Learn Your ABC - A New Meme

As you well know, I love taking part in memes. Especially Tami Klockau's WIP Wednesday and FO Friday. For the past week, I have been thinking about starting my own meme. After being inspired by Blogging Month (unable to find the link - sorry!). 

The idea behind the meme is this:

Every Monday, bloggers around the world write about a topic beginning with a letter of the alphabet (We will be doing this in order, so A for the first week, B for the second etc).

They can write about anything they want, as long as the topic begins with the letter of the alphabet for that week. As there are 26 letters in the alphabet, this meme will run for 26 weeks. (If it works and people enjoyed doing it, we can try it a second time!)The great thing about this meme, is that you can write the post in advance, and schedule it to be posted. 

The project will be starting on Monday the 9th May 2011, and the first letter is (obviously) A. 

My post will be entitled: 'A is for... Accessories'.

If you would like to take part, simply add your name, and blog URL to the Mr. Linky below. If you have any ideas about this meme, please leave a comment below! I would love to hear them :D

EDIT: The Mr.Linky is now closed. If you would like to take part, simply write your post for the right week, then post the link on the latest ABC Post. Click here to find the latest.

WIP Wednesday: Knitter's Travelling Syndrome

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the meltdown I had over the hat I was knitting. It wasn't a proud moment for me. For days I have been looking guiltily at the frogged hat, wishing I hadn't got so upset. So yesterday, after giving myself a pep talk, I took out my 5mm needles, the meadow green yarn and cast on.

I am really pleased that I started it again. I've been really poorly the last couple of weeks, so it's nice to have a project which requires 18cm of GS before you have to even bat an eyelid at a pattern. Each row is 90 stitches, so I have only managed to do 8 rows of rib and 14 rows of GS so far (that's 1,980 stitches altogether). 

I think it's looking okay so far, I really am in love with that colour green. It is going to look absolutely fab on my sister. Lets just hope she likes it!

My second WIP is my Fingerless Wrist Warmers I blogged about last week. I intended to start them on the car trip last weekend but I found out I suffered from Knitter's Travelling Syndrome (KTS). It is a sad and debilitating disorder, where the sufferer is unable to knit while travelling due to motion sickness. This leaves the  sufferer upset and incredibly bored.

I managed to survive the 2 1/2 hour car trip by flicking through the radio channels. I managed to listen to the song Price Tag by Jessie J ft B.O.B, three consecutive times on three different radio channels. If I wasn't word perfect with it before, I certainly am now.

After a meal out, we headed back to our hotel and I finally managed to get started on the warmers. It wasn't much, but it was a start. Yesterday though, I managed to finish the first one. 

Excuse the cruddy photograph!

You can't really see on the photograph, but there is an extra eyelet on the left hand side of the warmer, which shouldn't be there! Once it is sown up though you shouldn't be able to notice it :)

So that's my WIPs for this week, if you'd like to see some more head over to Tami's blog! Tami has also opened the virtual doors to her new online shop, Candy Skein. I managed to have a look around yesterday, and within 5 minutes I had already seen to many things that I wanted needed! A couple of my favourites are:

Hand Dyed Worsted Weight Yarn - Green Apple. 

I have no idea what I would knit with it, but I want it!

Hand Dyed Worsted Weight Yarn - Cotton Candy Swirl. I've never described a yarn as yummy before, but this one certainly is!

Hand Dyed DK Weight Yarn - Blue Raspberry. 

I would love to make the Grace Lave Beret with this yarn.

Before I pop off to have my Pot Noodle (unhealthy I know, but so dang delicious!) I would like to say thank you to my best friend Abbie, without her wonderful exploding lemons joke this post would not have been possible.

P.S

I will be starting a new feature on my blog next Monday. So don't forget to come over and have a look!