Checkerboardskirt

So Eric showed me this cool banner thing in Photoshop today, and I've been playing around with that.

Here's an update to the Entrelac scarf: I can't believe how much this scarf reminds me of neopolitan ice cream. I just added the second skein so I suppose I'm about halfway through. It's 70 degrees out, this sunny windy February day, so that possibly justifies getting ice cream.. Also, I randomly found a couple more knitting related charities I wanted to add: warmupamerica.com - Accepting knitted or crocheted afghans, or afghan parts, i.e. blocks that you haven't assembled into a full fledged blanket. I love this because not only does it promote keeping donations local, but there are no (as far as I could tell) stipulations to what types of yarn or blankets they want. savethechildren.org - This charity collects tiny knitted caps to be given to premature babies worldwide. They also ask that the contributor write a letter to Barack Obama asking him to consider women's and babies' health on a larger scale. Though I care about both women and babies, I'm ...

Two weeks?! Geez, I didn't realize how unproductive I've been. Here's what I started yesterday at work: The pattern can be found here , and is surprisingly easy. It feels like knitting something M.C. Escher would have drawn. I'm now in hardcore efforts to use up old/unwanted yarn. My goal is to get rid of about an 18 gallon sized storage container of yarn before I move in July. The ways I propose to do this are as follows: warmwoolies.org - Takes various knitted items in wool, and only non-white acrylic baby blankets. A weird combination sure, but appealing because I have a lot of non-white acrylic yarn, and baby blankets are or can be essentially..large squares. Bad news is I would have to mail donations. h4ha.org - (Hugs for Homeless Animals, noobs.) This one is great; you can pretty much knit any blanket out of anything, and deliver it to a local participating shelter. You can search for local shelters on their website, which is the jam because you can keep your lo...