I think it was around September that I decided to start expanding my skills and ideas of what to make. I was getting tired of doing too many purses and hats. So I have been giving myself challenges and entering some on Ravelry. The first one was actually something that I made myself. It was my first time doing anything lacy. I made it as a scarf to wear when I dress up and entered it in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy workshop where I got the Improbable Award for Cheering Up Marvin.
For The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt Workshop, I got the Classroom Fun award for a beautiful yellow hat. BTW – this hat and the poncho were entered in the Ravelmpics and I got Bob awards for them as well.
I’ve been wanting to try knitting and crocheting with wire. This next one was supposed to be a necklace, but was slightly too small, so ended up being a double bracelet. Oh, yeah it was also for the March crocheted jewelry of the month group challenge.
I attempted the most gorgeous set of gloves. Unfortunately this was not a challenge that I was able to complete. The pattern was in charts which I had never attempted before and used wrap and turns, something else I had not done before. None of my knitting guru friends were able to help me. So I gave up after completing this much.
And the last one was for the Bag of the Month Group. Our challenge was to take at least one hexagon and make a bag or purse out of it. It was amazing what some of the others came up with. They did a very beautiful job.
