Back in the groove

So I am now back to knitting happily away after a freak garlic chopping accident last Friday. I cut the tip of my left pointer finger and wanted to make sure no stitches were needed. So off to the doctor I went with my eight month old in tow. No stitches. The nurse did give me a tetanus vaccine shot though in the same arm. I was so sore this past weekend that hardly anything got done. Needless to say I will be going back to only grating garlic from now on.

Don't get me wrong my finger is still sore, but not enough to prevent me from knitting. Since I saw a video on youtube of the YarnHarlot speed knitting I realized I really need to finish this pair of socks I have been working on. OK Stephanie is only knitting the way she normally does, but it is still alot faster than me none the less. So back to getting those socks finished, I mean I only have like 7 other pairs of socks to get done. Fortunatly they are gifts so no real deadline pressure. Whew!

A new pattern

I now have a new project the I am longing to do, thanks to the always wonderful Yarn Harlot I now want to make a scarf....just a simple pattern. My oh my what makes this a project I long to do is the yarn and color possibilities. The Noro striped scarf . Here is a link to pictures.

Plus it's a project I could knit while watching my daughter. I have limited myself to smallish projects, how sad.

My husband would like it, I think. (If he would wear a scarf)

There of course is a snag, I have to buy the yarn.... oh dear yarn store = temptation.

Time well spent relaxing

So I did think that having a baby would to some degree inhibit my knitting. At least at for the first year or so.
Nope.

Granted the time I spend knitting has shortened, but I am still able to get projects finished.
So I have reserved my knitting time from about 8 pm till when I decide to go to bed.
That means I get to enjoy a project longer...yeah...no really. OK projects, plural... I mean there is nothing wrong with having multiple projects on the needles. Every knitter does it. I don't care if they do deny it.

Somewhere there is a project that was put down for some reason. You know, hidden in a box, or in the back of your closet. Even in the garage, or storage, etc. (there can be many excuses valid points for this)
Maybe something went horrible wrong with the pattern, the gauge, the fiber, your sanity. I mean there is nothing wrong with that. Or that is what I keep telling myself.

Cuffs

OK cuffs on socks suck, I mean really. Other than for when wearing them during winter.
Needless to say I will need to do some sort of pattern when it comes to the cuffs on my next pair. Anybody know a good pattern that isn't a lace pattern. Doesn't have to be simple, if push comes to shove I'm sure I can find something in the Stitchionary books.