So That's How You Use Circular Needles!

This stupid sweater doesn't fit anyone!!! I hate it!!! It was my stupid fault because the pattern called for different sized needles & yarn

BUT FOR SOME REASON I just thought that I would go ahead and make it with what I had and somehow it would fit. WRONG! Not only does it not fit me. It doesn't fit anyone. Except this club member who shall remain nameless (but makes the sweater look gorgeous but is unfortunately not of the proper gender for this particular garment).
Anyways, the pattern is found at http://glampyreknits.tripod.com/glampyrephotos/id62.html For the most part, this website is rather cute. I like the heart w/ the crossed needles. I want to embroider it onto a dish towel. But I can't becuase I don't know how.
Anyway, so I figured out what to do with circular knitting needles. I had seen a pair once before in a box full of knitting stuff my host mom in Japan gave to me. I was rather confused about what in the world that giant thing was for and had several failed attempts at using it. Much like watching someone try to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. Very stupid. I enjoyed figuring it out and also used place markers to work the puffy sleeve things and other cool new tricks.

At this point I'm really just knitting stuff to see if I can. Same reason why I'm writing about it on the Internet.

Forever & A Day

So I finally finished this stupid blanket!!!

The Christmas afghan (so named because I started it on Christmas Eve-2004) has finally been completed. Sort of. It was supposed to be twin bed length but I got bored and I'm leaving the country soon. So it has magically become a throw/lap blanket. Clever, huh?
The pattern is fairly simple. I got it off the Internet somewhere (probably on about.com) and it's called something like a "granny ripple throw" ...whatever. So it's all clusters of three double crochets. I think it looks like pixels on the computer screen. The yarn is clearly Red Heart acrylic *cheapy cheap time* If it were full length you would use two skiens of each color. I used about 1.05 of each color.

I made a ripple afghan using double crochet last year but the dcs weren't clustered so there was no dot-affect. That blanket, the only full length afghan I have ever had the patience to complete, is owned by Sean Dowdy of South Chicago. At least I hope he still has it - that thing took me forever & a day...