bundle up: my first knitting project

I watched the Pro Bowl and this warmth just came over me.

The thermometer on my deck reads 8 degrees. I think the color commentator said it was 84 in Honolulu.

Bastards.

But to bide the time, I figured I'd work on again on my knitting.

Come Tuesday, I will have been away from work for three weeks. I wanted to at lesat complete one project before I head back to my desk.

Only one problem. I really don't know how to knit.

Well, actually, I just can't knit well.

Sitting with a seasoned knitter for 30 minutes last spring was my only instruction.

I turned to my handy dandy knitter's reference manual and to a fantastic knitting website that provided step by step videos.

And eureka! I struck first timer's gold!



OK maybe it was more like bronze.

There are some mistakes (cleverly hidden in the photo). But for my first time out the gate, I'm proud of what I've made!

It is so satisfying to create something with your own two hands.

We all can't be like Anna, Hazel, and Laurie -- all fabulous women who can come up with masterpieces in their sleep.

But I'm pleased. Maybe pleased enough to take a really knitting class and graduate to baby blankets.