Yay!! Finally!

Oh wow! I think that this is the longest that I have gone without a knitting project since I learned how back in August of 2010. Which might not seem like much to the general public but to me, someone who is constantly doing "something", its a good size break.

But with only about five weeks until our family vacation, I needed to stop dragging my feet and get started. I already knew which pattern that I wanted to follow for PorkChop, so I got the yarn ordered and fell right into it.

Qing Long, take one

I love learning new techniques but to be thrown into learning two for one project (and right at the beginning), its a bit stressful. Ok, its a LOT stressful. And made me consider scrapping this piece to try another. But thankfully, I kept trudging ahead and now, I can say that after about fifteen attempts, I did figure out the cast on and got it tight enough to not look "frumpy" a few rows down. As for magic looping, I don't think that I will ever be a fan. Its nice to say that I did it and that I can do it if I have to but I think that I prefer my dpns.

I am really hoping to be done with this by next Sunday. One week.... Why do I set these kinds of deadlines for myself? Because I like the torture? Maybe. But I want to give myself ample time to work on SweetPea's sweater too. Not that she "needs" one, whereas PorkChop does, but I want to feel accomplished.