Knitting Future

I just ordered a few knitting patterns to keep me busy this winter.  I am very excited and just slightly overwhelmed already.  While I know how to knit a little bit, I have never read a pattern and usually figure things out as I go along...  This will be a new challenge for sure as I have never really tackled any bigger projects, let alone ones so intricate and specific.

I couldn't help but be (always) inspired by Meredith of One Sheepish Girl.  She took on the fawn-cho with ease earlier this year.  After seeing her whip out that project like it was nothing, I kept wanting to try a bigger project.  Even more fun that it would be wearable in the end!  I finally made the purchase and now I can't wait to get all my supplies and teach myself some new skills.  I also have had thoughts of switching up the colors.  While I love the green, I know it would get more use if it were a different color.  Dark brown, navy blue, forest green, pale oatmeal beige?  Decisions, decisions.

Meredith's fawn-cho inspiration took me to the Tiny Owl Knit shop where I fell in love with just about any pattern offered.   I had seen the beekeeper quilt around for a while and it was always something I wanted to start.  What I like is that the quilt is made up from mini knit projects, so it seems less daunting than if I were to take on a huge blanket.  Plus it seems like a nice way to use up the last bits of yarn that are always left laying around.

The hoodlet was a third impulse buy.  I love the idea of big, cozy knits and had been day dreaming of colder weather when I stumbled upon the scarf hood duo.  I can't wait til the weather cools down and the layering of clothing and warm knits can begin.  I know these are big projects, at least for me, but I hope to complete at least one before next summer rolls around!  I won't be able to start for a couple weeks, but I am bracing myself and preparing myself for the discipline needed to finish projects like these.  Fingers crossed!