Galena

We're back.  With the realization that we didn't have to send the Lord Protector off to college this summer came the further realization that we could take a vacation.  In our typical johnny-come-lately fashion, the epiphany came late in the season, but early enough to get away to Galena for a long Labor Day weekend.

I do love Galena.  It's familiar enough that there's no rush or pressure to see the sights and shops before we have to leave.  We find something new and visit old favorites each time we go.  I hadn't realized how much I've missed it the past few years.

Best of all, there was knitting.

My Sister and I are knitting for the Welcome Blanket project.  

We opted for a variation of Mason-Dixon Kay's Cornerstone Blanket (Ravelry pattern page). The blankets need to be 40" square. We did some rough and ready math and decided we could do 4 10"squares.  Let's pause here and think about this, shall we?  Anyone notice the fundamental arithmetical error in that plan?  Very good. We're talking area, 2-dimensions, not linear measurement.  Four 10" squares will only make up one side of a 40" inch blanket. 


At first I thought we could take the original four squares to make up one corner, then knit two 20" squares and 4 more small squares.  If we set them up diagonally, it might look like we planned it that way all along.

Instead we went more with Kay's original design and made the squares bigger.  Thank heavens for My Sister, who not only assembled the blankets, but remembered to take pictures and send them to me.


I did knit a Cornerstone Blanket several years ago, but completely failed to include any details.  Frustrating when I was trying to remember what I did and how. So, for the record. The yarn is Liberty Wool Print by Classic Elite.  These latest squares are in Ripple and Wave with Bleach for the framing miter.  Knit on US9/5mm Addi Turbo needles.

On a different charitable front. Wait. Hmm. I don't know that I've written about this. We do a Christmas Market.  Okay, so it's in November; handmade markets can't compete with Black Friday and online e-tailers. We have to get our licks in early. For this coming market Earlier this year I knit a mouse.  Well, It started out as a rabbit, but I didn't like the dark charcoal gray yarn and the ears were giving me problems anyway so changed him to a mouse. It was fiddly but fun.

Fun enough that I decided I could knit a rabbit, too.  After all, the mouse needed a friend.

And I promise I will find those pictures. Soon. Right.