Stitches and more stitches

Well, I am going to put aside my Crowned Glory scarf for a few days until I get over my headaches and my cold, so that maybe I can concentrate more on it and stop screwing it up over and over. I have now started this lovely scarf eight or nine times. I keep messing up though. I thought I had made a good start at it last night, but when I got to the end of my first triangle I came up with the wrong amount of stitches. I tried, yet again, to backtrack or rip it back or whatever you call it, and messed up, yet again. I am getting frustrated, so I decided to start a different project.

I ran across a KAL in another group I am in, so I decided to do that one as well as the scarf KAL. It is a washcloth. I had neither knitted a washcloth nor ever knitted with cotton yarn before. I had just recently bought a couple of skeins of peaches & cream yarn because I have been wanting to make some wash cloths or dish cloths, so this works out well. They are not the colors called for in the pattern for the KAL, but as I honestly don't have another three dollars to go buy the right colors, I am knitting with what I have. Here are some pics of my progress so far.

My daughter, Serenity, is totally loving the colors, so I will probably give it to her when I am finished. I am using Peaches & Cream Strawberry Cream and Lilac Ombre. I love how it is turning out. Also, I love the feel of cotton yarn and I think I would like to do more things in cotton. Maybe more wash and dish cloths and some pot holders.

I have also been working some more on my double knit hat. Haven't made a whole lot of progress. It is such a time consuming hat LOL. I will feel like I have been knitting for hours and hours, but when I look at it, there is only another row or two added to it. Oh well, it is my 'watching tv' project. I don't have to concentrate very much on it, so I can sit and watch tv while I work on it. Those are the best kinds of projects! Relaxing, yet still accomplishing something. I love it.

Also, today, I decided to do some more on my cross stitch WIP. That was a mistake. Not that I messed up or anything bad like that. It is just that with the headache I have had since waking up sick yesterday, it would have been wiser to wait on something that is so eye straining and headache inducing. I did manage to triple the amount of stitches, YAY. I am up to somewhere over 120 stitches done. No, don't worry, I am not going to count the amount of stitches every time I give an update. That would be difficult as I make more progress. I just wanted to see how many I got done this time. I felt like I had been stitching for hours LOL. Here are some pics of the project.

It is hard to believe that there are already five different colors on there. It is hard for me to see the difference in the colors sometimes. They are so similar. I feel that it is getting a little (a tiny little) bit easier for me to work on this linen. I am hoping that by the time I am done with this project I will either be comfortable working on the 32 count linen or be able to say for sure that I will never again work on it LOL. Either way, I will have learned something new.

Ok, I am going to go blow my nose, get something warm to drink,  lay down and zone out to some episodes of the old tv show Blossom. I found it online and am taking a walk down memory lane. I had forgotten about the show and am glad I ran across it. So off I go. Enjoy your day!

Happy Crafting!