When I originally taught myself to knit, it was the English (or Throw) method, and tonight I tried the Continental method after reading tons saying that it's much faster. Ouch! My left hand just starts hurting way too fast (also a problem for me in crochet, where the left hand controls as well). Continental casting on, on the other hand, is wonderful. The slowest part of knitting for me was casting on, now it's easy and quick.

I've been doing a lot of craftsy stuff again - last night I finished a WUA square and started the next one. I also finished my bath puff and started in on a back scrubber. Hopefully I'll finish another square and the scrubber tonight while Shawn's at work.

I also made a new hair garland (using dogwood stems) to replace my old one that's looking a little ratty. It's just going to sit on a shelf until the next Ren Faire, but it was fun to make.

My next project will probably be a plastic bag keeper. We recycle them, but they tend to build up all around the table before recycling trips. Or maybe I'll just make a bunch of bags and take my own. I wonder what Wal-Mart would do with that? I'd be happy to pack them myself but the way it's set up with those spinning bag holders, I'm not sure how that would work.