Getting the Fire Under Me

Like any other seasoned knitter, I have rampent knitting ADD. I usally have at least 3 projects going and last month I put a pair of mittens on hairpins so I could use the set of double points for, you guessed it, more mittens.

Clearly, I have a problem.

As refrenced in my last post, I have a goal of enterting the DC State Fair Knit and Crochet Contest this year. I also had been disguraged that I hadn't seen anything up on the website until I recieved a google alert (and before you ask, all of my alerts have to do with knittng or my favorite bands) I finally had the fire under my ass to start working on this for real.

I have about a month to get my mittens ready. I am hopefully going to start swatching out the pattern this week.

I just need a mantra. Or a chant, or a motivational montage of me getting this thing started!!!!!



My life isn't a movie, but it is sometimes set to killer soundtrack.

Get by with a little help from my Ravelers.

This is a gratuitous pool side knitting shot.

I have been on Ravelry for several years. Since I learned to crochet over 5 years ago as one of my coworkers told me to check it out for patterns I have learned what the site can really because for.

I hit a block with my Fine Vine Shawl. After emailing with the designer and not hearing back I contacted on of the Ravelers about her project. She was lovely. She got right back to me and helped me though the problem! I am not on my way again and it wouldn't have happened without her help.

So thank you, hsteward37!