We had a great finishing party at Eva's house last Saturday afternoon. Marjorie brought her Big Wool project to finish while I brought all my samplers to assemble. And, oh, those squares are heavy. It was my first time at Eva's house and it's like going to a knitting library. She has a great collection of knitting books of every kind and I haven't even got to the yarn part. Happy time passes just too quickly. So I didn't managed to get a lot done. Go take a peek at the pictures at Eva’s blog.
The cable-y sweater (design 11) from Rebecca 26 caught my eyes and Eva magically whipped out two bags of the GGH Davos yarn that's called for in off-white and blue and insisted that I take the off-white. The yarn is very cuddly and I can't wait to start knitting this. She's also bought some cute Hello Kitty and My Sweet Melody buttons for my daughters and a purse snap from Japan. Thanks a lot, Eva, you are so generous!
I continued a bit with the assembling yesterday afternoon and am very pleased that they are finally coming together after over a year of knitting. Here are all my blocks laid out on the floor.
I could only manage this while the two girls took their nap. See, three empty gaps and I thought I had only two more squares to go. Is my memory failing me or what? Thank goodness I took notes for this project and I quickly identified the missing square as the 'Knit-Twist Lattice'. Got to go and locate it and knit on the last two squares.
That's going to be a beautiful sweater. Love the color also. Rebecca has some of the best patterns available today. I like so many of them that it's hard to decide which to knit. :-)
Posted by: Eilene | Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 12:59 AM
Your afghan is looking so great! The colors really work well together and show off the stitches beautifully. Great job (I'm inspired to pull mine back out again!)
Posted by: Cindy | Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 02:20 AM
Your blocks are just so beautiful!!! Wow! You make me want to start knitting again. ;D LOL You have a good friend, too. I am so jealous! :D I loved Hello Kitty and My Melody when I was a little girl, and ah... I still do. LOL It's strange to see that something stays popular all these years, don't you think?
Can you get Japanese yarns in Hong Kong??? I miss Japanese yarns. I feel like they got better colors than ones here.
Posted by: Chie | Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 04:10 AM
Oh WOW! That is an impressive afghan. Just beautiful!
Posted by: Kerstin | Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 05:08 AM
Hi Siow Chin, your blocks afghan is very beautiful. Looking forward to see the FO very soon. I may make one for myself one day. But, it may take me year to finish.
Posted by: Eva Shiu | Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 08:58 AM
That is one great looking afghan! It is definitely going to be a heirloom piece. And I loved that sweater too! I can't wait to see yours!
Posted by: Allison | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 03:18 AM
Oh your afghan is absolutely spectacular! What a beautiful piece of work - makes me want to go right out and make one of my own!
Posted by: Robbyn | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 04:34 AM
Your Barbara Walker-inspired afghan is going to be stunning. The color combination is perfect. I can't wait to see the finished afghan!
Posted by: Laura | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 09:01 AM
Your squares all look so perfect and pretty. Your afghan is going to look amazing when it is all sewn up.
Posted by: yvette | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 06:55 PM
Your afghan looks beautiful, such lovely knitting and so many great details to look at - wonderful!
Posted by: Anita | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 09:14 PM
are you sure your daughter didn't hide your square? ;)
Posted by: marjorie | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at 09:51 PM