markers to be VERY helpful! However, they can get a bit pricy. I decided to pick up a bag of small rubber bands for $0.99 at Walgreens and used those every 10 stitches.

I have also gotten a bit farther on the gaptastic cowl. Its pretty fast but extremely boring to knit. Plus, I have never knitted myself something and I feel its about time I did so.

Finally, I have not worked on the project in a while but I will again soon. Probably after my shawl is done. Here is the current status of my 2-at-a-time socks.

I must say I recently started using addi TURBO needles and I love them! I just wish they were cheaper. I will start buying these needles as project requires different sizes. Which brings me to the my newly queued project, Spud from Spud and Chloe. I am so excited. A family member just had a baby and I think a cute Spud would be the perfect gift!

I will end with a cute picture of my little man... who is growing up way too fast!

Too cute even without pants! Until next time, Happy Knitting.

Not too much new going on, I have been pretty busy with a work and my son. Nolan is such a great kid however, lately he is hitting the terrible twos. It seems like he is throwing a temper tantrum every 5 seconds! I try so hard to just let him throw it but it is so stinkin' hard to watch him angry and do nothing. I just want him to be happy but not a jerk from getting whatever he wants.
The other night, there was  a bit of snow so we took him out in the grass and let him play around.

Here he is with my husband after they finished shoveling. Two of a kind! They are the cutest two around! This past weekend we took Nolan to the children's museum! He had such a great time and did not want to leave.

As for knitting, I am still working on my socks. I really enjoy knitting two socks at once. It is so much easier than I thought it would be. I have also started another cowl for my sister-in-law. I am making the gap-tastic-cowl. It's done on 13 circular needs and it feels like I am knitting with sausages! Its going by pretty fast so I should be done within a day or two.

As promised, I will do a "where to begin knitting" post for some friends. I love that so many of my friends want to learn how to knit! I find it so relaxing and just all around amazing. I love different yarns and the beautiful colors.

Until next time, keep knitting.