Finally, I tried it...

Yes, I finally broke down and created my own pattern. It is just a washcloth, but it's a start. It's a very simple pattern- some of you may recognize it as the "Triforce" from the Zelda Nintendo games. I used Excel to draw out the pattern and then wrote the instructions from that. Then of course, I had to try it out, so here it is in all its glory! Ha ha ha. If you are interested in a copy of the pattern, send me an email with "zelda pattern" in the subject line. I know, I know, the picture is not great...but you get the idea.

11 Balls of Yarn

Yesterday, I knitted this afghan on the size 50 needles. I used up a bunch of yarn- 11 skeins- that had been bought because it was on sale or because I had a purpose for it (at the time). Anyway, I thought it would turn out really ugly because I was just hodge-podgin', but it actually looks kind of nice. It's a good little size for covering up while you're watching a movie from the couch, or curled up in a chair with a good book....etc. I mostly made it to get rid of some of that yarn that I would probably never use for anything else so that I didn't have quite so much to move when I move the yarn over into its new home in the "remodeled" closet.