Two Blankets (and a Dishcloth)
I love finishing projects, don't you? It's like a load of stress just got lifted off my shoulders--what a rush!! Woohoo! Recently, I finished two big projects. One was the longest time I've ever taken on a knit project: over a decade! The other two were fairly quick, but one got rid of a skein of cotton yarn I've had hanging around for over a year, and the other one took up a LOT of room. This feather-and-fan pattern was written out on a piece of notepaper and given to me by my Grandma, together with a pair of needles and the yarn. After I got two skeins in, I dropped a stitch and couldn't find it. I stuck it away, and let it sit for years. Last year I pulled it out again. I took it completely down, off the needles, and started over from scratch. I ended up being about a skein short, so I went on Ebay and managed to find a skein of the exact dye lot! That was nothing short of miraculous. I found two additional skeins on Etsy of the same color so I could do th