Decorating For Valentine's Day

A lost, then found, little fiber optic Christmas tree found in the basement has now become my holiday tree that I will decorate for different holidays as the year moves forward. At night it is is so pretty and cheerful...

This year I would have loved to make decorations, but in an effort to save time to do/make other things I spent only 97 cents at Walmart for some super glittered confettii; found some tape and some ribbon and made some quick ones.

Also, I've always wanted to make a garland for the fireplace so I did this year for Valentine's Day using simply ribbon, tiny, tiny clothespins and store bought Valentines. So simple, yet effective...

Maybe I'll make something out of fabric to hang there after Valentine's Day is over. Plus, I have some really cute Easter fabric I could use to make a "flag" garland to hang there.

Valentine's Day Mini Neck Scarf

Remember this that I started by Bethany?

Well, I screwed-up the bind-off. There was nothing wrong with the pattern directions. I just didn't fully understand the bind-off used so mine wasn't as neat and pretty as it should have been. So, I decided to crochet the bad end to make it look better and just call it quits halfway through the pattern and make this mini neck scarf with white, heart buttons for Valentine's Day rather than a Winter Whimsy.

But, I do want to actually make a Winter Whimsy, but find a different bind-off that I can understand for the board. I did the bind-off for the cast-on end that used waste yarn just perfect. This isn't the first time I've had problems doing a bind-off. I cast-on and knit along perfectly and then screw-up at the end. For some reason, I just have problems understanding some directions for it. I can't follow what the pattern is saying or follow fine and then lose my place as to what I'm doing - thus messing it up. Maybe one of these days I'll have a light bulb moment, and it'll all make sense to me.