It's Done!

The baby afghan is done. I had a minor problem last night because I ran out of blue half-way around the border. Fortunately, I was able to get another ball of the same dye-lot at Wal-Mart today during lunch. The pattern is the Double Shell Stitch from Leisure Arts Leaflet #3205, Snuggle-Up Baby Afghans.

The pictures are a little off in color.



I used this pattern once before. Click here to see a pic.

And now...back to socks!

Still Working

Well, my weekend wasn't as successful as I was hoping. I didn't finish the baby afghan like I'd planned. I am only 4 rows away from the end (and then the border). Maybe I'll be able to get there tonight. I did get a couple dishcloths crocheted for an exchange, and I finished up 2 squares for Heartmade Blessings that I had previously started.

Summer of Socks starts in 2 days, so I've got to get the baby afghan out of the way. I'm still planning to devote the bulk of my summer knitting/crocheting time to knitting socks.

Busy Working....

I've been busy working on my various projects but I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere. I think know I have too many projects going at once right now. Usually I try to keep it down to one project and then in between I work on squares. Right now I have the following:
-Baby Afghan (half-way)
-Flamingo Socks (working on the gusset of the second sock)
-Trekking Socks (still working on the leg of the first sock)
Plus I'm still trying to get a few squares worked up a long the way.

I think I need to focus for now on the baby afghan. I really want to have that out of the way before Summer of Socks begins on the 21^st. There are some new sock yarns coming out this fall and I need to clear out some space in the sock yarn cabinet for new yarns. Plus, I'm hoping to attend Stitches East for the shopping. So, I'm going to try hard all summer long to work up as many socks as I can.

At the beginning of the year, I only set 2 "fiber" goals for myself. One was to knit a pair of socks a month (I've fallen behind on that, but hope to "catch-up" over summer). The other was to work through my stash of 4-ply worsted weight acrylic yarns, with the goal of emptying 2 rubbermaid containers. I started with five 18-gallon rubbermaid containers and various other small stashes of acrylic. I am happy to report, that as of yesterday I completely emptied one 18-gallon container.

Beautiful Birds

Thunderbirds!! These pics are from the Carlisle All Ford Nationals, June 3, 2006. Circumstances prevented me from driving my car, but I was still able to go and look at all the cars.






I had planned to walk around and look at the cars and then spend most of the day sitting in the grand stands knitting. But I only got a little bit of knitting time in. There was a lot more to look at than I anticipated.

Next year, my bird is going to be there!

Socks Update

I finally reached the gusset of my second flamingo sock. I've got a ways to go on the gusset decreases, but at least I'm past the hard part.


Trek Along With Me begins today so, I'll be casting on my first Trekking sock this evening. I'm going to a huge car show on Saturday at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. I'm not sure if this counts as a Trek but I'll be doing lots of walking around looking at cars and when I'm not doing that, I'll be sitting in the grand stands working on my socks. I plan to post pics on Sunday.