Entrelac

I love learning new skills. I've been watching some videos on Craftsy and Entrelac has captured my attention and I can't wait to see where this goes....

Immediate Gratification

Sometimes you just need to make something that will work up quickly and provide you with the immediate gratification of an easy project. I love cables but they take more time than something like a 4X4 ribbed stitch. We (Stacy and myself) just needed the ribbed stitch. However, it isn't just for easy projects and it really is great depending on your desired goal. One of the things that makes the ribbed stitch work is its stretchiness and stitch definition. You can use a variety of yarns and show off variegated patterns, hand dyed or even solids. You can use a variety of weights and colors depending on your overall purpose. I am using some RedHeart Mystic that I got on sale last year when Joann's had their summer clearance on yarns. The hat is already finished and the scarf will be completed today. Sometimes you just need immediate gratification!

Blue Lace

Prioritizing my time is essential to keeping up with all that I want to accomplish. It's not that I have more than anyone else to do, it's just that I feel it is vital to include the crafts, knitting and sewing, that I want to create. One of the thing I like to do with my time is complete test knits for Woolgirl. It's one of those activities that make me smile and feel a sense of accomplishment. I like the connection to the knitting community and the challenge and time deadlines to do certain knits that I normally wouldn't attempt. My latest is a lovely blue scarf/wrap that was a fairly quick knit but has a beautiful lace design to add a little challenge. Actually, the challenge is in paying attention and not the difficulty of the stitches.

My next projects

• baby hats for God's Angels Gone Early
• Christmas gifts - I have some great ideas but we will have to show pictures after the holidays :)