Catching Up

I have had the weirdest inner ear thing going on lately so haven't been around much. My left ear feels plugged and I have been experiencing a ton of vertigo. I went to the doctor and she told me to take dramamine 3 times a day... So I have basically been a bit of a zombie for the last couple weeks. I guess that means I have some catching up to do here!

I won't bore you with a ton of writing like I usually do. Instead I'll just tell you about a couple of things I have been working on.

First off, I have become pretty decent at this knitting business. I made my first project using a pattern! There was much talk on Twitter about a Honey Cowl and I decided that I should try to make one. If you knit or crochet, you should be on ravelry. It is an amazing site full of tons of patterns, project help, etc. That is where I found the FREE pattern for the Honey Cowl (which I immediately downloaded). It was so easy. That is saying a lot for me.

Here is a photo of my Honey Cowl in progress. It is now finished and has found a permanent home around my daughters neck... I guess I'll have to make myself another one.

I am also making something that is secret! I have had this project planned for a very long time and recently thought that now would be a good time to start. Right before Christmas too. What the heck was I thinking? Here is a teaser photo of all the pieces laying out on the table after having all been chain pieced.

I'm so excited to get this finished so I can show it off. It's killing me to work so hard on something and not be able to show anyone for fear that someone might see it!

So, what have you been working on? I've been doing a bunch more but they're all for Christmas and I'm not ready to show yet.

If you're still stressing about what to make for Christmas, my friend Beth posted a great tutorial for scrappy owl ornaments. I have already made 4 of them for all my kids teachers. Check out her tutorial here