Chicks with sticks handwarmers

I have finished two panels that will be sewn together to make my first handwarmer. Not sure what went wrong. Either my wool yarn doesn't have enough give or my tension was too tight because each panel was supposed to make the whole handwarmer. No way. I am sewing them together and then I will knit two more for the other hand. They knit up fast and I LOVE MY HARMONY needles!!! I will be asking for some more sizes for Christmas-yahoo! Oh well, I think these will be super cute fingerless gloves for winter. I have plenty of time to whip up the other one. They are great for car trips. It takes us an hour of driving to get to town and back. I have also done more work on the apron and I am almost done. Whew! Will take some more pics of that soon.

A Few Snowy Day Projects

Although I still plan to finish my sunshine yellow fingerless gloves, I have been experiencing a wee bit of a strain in my right wrist. It seems more aggravated by the small needlework, so I have begun a different pair of fingerless gloves with the leftover yarn from my "fear of commitment" cowl. I am hoping there is enough yarn to do the pair. This is a pretty easy waffle stitch pattern. They will be cute with the cowl. I have about a 1/3 of the first one done. This is a free pattern at Ravelry.com

Second, I cut out a new sewing project today. Considering how slow the sewing is going at my house, I am sewing a spring project. It is a 1973 pattern that I like, but have never sewn. The skirt is elastic waist-doesn't get much easier than that and I love the shape of the top. We will see how it turns out. Might be traveling this weekend if the weather permits, but I have tonight and tomorrow. Just not sure if I will work on this or the gloves. The gloves I can work on in the car, so maybe a little sewing for me. Will keep you posted on my progress.

GSP and a new project

I am finalizing all of the GSP application for my son today and it seems like a vast amount of time has gone in to this. I know I will be glad that I took the time to do this his junior year, when he begins applying for colleges next fall. I am just growing weary of doing it and want it to be in a nice neat little envelope ready to send. If he is accepted it would mean missing him for 5 weeks this summer. I am sure he would have a great time and learn so much, but I am not sure I am ready for him to be gone. I am taking a little lunch break and thought I would post my new project. I have been looking for a simple fingerless glove pattern and finally found one on Ravelry.com this weekend. I bought this pretty "sunshine" yellow bamboo sport weight yarn and have jsut begun the gloves. I will post my progress. We are expecting snow tonight and tomorrow and my son is supposed to have his drivers test early tomorrow morning. I have co-op this week and my son has Bible study in town tonight. Wednesday afternoon my youngest has needlework and Wed night is church. Thursday or Friday night I am babysitting 2 sweet little girls so their parents can go on a date for their anniversary. Not sure how far I will get this week, but atleast it is a start!