Where did all the yarn go ????

I swear there's a black hole in our house. Or a yarn fairy, who keeps stealing it.

So Saturday I sit down in my big chair by the fireplace, ready for an evening of relaxing knitting and hoping to finish up my eggplant cardigan, which has been a UFO for far too long. Of course, the yarn is NOT in my basket, nor in my bag, nor in my tote.

Two hours later, after searching through darn near the entire house, I found the last little bit of one ball, but the other -- maybe 2 or 3 balls -- is missing.

Missing.

I KNOW I bought enough to finish this, mostly because the bottom was supposed to have this weird fringe, which I decided to ignore, and I ALWAYS buy at least one extra skein than what the pattern calls for, of the less expensive yarns. This project got bounced around a lot, and I was working on it while the DH was in the hospital, but I've checked through everything I can think to check through, and it's just not to be found. SO frustrating.

I did, however, find two balls of another yarn I'd forgotten about. :)

I'm still mad about not finishing the cardigan, but I did get some good practice time in with crochet. It still looks like a too-tight disaster, but at least I'm doing it. It doesn't feel so awkward anymore. Well, yes it does -- but it feels less awkward. It will come, in time.

New Year's Resolutions

(YES, I WILL get pictures up of all these things. I don't know what's taking so long!)

For years I've been telling myself I'm going to learn to crochet. Like a lot of knitters, I have a love-hate relationship with crochet. I love the way it looks but I hate the thought of actually wasting knitting time to learn to do it.

I'm tired of relying on my mom to do the crochet finishing on stuff. So I decided, for 4 hours a week, I'm going to practice crochet.

Here's what I got for an hour of my time last night:


Sigh.

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In other news, I just signed up for the TKGA's correspondence course "Basics Basics Basics," which is supposed to help you get ready for the Master Knitter level 1 course. Yay! I got some money for Christmas, and I couldn't think of a better way to spend it! I can't wait for the first class. I know I have a problem with binding off too tight (see the Cowboy Poncho for a great example of that!)

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I have three UFOs in the basket right now, and they've been lingering there for way too long. I need to weave in the ends and do the fringe for the cowboy poncho, finish the edges on my eggplant cardigan (which is ANCIENT now), and finish the stockinette "Vintage" coat -- and either con my mom into crocheting the cuffs, or learn to do them myself.

Too much to do, and I want to start a new project!!! But I won't let myself do anything new until I only have 2 UFOs in the basket. The cardigan is the easiest to finish, but I dread the thought of picking up 180+ stitches. Plus, I need buttons, but I guess I need to make a trip to Joanns anyway. It's been at least 2 weeks since I've been there.:)