Knitting Up a Storm week

I've given up on that scarf, even though I've frogged way too many things. The mistakes are noticeable to non-knitters. It was getting boring too. I burst into tears making it. So to take my mind off of that I knit five washcloths this week. And I've finished them all. So @$$(#*@)!#($)@)#! you, you scarf thingy!!!

First off, a swimsuit washcloth for Bethany. I'm planning on giving this to her for her birthday (which isn't till September, but I just want to be prepared), along with a pair of Fetching mitts which I'm saving my Red Heart for. It's very fitting for a birthday present, since we are spending some quality time at the pool for her party. Here it is:


While I was fixing up some breakfast the other day (my world famous tummy ache eggs), I decided that the kitchen was short on washcloths and sponges. So I made the classic Grandma's Favorite. I thought it would be the easiest project on the planet, but I screwed up the decreases, so I had to frog it back to before the decreases. This resulted in many dropped stitches which I fixed wrong. Mostly because I was too lazy to fix it correctly. But a non-knitter wouldn't notice, right? I also would have used variegated yarn, but between big projects I'm stuck using stash yarn and the only variegated yarn I have is some sock yarn.


My mom's fallen in love with the washcloths I make. So she asked me to make some for her coworkers. Here's the first one, and my favorite out of the three I made. It's a pretty rose:


My mom's first love was the purple teddy bear from my last post, so I had to make another one. It has birth defects on its ear because I followed the directions for row 32 on row 33 as well. But again, a non-knitter wouldn't know.


I never have mentioned my Ravelry username, have I? I am magicalmermaid, for those of you who don't know. But anyways, for the last washcloth I made, I used a pattern designed by Sarah, aka Callalilly, someone I've friended on Ravelry. Her patterns are great but they need more love. Again, this would look better with variegated yarn but this is all I have. Enough blabbing, maybe I should actually show you the cloth.


My mom paid me $10 for these. Half of that was for the yarn, because I paid for it originally not knowing what I'll do with it. The other half was for the teddy, because that was the only one you're allowed to sell stuff from. I made another $10 from helping my mom clean up the house. So I've made some big bucks. I'm planning on using this to buy yarn for my next big project; a cardigan. It would totally be my style, with some slight modifications.

I've just printed out a headband pattern. I plan on starting this as soon as I finish typing this and put the pictures on Ravelry. It's a great way to use up the Cascade 220 I bought in Vegas, as a "souvenir", because I couldn't leave the store empty handed.

Next Wednesday, my aunt will visit. It's been two years since I've seen her. I can't wait to see Jerry again. But what totally sucks though, is that they are only staying for two days.

I guess that's it for now.