I complained enough about the infamous green sweater; I should have long since posted a picture of it. This was taken before I decided what to do with the fronts of it and was still perplexed by it. Note the scowl. I promised myself to make this sweater during 2005, after having the yarn in my stash for ten or so years. I started casting on New Year's Eve 2004, then took a couple of runs just at that. I had troubles with the front bands (I'm not ever going to knit them as I go again, never. They flop over and don't work.) I had other troubles, and detoured to make other things, but in February of 2006 I finished it. I folded over the floppy front bands and sewed them, I added loops and barrels for the closures, and it's a warm, friendly casual sweater and I like it a lot.

Here is the second group knitting project I was in. People were tired of crocheting and knitting, I suppose, so there weren't as many contributions for this blanket. One woman, though, crocheted several of these flowers. They weren't the prescribed block size, which made them even better because once I knitted borders around them, they really tied the project together just right.