Thursday, May 31, 2012

I am so behind on this blog. I'll need to look back in my journal and fill in the posts I am missing. I am doing so well with my knitting and am very pleased. This is mainly due to the Ravelry group HPKCHC or Harry Potter Knit & Crochet House Cup. Each month we have pseudo Hogwarts Classes with homework we have to turn in. At the beginning of the month, I list the things I want to accomplish and then I look at the "classes" and see what projects fit. When turning projects in, we have to write some kind of story explaining why the project we chose fits the prompt. Sometimes you have to get creative in your story to fit the project you want to do, but I love creative writing and it is so much fun. Here's an example

Since joining this group, I have learned how to do a number of things I never would have gotten around to. As I read the posts of others in the group and see their pictures, I am encouraged to try things like dyeing yarn that I never have done before. Some of the prompts are to try a technique you are afraid to do. Well, I certainly was afraid to dye my sock block. I was afraid I would make a mess of it, but friends in the group encouraged me and noted that if I didn't like the way the yarn turned out for my particular project, I could make charity hats and know that some homeless person would love the yarn that was a little more purple than I wished.

The classes give me a reason to start a particular project start and end date.  I have to completely finish the project in order to take the picture, so I can't have four pairs of socks waiting for the toes to be grafted or sweaters with no buttons.  I have an appreciative audience for my projects, so it encourages me to add special details that I might not add, especially for charity.  I get some Christmas presents done in the summer instead of beginning in November.

Well, I could go on and on, but I will leave it at this and try to upload some pictures to my blog to chart my progress.