More biscornu squares

Another week has gone by extremely quickly and I haven't done a lot of crafting this week but last night did sit down and work on my biscornu squares.  Yes Kathrin did post her patterns a little earlier Friday so it meant I could get them done that same day.  Two patterns were once again posted so here are what they look like.

Pattern7

Pattern 8

So now I am officially have done the squares for this 15 sided biscornu and can't wait to see what it looks like completed.  Hopefully Kathrin will continue to post 2 patterns a week so that it is done quickly.  OK I don't have the patience to wait for 15 weeks to see what this looks like.  I did post on her blog that I am looking forward to seeing what it looks like finished.

Now to get working on my second sock and see what else I end up working on this weekend.

More stitching

It's another Saturday and I was able to sit down and sit for a while today which made me very happy.  I picked up my 15 sided biscornu and actually finished up 2 squares today.  Yes two squares as Kathrin decided to post two patterns yesterday because of Super Bowl being on TV tomorrow.  I don't have to worry about losing my husband to football as he is not a sports fan.

So here is what the next two squares look like.

Patterns 5 & 6

I have also been doing a little bit of knitting and crocheting but really don't have much to show for it yet.  My second sock is still a ball of yarn but think if I can get all my company accounting done tomorrow I will cast on my sock and work on it for a while.

This week I also hope to be able to make some progress on a cross stitch that I started a couple of weeks ago.  I started "Snow White by Little House Needleworks" and here is where it stands as of right now.

Snow White - Little House Needleworks

I am loving this project as it is using one colour of DMC floss #4010 and I am doing it on 28 count even-weave navy.  I hope that I can sit and work on this at least one evening and maybe make some progress on it as well.

Time to get back to getting other things done around the apartment so that I can sit and relax part of tomorrow.

Sock progress #3

OK, I know I have been hiding for the last couple of days but I have been busy with a couple of items.

Here is a picture of my sock Sunday night

Sunday night

The little bit of yarn to the right of the sock is what I had left on the ball of yarn that was suppose to make this sock.  I still had to decrease for the toe and knew that I wouldn't have enough.  Now I had two choices of what to do and those were, start the sock over again (not a possibility), have a toe with a different colour or pick up another ball of that yarn.

The choice was made very simple when my husband said that considering he was near a Michael's on Monday for work he could always pick up a ball of yarn for me.  So I put my needles down Sunday night and relaxed because I knew I could finally finish this sock. 

Monday came and I waited patiently for my husband to get home from work.  He did go to Michael's and picked up the ball of yarn that I needed but also picked up three more balls of gray yarn for another pair of socks.  I guess I am going to be knitting socks for a while.

So here is a picture of my sock now.

Yes my sock is FINISHED!!!!!  I know a couple of things that I need to improve on my next sock but considering this is my first one I am extremely happy with it.

Now to start the second sock of this pair before I try another pattern.  To all of those that sent me messages and added comments to my blog I have to say Thank you.  I have finally accomplished this sock and no I am not going to take it out and start over again, that I promise.

I am happy that I finally over came this challenge that has been bothering me for a number of years.  So see if you put your mind to something you can do it and I just proved it.

Biscornu progress

Yes it's the weekend which means another square has been posted for the 15 sided biscornu so have worked on it today.  I look forward to being able to sit down each weekend and do a little bit of cross-stitch and see something completed quickly.  Now to get back to getting other things finished.

Pattern #4

Sock progress #2

No I haven't given up on my sock I have actually been really busy this week with other parts of my life so the sock was sitting unloved for a few days.  I picked it up a couple of times and did a few rows but yesterday I really wanted to just sit and knit on my sock.  Yes it's my first sock that I am actually working on after so many years and I am loving it.

Here is the progress on it as of 12:30am Sunday morning.

Saturday progress

For those of you that can tell where I am I have turned the heel and now working on the foot part of my sock.  I am now just hoping that I have enough yarn in this ball to finish the sock without any problems.  I do want to sit and knit more on it but do need to do a few other things before this sock gets finished.

Speaking of socks, I think I understand why so many people like making socks.  Working on a sock is relatively relaxing in a lot of ways.  Also at least knitting a basic sock isn't too hard and it's something that you can manage.

I know I am starting to be like a lot of people and want to work on socks because yesterday I went out and bought more yarn for socks.  Yes I now have enough yarn for 5 more pairs of socks once I finish this pair.  I have also picked up another pair of double pointed and have ordered a 9" circular needle to see how that works.

So let's hope that the next picture I take of my sock is it completed and not me upset that I ran out of yarn.

Sock progress

I have finally started the sock and after a couple of challenges I think I am making some progress.  The first challenge was how to hold the needles as I normally use long straight needles and tuck the right needle under my arm while I knit.  I am still not comfortable holding the needles but at least I am knitting the sock.

I am determined to make this pair of socks as after completing my very first sock I heard "When are you taking it out and starting over".  I know it is going to take me some time to get through all the different parts of the sock but at least I am going to try and see how it goes.  Some people have laughed when I say I have knit for over 35 years but never knit a pair of socks so once these socks are finished I am going to be able to say I have knit a pair of socks.

Day 1

This is a picture of the start of the sock and I have two inches knit on the cuff on the sock so feeling pretty good about it.  Now to see how long it takes me to get the cuff and then the left done as I have to knit a total of 8 inches.

I have some work to do today and then I am going to try and knit a little bit this evening on the sock.

Finally finished

Today I decided that before I started anything else like my socks I was going to try and finish a couple of projects.  The main project was a little boy's sweater that I have been working on for a while.  I had finished knitting it but it was just sitting there needing to be sewn together.

Infant's pullover - Debbie Macomber

I am really happy with how this sweater turned out as I had never knit sleeves from the top down until this sweater.  This sweater was quick to knit up so now I am going to work on a little girl's version of this sweater with the yarn that I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Besides finished this sweater I finished a couple of the curly scarves that I like making as they just needed ends sewn in.  Now I think I am going to work on a new project but not sure if it's going to be cross-stitch or knitting yet.