Someone in my family had a baby boy last week. I was smart and started a blankie last summer. I confess, it's another opportunity for a not-natural fiber. Young parents don't have time to hand wash and line dry, sorry EZ. No, it won't be terribly warm...but it's cute and will be warm-ish. I just finished it last night. It's all Bernat from Walmart.
Basic directions: cast on 3 stitches, work in garter, increase one stitch at beginning of each row, work till yarn is half used up, decrease one stitch at beginning of each row. Bind off last 3 stitches. This is another loose hap shawl square variant.
There is crocheting involved: With a crochet hook, with single crochet, pickup 2 stitches in each in between row (ie between the garter bumps). Please don't ask me how to express that better in crochet lingo, I just don't know. Go round the whole edge. On the next row, to make picot edge, sc in 2 stitches, then double crochet x3 in every 3rd stitch/loop. Contact me if you really wanna do this! It makes a nice little slightly frilly edge.
OK, gotta get this in the mail soon, to Ohio, for a little baby boy. It's very exciting to see one's neices and nephews have babies. Uh oh, guess this means I'm a great aunt or something similar??
In other news, isn't the muted late afternoon autumn light lovely?
I don't think kitties care, they just want to act like they really have an opportunity to hunt at the feeder visitors...
An azalea I planted is blooming, sometimes they bloom twice a year...
And, in the garden, lettuce, cukes, and broccoli are starting to sprout on the right side of this photo...
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