New On the Needles

I was on the phone last night with Brain (a/k/a Ms. Brooke) and we both were looking up new patterns of things to make. Yes, both of us still have the Irish Cables Bag on the needles, but who cares... I am so annoyed with that after doing the entire bag wrong, it hurts my soul to think about it, let alone actually work on it!
So I went through the book of patterns I got for Christmas from Ms. Brooke--

to see what I can do to get my stash down. See, my problem is that I go into yarn shops for say, just a cable needle, and end up buying a couple skeins of yarn without knowing what the hell I will do with them. No clue in fact. I just like the yarn. So, instead of rolling them into cakes and putting them on display all around the house, its imperative that I get these made into something so I can, oh I don't know, find a pattern THEN buy the appropriate yarn?

Thats my new years resolution--well, February resolution anyway. I will no longer just randomly buy yarn. (It is OK, however, that Brooke did buy me sock yarn and some other goodies which I hope to receive tonight when I see her for the big game--Go Bears!)


So back to the book... I found a pattern called the "Dotted Scarf" that uses two colors! This is like a triple bonus! I can not only use up two skeins of my yarn, but I also get to make something from my new book to wear! The pattern is quite easy (garter stitch) but every few rows I weave in my contrasting color and thus create the "dotted" effect.

The yarn I'm using is something I bought the last time I was at the yarn store--its called Silky Wool in colors Lava and Vibrant Green. This pattern also worked out well for me because I was in such a rush at the store I didn't have them wind the skein for me and it was a nightmare to unravel. I screwed that thing up so bad I didn't know what was going on. Thank goodness Mom took it home and balled it for me! I hope to finish this scarf tonight, but we'll see!