I finally finished my Pretty as a Peacock shawl! It took me 2 months and 2 days to finish. I used 9 skeins of Louet Gems fingering weight yarn. It is so pretty and I'm sooo very glad it's done. After I finished the last row with peacock feathers I was tempted to bind off and be done, but it was worth it to do the extra 100 or so rows :-P The second picture is a detail shot of the pattern.
My second finished project from this weekend is a baby blanket. I actually got to go to Fiddlesticks Stitch n Bitch for the first time in awhile and finished it there. I crocheted this using a pattern out of the Happy Hooker book. It's just basic granny squares done in worsted weight yarn. It calls for a bigger hook than normal and I really liked how that affected the drape of the squares. With the stitches being so loose the fabric came out softer than usual. I made this blanket to use up some of my stash yarn and tried to make it ok for either a boy or a girl. Someone in my office is having a baby girl in the next few months, so it looks like they'll be getting a gift!
Jerry and I haven't been up to anything too exciting lately. Last weekend we got to go take a tour of the Denver Mint with Linda and Karen. I remember the tour being much more interesting when I was a kid. On Saturday I got to go to Elitch with Karen, Jason and Linda. I haven't been since Adele moved back to the UK so that was fun. I am not as tough as I used to be, some of those rides that used to be so great now make my stomach a little unhappy. The company made it all worth it though.
