First up is a progress picture of “Fairy Flora.”
The picture really sucks but at 15″ long, Flo will no longer fit on my scanner. I tried slapping two scans together, but couldn’t get them to line up so I just gave up and used the camera. This picture makes the fabric look a lot more olive green than it is in real life. If you would like a better idea of the true fabric color, look at the previous progress scans in my gallery.
I don’t think that I am quite half done with this project yet, but I have reached the bottom of the pattern: In other words, Flo will get no longer. The chart claims that on 32 count Flo will end up being 20″ tall and as I still have to add her wings, I believe it.
And now for something completely different…
For those of you who stop by my main blog now and again you will know that I joined in the 101 Things in 1001 Days madness. If you have not read my list, one item that I have under general craftiness is to knit myself an afghan.
Now I am not sure what technically constitutes an “afghan,” but yesterday my Lion Brand Yarn weekly newsletter came with a pattern for something that is called “My Favorite Blankie.” It is a beginner’s pattern which will result in a 34″ blanket and so once I get back to the US I think I will go shopping for some yarn to make it.
If all goes well and I catch the knitting bug, I hope that it will be a prelude to something larger and more complex. If not, I will still have completed a significant knitting project and that is really what that particular item on my list is all about anyway.
And now, I am off to finish my needleroll for XXX.