Knit-Nerd-Rant

So, this year, one of the things I did was to learn how to cross-stitch, and did I ever! I've discovered it's a lot of fun, and a great way to incorporate my love of all things nerdy.  I've already made two things - both of which I am so ridiculously proud of.  One is a Firefly quote sampler and the other is a portrait and quote from Chewbacca.  I made the patterns myself, based on the same process I have described to create intarsia patterns .  These are more difficult to document, I've discovered, but just as rewarding! As a result, I've decided to create share-able pattens and try my hand at selling them via my new Etsy store .  Right now, I've got a couple patterns for the stitch works I've already done, and interested to add more as I can.  I'll admit that I've never done anything with Etsy before, so I'm interested to see how it goes.

I've been working on trying to finish up some projects (so as not to leave so many things unfinished when the calendar turned) and found my favorite, trusty size 6 circular needle! It's one of my favorite needles and one of the earliest that I ever bought, and has been my most reliable and versatile thing in my knitting arsenal. It's part of the reason why I had been so excited to find the interchangeable set that I did, and now it's back!  It was hiding in with my scrap yarn for my beekeeper's quilt that I haven't had time for in a while. Now my circulars tree is back to full strength (particularly now that I finished my first set of 2-at-a-time socks and can put both 4s back). I hope your new year is off to such a great start.