Knitting Adventures

I've been very excited about knitting the past while. I'm not sure what brought it on. I recently found a book on knitting with beads and was instantly addicted. It helps that the projects are fairly quick to finish and are gorgeous. I've been feeling a bit bored with the basic stockinette and garter stitches and wanted to take my knitting to the next level. The beading helped accomplish that a bit.

Last night I started my first argyle project (my first intermediate level knitting project). I LOVE argyle! I always have. I'm a bit apprehensive since it involves cables and knitting from a chart, neither of which I've attempted previously. I have crocheted from a chart, though, so I hope the transfer comes easily for that point. Alas, the projects are all gifts to be given in the next month or two, so no pictures yet. Fingers crossed the argyle works out! I already had to rip out a row after using the cable needle and I hope I don't have to do that again. It's a bit daunting ripping out a row that has stitches crossed from previous rows. At least for this novice it was.