Blankie up-date

Just a little update to let everyone know where the blanket is and the last few places it needs to go!

Right now the blanket is hanging out at Taylor's place (She got it during the holiday season, so naturally it wasn't a huge priority) and is doing well. It should be finished fairly soon, and on it's way to the last few places. Here are the last few destinations it needs to go.

Rachel
Kyle
Then back to me!

I hadn't really realized how close we were to finishing! I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Hope all is well with your projects!

with packing, moving back to school, and starting classes, my section of the blanket has taken a little bit longer than i had intended, but it's finally done! while looking at the different sections (which are all gorgeous!), i noticed something very peculiar.... a total lack of stockinette stitch. every square (with the exception of abe-hap's) is done basically in garter stitch! i decided that no blanket could be complete without all the little v's so characteristic of stockinette. i used rice stitch, with the "wrong side" as the front to look somewhat like stockinette without quite as much curling. i think it turned out pretty well. : )

(please ignore the nasty dorm carpet!) kim has just gone on vacation, but when she returns i will be sending the blanket on it's merry way back to oregon. yay!

it's here!

the blanket has arrived in sunny florida along with wonderful goodies from The Bon.

now i just need to decide what to do for my contribution to the blanket! thanks again for the goodies, bon!

Progress report

Just checking in, with proof that I (and the blanket) haven't disappeared off the face of the planet. I finished my square a couple of days ago, but finally had the time today to weave in all the yarn ends. So, here's a wonky picture (I swear it is a square and not a trapezoid or diamond!):


I used Elspeth Lavold's Silky Wool. Sooo... now I need to take it around town when I get goodies for Penny, and get some blanket-in-Eugene action shots. I should have it sent off by the end of the week.

blanket on its way back to Oregon :)

Hi everyone just letting you all know Ive finished adding my part to the blanket and Im very happy with how it looks. I stitched my part in a Nubbly Tweed 2 stitch, a quick & easy stitch to do. I tried to find some green & gold yarn-Aussie colours -and the yarn I found was as close to it as I could get.

The pic though makes the colours look alot less nicer then what they really are in real life :( sorry about that.

I took the blanket for a quick outing today to grab a few pics of the town, we went to the Blue Lake and to the Lady Nelson tourist centre - its been raining on & off all day so we cut our tour of town short.

but if you want to see more pics of Mt Gambier then be sure to click on our photo galleries 2005~2007 on our blog.

So first thing tomorrow I'll be sending the blanket & some goodies to Fyberduck. I had fun doing the swap, thanks for letting me join in. I cant wait to see progress pics of the blanket as it travels to everyone.

seeya, abe-hap.

Arrived!!

Ahhhh - what have we here a parcel from Oregon, gee I wonder who that could be from!

Jodie sent me a gorgeous skein of super wash merino yarn from local dye artist Janis Thompson in Eugene, Oregon, so its definitely one of a kind!

The colours are so unusual, and pretty, I love it. It will be made into a very special something for me, and I think Ive already decided on a lovely scarf pattern to use it on.

Also Jodie sent me some CD's music mixes, with some classical & some fun & funky mixes, which I'm listening to right now as I type this, Jodie they are great choices :)

Thank you Jodie for the great gifts, Tomorrow I'll take the blanket strip for a quick tour of town, (pics coming) before we head home and get into some serious knitting time together as I add my part to it.

Sent!

The beginning of the blanket has been sent! Along with some goodies of course. I didn't get a chance to take any pictures before I sent it, so maybe Abe-hap will be kind enough to post some pics.

I decided to start the blanket with a sort of "blank slate" approach. Nothing complicated (it can't get much simpler) and something that is easy to be creative with. Remember that there is no stipulation as to the type of add on you do. We could have a sorts of polygons and fun experiements going on. Be creative!