Where did that hiatus come from?!

 It's all school's fault! The fault is not on me!

I have been so busy with school I haven't even looked at any of my quilting stuff and haven't done a darn thing other than that. Anyway...

I did make one thing while I was "away". October 14 was "I Love Yarn" Day 2011 and I decided to celebrate by knitting something up. So I went through my yarn stash and found some super pretty off-white yarn I had bought when I was making a hat before (which never turned out). I wanted to do something simple (because I only really had a day to work on it), but I wanted something that could catch your eye. I, ultimately, chose to do a cowl in a basketweave stitch.

Basketweave Cowl for "I Love Yarn" Day

It's so warm and soft. I wear it almost everyday, especially now that it's getting cold.

I'm also in the process of making a pair of above-the-knee legwarmers. I'm probably around half way through with one of them so far. These are definitely going to be heavily worked on over my winter break.

Calculations

I did run into a problem when I started making them though. I did some basic calculations so I could figure out how much stitching I would need. That all went out the window when I actually strted making them. So I'm doing a little bit at a time and then trying them on and going from there.

What I have so far...

 As far as Christmas goes, I originally planned not to make anything this year, so that I could have a break, but...I can't help myself. Two of my friends and my little sister will be recieving a knitted gift from me. (Yes, I am on a kntting kick. Thanks for asking.)

- Friend #1 (male): Flurries Slouch Hat (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flurries-slouch-hat), scarf unknown (Matrix: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/matrix-2 or Sweeney Todd Scarf: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweeney-todd-scarf)

- Friend #2 (female): Gathered Scarf (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gathered-scarf) [Hopefully, I can find some super nice yarn for it.]

- Little Sister: Striped Glass Scarf (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/striped-glass-mitts) [I have 3 skeins of Red Heart: Plum Pudding that I plan on using. I'm not sure what I'll use for the darker stripes yet, maybe a dark purple.]

My friends' gifts don't have to be done by Christmas, so I'm not too worried about those. But I would like to get my sister's done by then. We'll see...