Two more squares done

Whew. I've discovered that I'm really not a very good knitter. I can do the stitches okay, but the concentration is where I struggle. Keeping track of rows and counting stitches. Arrrggh! Sometimes I feel like I'm spending as much time going backward as forward. These were finished late last night.

This one was very simple, but I was winging it on the pattern, so it took longer than necessary.

This is called "Shingle Stitch", and involves knitting and purling into the back of stitches. Not hard, but it took me awhile to get into the counting groove.

Baby afghan squares

The baby shower is going to be Monday for my co-worker and his wife, so we've decided to try to get this afghan finished by then. That means between yesterday and Friday, I need to complete 6 squares.
Nobody at work really purls much, so I feel compelled to add some pattern to the squares I do. And it's actually a great way to practice some new stitches. But because of the time constraint, I've got to stick with some basic tried and true stitches. I worked all last night on it, and got 2 squares finished. I had some trouble with one. Apparently I got interrupted and got off on my pattern. I had cast off, and then realized that it did not look right. UGH! I tried something that I'm terrible at, and try to avoid at all costs - I ripped out, back to where I was before the mess-up, and started again. I was shocked that you can't even tell!

I really should have gone another row on the chevron one, but I didn't, and I'm not ripping it out again!

Sorry about the dark pictures - with flash you can't see the pattern, and without flash, they are dark, and the color is definitely prettier than this. Kind of a light teal.