It can only get better...

Last night I learned to finish off a scarf. And then I drank a lot of wine which I am regretting now. But that is another story. The point is, my very first, made with my own hands scarf is now around someone's neck. I'm only going to show it to you around his neck too because it is my first scarf after all, and it's far from perfect. I started the scarf with 40 loops...very soon I was up to 45. Half way through the scarf, I thought, "that's too big" and inquirer and thinker that I am, I figured out on my own how to get it back down to 40. My "knitting teacher" told me I am very smart, because I figured out the right way to do it. I did it way too fast though. So what ended up happening was that the scarf got obviously narrower pretty quickly... so, one end of the scarf is fat and very loosely knit (I was learning!) and the other end is skinnier, and nicer.

But look, in this picture, it just looks warm and nice! :)

And here is a close up. It didn't turn out as long as Joel had said he wanted, but my knitting teacher said it'll stretch, especially considering how loosely it's knit.


And this is my new project, which I already started right away last night! (It'll be for me, and it'll be much narrower to begin with.) I fell in love with the yarn. AND, I was peeing my pants because I found a yarn store in Old Riga, and it is literally just this good sized store that has walls and shelves lined with yarn, yarn and more yarn!!! :) I am such a dork now, but I love it!