Missed out

I missed out on the last couple of days of the knit blog week. I'm taking some online classes towards my master's in education and yesterday was the final day for the current class. So, blog or pass class, hmmm.... It was a tough decision but I ended up deciding to pass the class.

However I do feel the need to update the status of a couple of FOs even though I am past the expiration date. I don't have pics current, but I have knit two separate aran sweaters for my Dad and he loves them.He's a big sweater guy.  I got these little tags that say "Handmade with love by Shellee" and he is just so thrilled that he has two sweaters that have my name sewn inside them. I'll have to remember to get a couple of pics, because those sweaters are good work. I've made myself a few things as well, but not as happy with them, mostly because of the fact I will spend $$ on yarn for other people but not on myself. Working on that one, cause what good is it to knit an awesome sweater out of crap yarn? (by which I mean yarn I actually do not like, and not necessarily fiber content.)

I also took a big breath and faced what had to be done with Angie's Aran Sweater.

Going...

Going... 

Gone.

I still love this yarn (cashmere mmmm...) and the pattern, (except I'm editing out all of those bobbles.) I just need to relax, relax, relax when I'm knitting with it. I start stressing that it's going to be too big, tighten up my knitting, and end up with something approximately doll sized. My sister is slender, but not THAT slender. Now at least I can move forward instead of feeling lame-o every time I looked at it. Especially since this is the SECOND time I've done the exact same thing. At least it was a different pattern the first time.