4th of july towel toppers

stars and stripes and flags









stripes and stars

calico print in browns, blues and dark oranges

olympic usa hat completed

started out with charts then knit one stitch per block. i carried the green and brown for the tree throughout the hat. brown and white for the main part. borders were done using either blue and white or white and red. icked up sts along the bottom and did a seed stitch to keep edging flat. used icord stitch with red and white for tassle part of the top. knit in the round using #6' with worsted weight yarn.

bue and white edging

moose and tree in front

USA crochetted on back section

books i read in february

ain't she sweet by susan elizabeth phillips
soft focus by jayne krentz
the bridge by lisa bergren
santa in a stetson by janet dailey
angels at christmas by debbie macomber
where angels go by debbie macomber
the christmas secret by donna vanLiere
plum island nelson demille (500+)
perfect christmas by debbie macomber
a good woman by danielle steel (400 +)
Local Girls by Alice Hoffman
A Simple Christmas Twelve Stories that Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit by mike huckebee
the talbot odyssey by nelson demille
the best american mystery stories 2004 by nelson demille
southern lights by danielle steel
on the edge a nascar novel by pamela britton
full speed by janet evanonvich ad charlotte hughes
love by toni morrison
the hungry ocean by linda greenlaw (good book about a month being a swordfisherman)
spencerville by nelson demille (500 pages)
ricochet by sandra brown

fnished and ongoing projects

hospital booties with jacquard yarn, self striping :}











hats for hospital. heart in center front

charts for olympic hat. moose each facing one way, tree and bottom rim pattern. also will do a USA using duplicate stitch on the center back section.

jaunt around town

monday after going to nursing home to see if nana was ok, did some knitting for hospital.