Not quite hopeless

So.. I've come to the part of the hat I'm working on where I need to switch to double pointed needles.. of which I have NONE. :/ Yes, I did start a project I wasn't ready for.. so what?
Anyway.. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to pick up a set from any of the big ass craft stores in town.. I was wrong. So very wrong. I just don't understand it. Huge craft stores and the needle selection is useless.. No problem right? There is one local yarn store; surely they have a standard sized set of double pointed needles.. Well, I'll never know. Their hours of operation are as follows: Only open when I'm at work. Period. So after throwing a small ( read: large ) hissy fit, I decided I would just order them from someone online. So i search around and guess what? My local FABRIC store has a great selection of just what i'm looking for! yup.. the fabric store.. so I'm on my way to buy my needles with a big ol' grin!
I hope to finish the hat tonight. I'll even post a picture or two I"m sure.

Actually!

I have been crafting "things". But I have no real progress to show off. I'm furiously working on a knitted tie. "Increasing" is a technique that is for some reason kicking my butt. I think I'm knitting way too tightly and quite possibly have the wrong yarn type/ needle size combo. I only seem to get it right 2 out of 4 times. I paused my tie project to make my husband a birthday card. I much prefer making cards than buying them from the store. This one is an accordian type card.. Looks like an envelope, but folds all the way out. I'm also about a 1/3 of the way done with some "art" to hang on my living room wall. Said wall is about 12"x 11" of empty space with a little ugly tv right in the middle. A bit daunting to say the least. I do have a few pictures of it in the making. I'll post them soon.

Finished

I finally finished my first full knitting project! I think it turned out pretty well. There are a few mistakes, but nothing that I can't live with.

I've already started my next project. It's a tie for my husband. The thread and needles are much smaller than I've used before. I'm pretty excited.

Progress

This is my current (read first) knitting project. Its made of cheap Hobby Lobby yarn and will eventually be a purse. The final dimensions are roughly 6"x11".



It's curling up on the sides right now.. but once I get it finished and sew together it will all straighten out. I'm pretty excited about this.. I haven't had to rip any rows out this time (fingers, toes and eyes crossed)

Rows, Rows, Rows, Crap

I really must learn how to just rip out the rows that I have to. Instead of the entire piece.

Knitting

I have two basic stitches down now.. The knit and purl. So, now that I've basically knitted a zillion rows I'm ready to make "something". My problem is that I have about 75 projects I would love to do. I think I'll start simple and do a small bag or something. What I'd love to start with first, because I'm a glutton for punishment is this.