a moment of weakness

ok, i bought yarn. but i'm going to say that it doesn't count as cheating. because my stash along starts on the 1st and today was the 31. My stash along hadn't started yet...it doesn't count!

but there was a reason that i purchased the yarn, i needed thinner yarn so that i can work on the amigurumis. the crochet needles i got were really thin, and all my yarn are bulky at least 8s, and the pattern called for a 5 yarn, which i didn't have. so i had to get 5 yarn. OKAY, so that's really an excuse because i worked better with the larger yarn & the larger crochet needle...darn it.

okay but that was my only moment of weakness...now that i've gotten all that out of my system, I'm ready to face the stashalong.

I was thinking of making a scarf with the burgendy yarn and incorporating the pink one too. make it super bulky...a quick project and useful for donation purposes. I wanted to do that valentine's donation for the college kids. so... now, i just have to find a pattern of scarf that i like, as opposed to just regular garter stitch or stockingette stitch.

on the amigurumi note...i think i'm coming along great. It's easier to work with the larger yarn & larger needle, but it was helpful that my mother knew how to decipher my crappy english translations into what she knew. I think it's great how crochetting is universal. Like I told her how many stitches it was suppose to be, and she knew immediately how to teach me, and what to do. I didn't know what 2 sc in first st meant, but she knew...

I mean I didn't get very far, i have problems keeping track of my stitches, so i think i'm going to write it out, the directions that is, so that i know each one. instead of round three being *work 2 sc in first st., 1 sc in next st; rep * around - 18 sts. I'm going to write it out like this:
row 3: 2sc, 1sc, 2sc, 1sc, 2sc, 1sc, 2sc, 1sc, 2sc, 1sc, 2sc, 1sc. or 2sc, 1sc X 6

my mother is very helpful. even though she complains that i spend too much money, she doesn't prevent me too much from doing what i like.