Happy New Year! Alan and I spent a lovely quiet evening at home last night with only the two of us…well four if you count the dogs…well five plus the cat…well eighteen if you count the reptiles. Ok I digress. We had a nice evening. Nothing exciting, just the joy of each other’s company.

So it’s a new year with a world of possibilities open. And what better way to start the new year then with a new project. I want to make something with the fuzzy green yarn. So, I just started knitting away. What’s it going to be? I don’t have a clue. I just wanted to start something. I think I’ll actually try a feather and fan stitch. We’ll see what happens.

And my other new project: a journal. Yes I know I have a journal here. But I want something I can touch and hold in my hands.

I always rush into knitting. Which is bad bad bad. Knitting up some test swatches would be a good idea, no an excellent idea. Like when I thought oooh I’ll make the thrice cursed lace scarf I found on the forum of crafster.org. But I didn’t want a scarf. I thought I’d make it bigger, a shawl. So I cast on many many stitches and then had the hardest time trying to pull the first stitch over two stitches. I couldn’t catch the yarn. I would have to pick and the yarn with my finger and slip my left needle under. That would take forever to knit that way. And you know if I had done a test swatch that would have been apparent immediately. So I frogged it. And that took forever because the yarn is fuzzy and catches.

Well, so now I’m going to use the feather and fan stitch which I was thinking about using yesterday. And you know what…I didn’t swatch it up. Crap.

I love finding new blogs to read. And today while hitting random for the knitting blog ring I found schmeebot. And look! She made the cutest bunny. I want a cutest bunny!!

I shall knit one and “I shall call him squishy. And he shall be mine. And he shall be my squishy.”

Guess what movie I just watched?

The suggestions on how to make it are on schmeebot’s page: www.schmeebot.com/nid/307.htm.

I’m thinking about changing my comments to haloscan. I’m going to be playing with my template so if you see anything wonky let me know.

And so begins Squishy. And a little mess he is too. I wanted so desperately to make him so I’m knitting him up tired and half paying attention. So he’s full of mistakes. But that’s ok. He’s an original. None out there have his mistakes. He’s going to someone as a surprise yesh he is.