KNITTING WITH OTHERS IN MIND

As always, I am knitting for those that play an important part of my life. My Knitting priorities are constantly shifted, depending upon what major event is looming in the horizon. As much as I want to complete my husband's long awaited sweater, I have it resting in Knitting Limbo due to the need to make some progress on the following projects and their deadlines.
This is Aran Afghan square number 2 out of the 4 I am committed to knit for my Church's Christmas Bazaar in November. I think everyone else is finished with their squares, so when I am finished I will sew all the squares together.and maybe hand off to another member to finish the whole thing with a border. Bobbles galore! it seems it's taken forever to get this far, and the square is not yet 12 inches. I am knitting on this sucker today and tomorrow with the intention of presenting it finished to our Tuesday night Knitting Ministry Group. Ta-Da! Done. Finito. You betcha!
I bought 14 pairs of this yarn in a variety of colors 2 years ago at Hancock on sale for 75 cents a skein and donated it to our group. We're knitting scarves for the Bazaar and several of the ladies have completed scarves already. This is my first and not much progress made, as you can see. Back porch knitting basket project. Soon.

One of our lovely Church Ladies is recovering from surgery, so I dug this Lion Brand Homespun Prairie yarn deeply from out of my stash and cast on for a comfort shawl with the old standby "knit 2, yarn over, knit across row" pattern. When I got bored another group member picked it up and continued knitting the pattern, and after going through several knitting hands, it returned to me. I'm adding the 3rd skein of Homespun and will keep knitting till I pass it on to another member Tuesday night. I think 3 skeins should do it, don't you? The lady is a petite woman. Makes the best rice pudding too! Ask me how I know....

Mason-Dixon Ballband in the works for my co-worker Sandy, who bought a new house one year ago. Was promised some new cloths to match yellow, black and white wallpaper in her kitchen. No comment. But, I am honoring my promise. Believe 3 cloths will make a nice set.

One of our Nurses Aides, Kelly, is graduating from nursing school at the end of this month. She had admired the Babes I knitted last year and wanted to commission one from me as she liked them so much. I'm gifting her with a RN Babe and must get this finished ASAP(!) as she will be leaving for a new job after graduation!

Now, as for personal knitting...

I had ordered a few weeks ago this gorgeous yarn, called Sea Monkey, from Lacey, of Random Stitches (sidebar), who has a shop on Etsey called The Fuzzy Peach. Beautiful hand dyed sock yarn, which is a weakness of mine. Note the brown and blue color, a color acquisition trend carried over from previous posts. A pair of stitch markers were complementary with the order and Lacey so graciously added several more complementary pairs to my order as PayPal was being so temperamental! I was so satisfied with this yarn and it sits by the ball winder, calling to me! I've got a bit of the cuff left to go on my pair of 2 Toe Ups on 1 Long Circular Needle Socks, but I did buy a spare needle on my NYC trip......
No! I must stick to the Knitting Agenda! I must!

Check back with me next week to see if I remained unwavering in my commitments! It's like Weight Watchers for Knitters, without the scale! Will I stick to the program goal or will I have gained additional Knitting Project Poundage?

No 35 Bonus Knitting Points for the week either!