Month: May 2007

I’ve been knitting away during the month of May on Hokie Healing squares. I thought my total was pretty impressive. I knit 11 squares.

Then I got a comment from Christy on the blog. Susan from the Omaha Guild crocheted 32 squares! When I started this I thought if everyone I knew made just one square, I’d have a nice package to send along to Mosaic Yarn. The grand total: 65 squares!

 

Yes, these are INSIDE the play yard.
I had to protect them from my little drooler. 

All of the squares are packaged up and waiting for the mailman as I type this. Thanks everyone who participated: Susan (who deserves a maroon and burnt orange star!), Karen, Sue, Kim, Christy, Tara, Joanne and Lauren. (Did I leave anyone out? There were some unlabeled squares from Omaha.) I also want to thank Mary Pat for contributing toward shipping. The package was over five pounds! Most of all, I want to thank Gina for coordinating this effort. It’s such a wonderful project and I wish I could help with the seaming, too!

 

 

Squares are flying off my needles. I’m already on number seven. I have an update for square drop offs:

Saturday, May 19th at the Omaha Public Library from 11 am – 2 pm: I can’t make this event, but Christy will be collecting squares for me.

Wednesday, May 16th and 23rd Barnes & Noble South Pointe Pavillion 7-9 pm.

I’m thinking of mailing the squares on Saturday, May 26th to make sure they get there by the end of the month. Does that deadline work for everyone?

It’s been awhile, and I’ve already thanked Yvonne in person,* but I just have to flash what a great knitting buddy she is. I can’t wait to use the alpaca to knit the teddy bear pattern for Mirabella—it’s so soft! I’ve already made a few dishes out of the Indian cookbook and they’ve been fabulous. The shower creams are nice and different scents than you would normally find in the states. Orange and fig are my favorites so far. Thanks, Yvonne!

*ok, I thanked her via email, but when compared to a blog post, it’s almost like “in person”

I’m sure most of you have at least some black or white yarn in your stash for the Hokie Healing squares, but for those who need maroon and burnt orange, Sue from Yarn for All is planning to do a group order from Brown Sheep:

Autumn Harvest: orange
Medieval Red: maroon
Onyx: black
White Frost: white

All colors come in both worsted weight (190 yds, needle size 8) and bulky weight (125 yds, needle size 10 1/2). Contact Sue by Thursday, 10 am to get in on the group order.