Excitement can wear off.

So I was absolutely psyched when I first tried out the knitting machine and couldn’t wait to make something proper with it. The only thing was, because I wasn’t well trained in it yet, I couldn’t make anything “proper” with it. The only thing I knew how to do, without trying it out more and fussing too much with it, was stockinette stitch.
I ended up making a very plain, boring scarve. (I still need to finish that actually. Need to do something with the edges. Just haven’t figured out what yet). But now I have the pattern book for the machine. I’ve been meaning to try out a scarve/shawl with it and use the different patterns it can do. So far I haven’t gotten round to doing it. But hopefully this weekend I’ll get half hour or so to have a go at it! ^_^

I have started watching Breaking Bad last week. I am only half way through season 2 and already love it. Never understood what the fuss was about the show and never got round watching it. And now that it has come to an end, I have started watching it. typical 😀
Big benefit: Can watch it all in one go with no 6 months break in between. Don’t have to wait a week for the next episode.
Big disadvantage: most people have already seen it and when I try and talk to someone about it, chances that they will spoil something is VERY high. And I HATE spoilers. Especially with the big finale… everyone seems to be talking about it all over the internet and I am starting to get paranoid that I will find out what happens somehow, somewhere. That’s why I have stoped reading anything that contains “breaking bad” in it. If I see a glance of the show being mentioned on twitter or facebook I just stop reading that persons threats for a few days. lol

I might be able to combine these two things tomorrow: I might try out the knitting machine further while watching the breaking bad! 🙂

Getting back into Knitting… why not buy a new toy? :)

As mentioned in my last post, in the last 6-7 months I haven’t really done that much. It feels like my life was on hold.

So consequently, I haven’t done much dyeing or knitting either 😦
I am going to change that and make sure to pick up on that hobby again. And what better way than to purchase a knitting machine? 😀
I borrowed my friends Knitting Machine to try it out and see how I get along with it. After having one look at it and having a look at how to get started, I was feeling dizzy already. It looked more complicated than it was in the end. After you get the hang of it, it is so easy and simple.
Took me a bit to figure out how to put it together and once done it looked more like tool to communicate with aliens. But after having a short go at it last night, I am very amazed. Within 2 minutes, I had few centimeters of stockinette stitch. That would have taken me ages to knit by hand! O.o

So tonight I will try out what else the machine can do. See the different patterns it can do, etc. And I already know my first project: A shawl.

I bet I will end up with a nice biig shawl within just a day or two. The shawl I started knitting by hand for my mom’s birthday still isn’t finished. I started that in April. It was due to be done in May. In time for my mom’s birthday. Now I doubt it’ll even be done before her next birthday and already I don’t like it anymore. Bet with the knitting machine I could finish a good selection of shawls for my mom before christmas! 😛

Well, I will post some pictures tomorrow. I might dye some yarn tonight to start some new projects over the weekend with it. 🙂

xxx