Bellini, anyone?

Yay, I'm in the Knitting Blogs ring! What does this mean? I dunno really, it's fun to go down the list of knitblogs and click and read about someone's Charlotte's Web or Audrey or other things. Big ups to Booga J for starting the ring!

I joined Erica's Candy-Along because it sounded fun: candy colors and a candy exchange. Ooh! I'm looking forward to that! (So's my dentist, who has filled a ridiculous amount of holes in my teeth!) I have 3 balls of Patons Katrina in Sherbert, which is a peachy type of color. I bought them out of curiousity--the balls were squishily soft and the yarn very elastic, stretching about half its length when I measured. This means I may have to knit a size smaller if possible. I'm knitting the Wine-Red Top (the one on the left) from Rebecca 25, something with lace, since I promised myself to try something other than stockinette and garter stitches. Since my yarn isn't winey-red, let's call this the (Peach) Bellini Tank, shall we? Here are the first 2 repeats of the pattern:

I frogged this thing 6 times! You'd think I'd have learned after the first 2 frogs, but I kept making mistake upon mistake upon mistake. I experimented with cast-ons also, only to conclude that the simple twisted loop cast-on is best (according to Montse Stanley's book).

P.S.: Thanks for comments on Laurie Lambkin! The niece took one look at the thing and tried to cram the head into her mouth. A complete success!

P.S.S.: BF liked my Lace Cami; needless to say, he's now curious about my next knitting project!