Halloween is fast approaching and of course the kids cannot pick anything quick and simple.  I am starting with the little one's costume, as I am having to utilize my VERY LIMITED knitting skills. She wants to be Astrid from how to train your dragon.

The pillow that turned into a purse.

I was knitting away on what was meant to be that pillow and I will say it--I got bored as hell. I couldn't imagine doing a million more rows of this same stitch to make this thing. The problem I think was the color, it was just gray. Very boring. So I decided to take what I had, make a long strip for the side/strap and turn it into a purse! It is still sitting here in pieces I have to say, but I hope to get it put together tomorrow. It is not very big and not perfect, but my daughter should be very happy with it. After I got sick of the gray and knitted the strap piece I found this gorgeous blue and started a scarf for her too! I need to bind it off, add the fringe, and this fleece image I want to use as an applique which will conveniently cover one of the places I messed up.

Knitting and Organizing.

Trying to get my mess of a garage/sewing/storage area sorted out. It is hard to get going on things when it is an hour excavation to find the simplist of supplies. So working on that, HOPE to be done by tomorrow night but that could be rather optomistic.

Knitting is moving along slowly. I see where I have made some mistakes, but since this is just a pillow and practice I decided not to rip it all out. I will just keep going and deal with these spots when I am finished.

My attempt at knitting.

I have knitted one thing, a small scarf, about 5 years ago. It turned out as good as can be expected for a first attempt and that was the last time I touched a knitting needle. I have been wanting to try again and found a really cool book with what looked to be easy to follow instructions. Sooooo, I went to JoAnn's today and bought the correct yarn, watched some Youtube videos, and started tonight. So far not too horridly bad. I am making a pillow for my daughter. It seemed to be the easiest of the projects in the book, however only time will tell.