Why I Haven't Blogged in Awhile

Well, the truth is that I was too lazy to update the blog.  Now that the truth is out, I am actually going to blame it on knitting.  There is some truth to that and it leads into me getting to show off what I have been doing.  Let me just say, that, all I wanted were pictures of the kids standing there wearing the hats.  Thats all.  But for some reason that point was lost on the kids.

The hat Cody is wearing has a black stripe in it.  Yep, I am that good now.  I made Jessica's hat but she put the pompom on it.  Yep, she's that good.

I had to throw in the front and side view so you can tell that the hats Cody and Ry are wearing are a different style.  The blue one Noah is wearing is the one I made for him.  Ryan is wearing my hat, it's my favorite.  Just so you know, Cody's hair is up in the hat.  Jess said it makes her look bald.  Her hair has actually grown out quite a bit.  The girls have also knitted hats.  They made some for themselves and for the neighbor boys that they hang out with.  The girls and I are now making a felted bag.  I will post a picture of the bags when we are done.

I can now knit with circular needles, double point needles, add stripes, and take it back when I make a mistake.  I know that probably doesn't mean anything to you, so I will put it in simpler terms.  I have gotten awesome at knitting!  Okay, I still knit a bit tight and I have a lot more to learn.  But, let me tell you who is awesome.  Ryan.  She gets it.  When I make a mistake and can't figure out what I have done wrong, she can look at it and not only tell me what I have done wrong , but she can fix it.  She will decide she wants to do something and figure out on her own how to do it.  She put diamond shapes in the hat she knitted.  No pattern or help, she just figured out how to do it and did it.  She catches on to new stitches and such quickly too.  And, not just with knitting either.  She will decide she wants to make something and will do it.  She made me an apron for Christmas.  She didn't have a pattern just an idea of what she wanted it to look like in her head.  Is it perfect? Nope.  But each time she tries something she gets better and better.  She had a skirt that was way too long, so she took it and made it shorter.  She did a good job on it too.  If you have looked at the pics on Flickr that Jess took you have seen it.  Knitting and sewing seem to be Ryan's thing.  Anyway, just a small update.