The small cable purse is coming along; I’ve completed the knitting (long I-cord & body of the purse). Now, I need to steam block it and assemble it. I think I’ll try to get to that tomorrow night. I can’t WAIT to wear it! It is the perfect size for credit card, ID, etc.

Here is a picture of the finished purse. It is not perfect, but I’m proud that I figured out how to decrease on a cable row.This is in fact my first knitted project that included decreases and the first knitted cable item that I’ve completed. :)



Last weekend, I delivered the strawberry banana blanket. Baby M was more excited by the idea of a present than by the blanket itself, but I think that is to be expected from a toddler. Her mom really liked the blanket. I look forward to it being roughly loved in the years ahead. I hope she loves it as much as I loved my yellow bunny blanket (I wonder whatever happened to that old thing?)….
(4/28/2009 10:45 pm)

One of the girls that I taught to crochet finished her first blanket and was kind enough to send me a couple of pictures. I’m so proud of her – it looks great! Here are a couple of pics:


Way to go, Turtle! :)

And when I think about the girls that I’m teaching to crochet – I have yet to convert any guys, but I’m working on it –
I have to think about my mentors. So, I’d like to take a moment to thank Sam who takes the time to teach me even though I do everything backwards because she’s left-handed….thanks for sharing tons of great tips, and helping me troubleshoot when the problem is that I just don’t read. :)

And thanks to Meghan who was such a help when I was getting started and learning to crochet in the round…it is now my favorite way to work. :)

And thanks to Lisa who teaches me about knitting as I teach her about crochet. She’s always happy to admire my work even though I can see her thinking that everything would look better knitted. :)

(4/20/2009 10:10 pm)

I’ve finished the Strawberry Banana blanket and am hoping to deliver it next weekend. The pansy baby afghan is also completed. My grandmother and I spoke on the phone after she received the Love Knot Edged blanket and she sounded so surprised and happy. It really reinforced the giving of surprise afghans. She was so sweet and we had a lovely chat.

The navy blanket for my husband is still at about 30% – it is not very interesting (solid navy, single-crochet), but is easy, so eventually, it will be finished. I worked on it on the way to Avenue Q with some friends yesterday….and in case you were wondering…they are not kidding about the mature content. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Last week I took a Knitting 2 class at a local yarn shop. I learned that I had been wrapping the yarn the wrong way as I was trying to learn continental knitting, so this should help loosen up my stitches and has made knitting more enjoyable these last few days. I may be able to make a GAAA after all! I’m working on a small teal cable purse to practice and have ordered some wooden cable needles online that I think I’ll enjoy.

I also started a crocheted cable blanket from a pattern in Interweave Crochet magazine. It is gorgeous. I can’t wait to finish it! I want to try to give it away, but this is my first blanket that I’m not sure I can part with. Luckily, the Pinwheel blanket took 2.5 years, so though it was pretty, I was glad to see the last of it. Perhaps I should change my occupation to “hater of assemby.” :)
(4/19/2009 9:53 am)