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)