Catching up

Here's some of what's been going on during January - March 2012:

Made this cabled afghan for Aunt B in February -- in 8 days! Large needles, #11, on Lion Brand chunky. Went fast, but first I had to rewrite the pattern: it was designed to be knit in four panels, and then sewn together. Why? Why not do them all at once? So after one evening of experimenting I put it all together with seed stitches in between to knit as one continuous piece.

In progress: took 13 skeins. Lion Brand Hometown USA or something like that.

It fits! Aunt B with Lia and Mimi the bunny, who has seen better days.

The beads are back! Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...stocked up on plenty, though components of the above made for B came from Albuquerque, Phoenix, Durango, and Florida.... everywhere but Tucson.

In February I hosted the Wild Woolly Spinners and here we are toasting Elizabeth, who was battling cancer at the time and not able to join us. She passed away almost exactly a month after this was taken.

Knitting Humane Society kitty blankets on our travels. Here are 10 ready for delivery.

Seashell Progress

After the third winter trip we are home long enough to make some progress. It was a slow-starter because, I now know, I was trying to use a very thin 1/8" lead, which meant that cutting had to be super precise so that it would fit evenly under the "H" lead. Not a good idea for a beginner, and one so long out of practice. So I switched it up to larger (3/16" I think) and things are moving along much faster. Here are two progression shots:

March 27th. The first two or three pieces

April 2nd

April 3rd