Don't worry...

DUDE! I'm still around! :-) I've been busy with all sorts of things.

Actually, if you have checked in recently, and if you take a good look around, I've been playing around with this page a lot :-) I want to get a plugboard in here too like I've got over on my main blog, but I don't know if I can get another one or not.

Currently I'm working on:

Mom's roses for the people at dialysis (10 with the middle and leaves made, 3 of those put together, 15 more to make the components of, materials I don't have need to be bought too)
Dad's scarf (waiting until I'm done with the roses)
Rosa's afghan (waiting until I'm done with the other two. It really won't take long to finish them.)

On deck:

Sweaters to donate for church
Cindy's afghan (gotta get the yarn for this)
D's Christmas shawl (got the yarn, just got to pick a pattern)

I've finished one installment of the sweaters for church. Here they are:


There are 2 crocheted ones which you probably can't see, plus the 2 knitted ones which are the pink one and the white one. Don't they look nice though? I'm going to use the same color yarn I used for the crocheted ones because I have a HUGE ball of it. I'll probably start that after Christmas.

I don't think I'm going to do snowflakes this year. I've got so many other things. If I get a chance I will though.

Small Crafting Confession

I have a small craft confession to make. In an effort to (1) make knitting not just a meer comment in my list of hobbies because I happen to know how, and (2) use the pattern I feel looks and feels the best, I have been KNITTING a sweater. I actually chose the knitted pattern provided to donate kid's sweaters at church rather than the crocheted one because the crocheted one is too clunky! I'm nearly done with the second portion, and then I will continue on with the yarn I used for the crocheted one.....don't worry, I'm not taking the crochted ones apart, I'm just using the same color. I've got a LOT of it....a very large ball. Then I will go on to other projects. All of THOSE will be crocheted. I think, except for a few select objects, I will be using knitting for worn items.

Rosa's afghan is progressing nicely. After my fit of sorting through all of my yarn---which, of course, wasn't as hard as it sounds---I found quite a bit of varigeted and ombres. So it's growing. Not that I didn't actually have quite a bit to start with. Soon the problem of what I'll do with all of the left over bits will present itself. I'm thinking I will actually use just as much as I can in the afghan, pairing up colors with other ones row to row and even in the same row. We'll see. Either way I know it's going to be wonderful, it's already looking great! :-)

Soon we will be getting a new tower, with a nice and fast processor that we can use our hard drive with Windows XP on it! :-D I will be posting pictures then!!! :-D