Sorry again.

Sorry for the long gap in posts again. I was just thinking a few weeks ago that I really should update my blog, but then my nana past away suddenly, so as you can imagine blogging was the last thing on my mind.
Strangely I've been knitting more since my nana died, she was always interested in what I was making, so it seems like quite a good way to remember her.

I started thinking about what Christmas gifts I was going to make a couple of months ago, I so far have have 2 projects on the go, a scarf for my auntie and socks for my uncle. The scarf, which is Backyard Leaves from Scarf Style,
was almost a non starter, it took a little while to suss out the first 8 rows, once I'd worked those rows out, I then got stuck on row 9. No matter how many times I pulled it back and knit it again I always had 1 too many stitches, I decided to leave it alone for a while 'cause I just couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I picked it up again to give it another go earlier this week and as soon as I looked at the pattern I realized where I'd been going wrong, instead doing SSSK like the pattern tells you to, I'd been SSK.
Note to self, pay more attention when reading patterns.
The biggest issue with the pattern is that there is no written stitch pattern, only a chart. I can knit much quicker if it's written, otherwise I have to remember what all the squiggles and whosamwhatsits mean.




The socks that I'm making for my uncle are Spey Valley from Knitting on the Road. I'm about half way through making the first sock, but I wanted to give the scarf another go, so they are on hold for the moment.



That's it for now. I'll try not to leave it so long before I blog again, though I think I've said that before.