I'm making great progress on my scarves for the Indian School. Now that I have over 30 done, I'm taking a bit more time and learning new stitches. I failed at simple ribbing a few times, until I tried it again while watching suspense movies with my husband one evening. I have to thank Al Pacino. I got the rib stitch "programmed" into my brain and fingers during 2 of his movies. I have 3 scarves completed in this stitch. So I'm onto waffle stitch and will attempt cluster rib next. However, this time I'll be prepared with a few movie rentals.
I lucked up in finding several new hats at thrift stores. I had coordinating yarn to make matching scarves, and some of the hats I embellished with pompoms or trim. I've also knitted a few hats with the new set of Boyle interchangeable needles I found at Salvation Army. I have had no problems with them and love the extended taper on the tips. The connection is real smooth, even when using the specialty yarns.
I lucked up again with 2 "buy-out" stores having some of the specialty yarns for only $1. I came home with bags of that! I'm having a great time designing the hats and scarves so that each set will be unique. By the time I finish up with 100 scarves and hopefully 100 matching hats, I can move past the "needle newbie" level to "beginner."
