Oops

I didn't get the deer done in time for Father's Day. As you can see, I have the head, body, and antlers, but no appendages. I did give it to my dad like this, but told him I'd finish it for when we visit on the 4th. It doesn't look like the reindeer in the booklet AT ALL, but I'm pretty happy with it - it looks much more like a Whitetail, which it's supposed to be anyway.

I've also been making progress on my sister's GVSU afghan. I'm on the last set of 16, and hopefully those will be wrapped up by the end of the week. Although, today is Wednesday, so that is sounding less likely. . .Since I am an extremely ADD yarn-er, I also had to start making my Luxurious throw with the Suri Dream yarn I just got from KnitPicks. It is lovely, lovely, lovely. The only problem is with my gauge. With size 10 1/2 needles, it wasn't nearly wide enough, so I went up a few times and wound up with a 13. Now the strip is WIDE enough, but it is much longer than it needs to be. This makes me nervous that I won't have enough yarn to finish. . .I guess worst case scenario means I'll have one less strip, and it will be more of a lapghan than a throw.

It's time for One Life to Live and folding laundry, then more GVSU squares!

Just in Time

The hubs and I were talking the other night about how we need to work on saving money. He eats out pretty frequently (I would guess 3-4 lunches a week), and I tend to buy yarn, so we decided we need to go on a fast food/yarn diet.
LUCKILY last week I saw things about a sale at KnitPicks, and ordered 9 balls of Suri Dream yarn to make a throw. It came in the mail yesterday, and I am in heaven. I am so excited to start knitting this throw - only one thing in the way. I'm supposed to be making a deer for my dad for Father's Day. The original pattern, from Jean Greenhowe, is knit. I tried to start it over and over, but for some reason can't get a handle on it. I'm just not very good at increasing, I guess. I can do k2tog to DECREASE, but. . .I dunno what I'm doing wrong. I've tried a few different methods and it just isn't pretty.
Anyway, a few nights ago I decided it was time to experiment a little. Instead of knitting, I'm attempting to crochet the pattern using sc. Everywhere it says knit or purl, I sc. Cast on 30 stitches? Chain 30 and sc in each of them. Increase 1 in every stitch? I sc twice in every stich. Sc2tog for k2tog. So far, it seems to be working ok. My dimensions are a little off (I think the body is a little longer and thinner than it was supposed to be), but I made an antler and it looks ok so far, and that is the most important part. We'll see how it goes!
Until I'm done with it, I'll just be daydreaming about my new yarn (and needles! I got some Harmony needles because I'd heard good things about the sharp points!). My last batch of new yarn until I find SOMETHING to do with my stash. At least some of my stash. Once he sees it moving along, I'm sure I can sneak some new yarn in there :)