Slacking..but made a cowl :)

I haven't been doing a whole lot of knitting lately, it feels like all of my free time is consumed by studying and it makes me slightly grouchy.  I did make a market bag over the summer and am about half way finished with the second one, but I got bored and moved on to something more useful since the weather has started getting cold. This is my Gap-ish-Tastic Cowl  I like it!  I think I might try to crank out another one for a Christmas Gift.. I am not in love with the sparkle yarn I added into it, but it still will work.

Its been quite some time

I havent even thought about knitting all summer long, but on Saturday I went to the local farmers market with my bff.   She pulled out a market bag that she had bought the weekend before, I took a peek and decided I would make one....or two.  Im almost finished with the first one.  I found a pattern on Ravelry called Grrlfriend Market Bag and I really like it!!  Pictures to come
This is the link to Market Bag 1 and Market Bag 2

Market Bag 1


Market Bag 2

EBC Part Two

, a photo by amanda_l on Flickr.

I have finished the body and did a regular bind off, plus seamed the hood...Im not happy with the seam so I think I will rip it out and start over :( I cant decide if I should do the normal long sleeves, or since this is a late July baby, just do short....hummmm decisions, decisions.

Finshed Product

Newest project...Easy Baby Cardigan

I am so excited about this project!  A few of my friends are having babies this summer and I wanted to try a baby sweater, so what better time!  I'm working on Diane Soucys Easy Baby Cardigan and it really is pretty simple!  I'm doing a newborn size in plain ol white because nobody knows the sex of their new baby, and my plan is to make gender specific ones after they arrive in a bigger size.  My cardigan can be found here.

Since I am a very visual learner I take a lot of pictures at different stages, it helps me when I can see what it should look like, and there aren't a lot of people who post like that. 
The first part of the sweater is the hood, and after reading other projects and thinking it over, I wish I had done a provisional cast on, I think it will make seaming the hood much easier....anyway, I didn't take a picture of that part (sorry) but its basically just a square anyway..

This is after all the increases are finished and I'm ready to separate for the sleeves..


Back view of the sleeves waiting to be finished.


Front view of the cute lil thing :)


Stay tuned for part two

About me

I am Amanda, I am married and have three kids, I live in rural Upstate New York.  I have found a new passion for knitting.  When I was a young girl a friends mom showed me the very basics of how to knit.  I never really did anything with it except make a simple scarf here and there, mostly with Fun Fur so you couldnt see my mistakes.  In January 2011 I picked up my needles again and started knitting basic things.  This ignited something within me, a mental stimulation I had been missing.  I am still learning as I go and I enjoy the challenge of trying something new and seeing what my interpretation of the pattern ends up looking like.  Since I live in no man's land, I dont have access to a LYS, in fact I dont believe Ive ever been in one :(  So I am stuck with what yarn I can get my hands on and I havent braved ordering online (not sure why).  I am on Ravelry, and you can find me as AmandaLL.  I spend a lot of time looking at other peoples work and deciding if it is something I am able to do.  I recently surprised myself by starting and completing Abalone and also Pedicure Socks that were a bit more of a challenge. 

I will try to post most of my knitting malarchy on this blog to save my poor family from having to listen to me.  Let this be a warning....sometimes Im a really good blogger and sometimes I down right suck.