Success and completion of that knitting project!

from this

Well, I must say that other than knitting, and keeping up with the kids and house, I was rather unproductive during last week.  Or was I? 

I really was on a knitting kick.  I finished one more dishcloth, and I finished little l's sweater. 

to this

 This is way to big for my almost two year old.  I think I am going to run a piece of yarn around the neck so I can tie it smaller, then she can grow into it, without falling out of it!  It is long enough to be a dress for now, I am sure in a year it will just be a shirt, and then eventually it will fit without the tie around the neck.  That is how works with kids though, and I hope she gets a lot of wear out of my work. 

Knitting for my child

I have tried knitting in the past.  It was not a successful venture for me.  However, big L wanted to learn, and I was determined to become a better knitter myself.  So I began searching for easy patterns, and came across a contest to win a whole bunch of yarn, you just had to knit one of their patterns with their yarn.  No problem. 

Well, a month later I have a finished product it has holes, and I seem to have a habit of adding a stitch (and hole) and not dropping the stitch. 

Here it is, my highly imperfect top for little l:

I need a lot of practice!  I hope I win some more yarn.  Big L wants something next. I told here mommy needed to start with something smaller, but that I would make her something soon....my poor fingers are not thanking me. 

It was fun, and I do feel a sense of accomplishment.  Hopefully on the next one I can spot my boo boos earlier enough to rip it out and fix, these I didn't see until I had a lot more done, and ripping stitches is something I am slowly becoming more comfortable with.