Wow, so at first I wanted to blog all of the time, but I figured that might be a little pathetic, so I forced myself to stay away from the computer...well, at least long enough to forget about my blog! It's hard to believe that over a month has gone by since my last post. So, to catch things up to speed, Nate left for OCS (at Fort Benning, Ga.) today after spending the afternoon filing taxes. He graduates May 20th, so that gives me 3 months to get a lot of projects done. I got caught up in the excitement of ravelympics on Ravelry.com this month and have tried new projects, and learned or reaquainted myself with certain techniques. I've finished 3 preemie hats, one cardigan for an infant (Chloe-by Never Not Knitting), gotten half of a strawberry baby hat done, half a scarf, and all but the embellishments done on my first amigurumi kokeshi cat doll. I don't care for amigurumi, but my cousin should love it. Had to learn the "magic ring" in order to do it. Not sure why they think it is magic, but a fun way to start nonetheless. I participated in a quilting pincushion exchange and sent my partner a teddy bear holding a pincushion. I call her "Collette" and she is one of a kind. I doubt I will ever get around to making another with so many other exciting projects to tackle. The picture of Chloe above was taken before I blocked it, so the ruffle looks curled up. I haven't learned how to format the blog posts yet, so the pictures will just have to stay at the top for now. If you ever want to see what I am up to or have recently finished, you can visit my ravelry page. My username is seamanclan. I have some commissioned baby pieces that I have recently finished since the last post as well as a few bookmarks, and a yarn ball keeper (wristlet) for when I go to the coffee shop with my knitting friends. Oh, and to think that my quilting "to do" list is even longer than my knitting one! Sigh, it's time for a cup of tea and a good magazine while nestled under one of my vintage quilts.
