This is my favorite one and I really hate parting with it. I hope it finds a good home! LOL!

Here's a close up... this was made of hot pink, red and burgandy variegated cheap "Red Heart" yarn coupled with a nice same sort of color ribbon yarn that I got for a steal from one of our church members who was going to sell it in our bazaar.

This is one of the scarves I knitted for our church bazaar (sp?) this weekend... it's pink and white cotton variegated! I thought it turned out ok for a "run of the mill" scarf!

My poor, neglected blog

I guess that's the way life is, isn't it? I was so excited about this blog when we started and then life kicked in and I've been so busy I haven't picked up a pair of needles in months.

The good news? I'm finished with my master's degree in August, provided I pass comps in a couple of weeks. I'm really looking forward to reclaiming the ten or hours a week that grad school has taken.

And even though I haven't had time to knit, God has been knitting away on me! There have been times in the last few months that I think he was unraveling some mistakes I made along the way, but -- as always -- the pieces are being knit back together and I'm sure the end result will be beautiful.

So I hope to post here more often and I hope that the rest of you do can also find time to add a few lines about what you're learning here and there. And remember that you can also find me at http://burleyblog.blogspot.com And from there you can also link to a bunch of blogs created by some really neat people!

Keep knitting!!

New Circular Knitting Kit

Here is my new circular knitting kit from my December birthday that I love to show off with all the pretty colors. My goal for this year is to stopping showing it and start using it!

What do you think I should make?

My Magic Bag of Tricks

Here is the long-abandoned dishcloth. I was right proud of myself because it actually had a PATTERN to it. Woo-hoo! I don't know if you can see it, but there's a raised pattern in the middle of it. I have finished it, by the way.



And here are the contents of my knitting bag, once I cleaned it out. I found four skeins of baby soft yarn. I sent them to my niece Amy Jo who is also learning to knit.


Look at all these needles! I love needles in all sizes and colors. I LOVE the super big green ones I used for my uber-long purple scarf. One of my student workers saw them and borrowed them to make her own. Hooray for knitting evangelism!


Being a librarian, I -- of course -- have lots of books about knitting. I've even purchased another one since cleaning out the bag. Oh, and I think I'd already sent one or two to my niece when I took this picture.


So now I have no excuses. I have needles, I have how-to books with every project imaginable, and I have yarn. I didn't include a picture of it because it's kind of embarrassing. No excuses now, right? Hmm, Susan? Do you think I could knit, be in class, watch LOST, and Google talk all at the same time? It's definitely worth a try.

One completed, one begun

It amazing how much your time gets away from you once work and school pick back up. It's hard to believe we're about to start our fourth week of classes. I've been plugging away on some knitting projects but not making as much progress as I'd like.

I finished the orange scarf and have made progress on the red and black. I also found a long-abandoned dishcloth when I took inventory of my knitting bag so I finished that too.

I thought I had pictures but they're not on my computer! ARGH! They must still be on my camera, so I'll add them later. I feel like I'm finally making some progress and actually becoming a knitter and not just someone who is struggling through the learning process.

Oh -- I took pictures of all the stuff I had down in my bag. I'll have to show you how much stuff I had crammed in there. I sent some of it to my niece and I hope she can join in and post us pictures of what she's working on.

Keep your eyes open! Pictures will be here soon.