Grey brown marl little something

Progress on my little something scarf. It's about 23 inches long so I have about 17 more inches to go.  I've used almost as much yarn as the pattern calls for already.  Not exactly sure why. 

Wendy Bernard's fingerless lace mitt from Creativebug: practice run

Saturday I knitted this fingerless lace mitt from the Creativebug class by Wendy Bernard.  I knew my yarn was too thick but I wanted to try making one for practice.  I enjoyed learning the "nested fans" lace pattern.  

I used the yarn I salvaged from an old sweater my cousin gave me. I'm all for practicing a pattern on yarn that's inexpensive. On this mitt I learned that when you do a m1 increase if you knit it through the front loop instead of the back loop there will be a hole.  I didn't carefully read the pattern and made that mistake on this glove's thumb gusset.  

I liked that this glove requires some focus when you are knitting the lace and the thumb gusset, but there aren't too many stitches to count like there are in a project like a scarf. So you can easily fix mistakes and you don't have to really pay attention for as long at a time. 

If you try this pattern, definitely read the pattern before you watch the corresponding segments of the video lessons.  Especially if you are making a different size glove than the instructor makes.  

Navy and white Gigantic Cable Scarf

Another great pattern & class on Creativebug by Jill Draper: Gigantic Cable Scarf. 

green big quail softie

Grey brown marl 'a little something'

A little progress on my 'a little something' scarf using Patons Kroy Gray Brown Marl. 

Striped hexipuffs

Because I've memorized the pattern, I keep making these.  

Green little quail softie