Knitting Problems

Abbreviation guide: MC- main color CC- contrast color CO- cast on BO- bind off P- purl K- knit K2tog- knit two together P2tog- purl two together Kf&b- knit front and back SSK- slip, slip, knit ST- stockinette st st- stitch CN- cable needle SH- stitch holder H2F- hold to front H2B- hold to back Sl- slip w&t- wrap and turn Gauge 39 rows/24 sts Size- Woman's 0/2 If you would like to make this pattern but you are not a sixteen year old girl (and as far as I know there there are only two teenage girls in the entire world that knit, one is my best friend, and the other is me), or my aunt (who is impressively small for an grown woman), I apologize. I'm not smart enough to make this pattern work in other sizes. I hope to be one day. Maybe you're really smart yourself, and you know how math works. If that's the case, would you be willing to make this pattern work in other sizes? I will send you a bouquet of button flowers. If there are any takers...

With the fate of my sweater yet to be determined, I'm at least moving forward with my other projects. The scarf I've been working on is finally finished: I like the way it turned out, although I would have preferred to have finished it weeks ago. Still it's done, and ready to be dropped off later this week. Plus it's one more thing off my check list. My next project is a pair of gloves. I've already gotten the yarn and I have almost a month to finish them, which is more than enough time. I might even finish them in time to get my sweater finished before Christmas. But since school is still a factor, maybe not.

Yesterday I made these: Flip-Flop covers. A fun way to use up novelty yarn I bought on a whim. I made them as another cover for my  Switch Flops . The project started out well. They even ended up the same size as all my other covers. I was feeling pretty good about the project. When I finished knitting them it was kind of late, so I waited to find some Velcro until today. That's when I found the bump in the road. This morning I started looking for Velcro. I knew we had some in the craft closet, I even remembered putting it there. Unfortunately, all we have is the fuzzy part, which is already covering the flip-flop straps. What I needed was the scratchy part. Okay, I admit it I know nothing about Velcro. I kept on looking but all I found was more of the wrong have. The good thing about the craft closet is that it holds all the remnants of failed projects through the years. That may sound depressing, but really it's a positive thing. I stumbled, literally, across one of V...