The blankets are finished

We had a few last minute additions to the blanket donations today. Carole brought her diagonal striped blanket which she steamed lightly. It helps to even out the stitches and soften the acrylic a bit to make it all more uniform.

Janna stayed just long enough to drop off her lovely blanket to be added to the collection.

And Cinzia crocheted her second blanket for the collection. For some reason, crocheting a blanket seems to go faster than knitting. Perhaps because a crocheted stitch is taller than a knitted stitch.

So here is our grand total of 11 beautiful blankets to be donated to the hospice for veterans.

We're all busy with projects for men, women, and children now.

I found a video tutorial for an adult size balaclava (we keep calling it BAKLAVA! LOL!) which had the instructions written in English on the screen which is a good thing since I don't speak Hindi like the woman giving the tutorial! I wrote the directions down so we can all share the pattern. It's knitted flat and then a small seam is sewn to connect the band around the neck.

Jan A. started a hat called...

Bankhead

Jan P. is finishing up the band of her 1898 hat.

Cinzia started a rolled brim hat.

And Dorah was going to make the Declan hat but found out she did the same thing I did today which was knit a 1X1 ribbing instead of a 2X2 ribbing. In my case I could fudge it but Dorah's hat needed the wider ribbing to flow right into the pattern of cables. So Plan B is she will make the Raven DK instead.

Carole's 1898 hat is showing the crown portion now. She's almost done.

And Maureen keeps plugging away on her scarf with that pretty self striping yarn.

 I'm testing out a pattern that is new to me to see if it's a good one for donations so maybe next week I'll have it ready to show. In the meantime, keep those needles clicking!