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Last year, Ted and I bought a brick on the EFBC/Feline Conservation Center’s Walk of Honor. We finally got a chance to see it during our visit last weekend…

Completed: December, 2003
Mission Falls / 1824 Wool
100% Merino superwash
Needles: 6

I made these for a fundraising silent auction we hold as part of our annual Holiday Food & Toy Drive at work. Staff-made items–including submissions from Getty knitters–are offered to the highest bidders at our holiday party, and all the proceeds are donated to our Drive charities. While I’d participated in past auctions, this was my first knitted submission.

I had been making swatches of different texture patterns as an exercise, to practice both my knitting/purling, as well as to hone my skills at following patterns and keeping track of rows. I was left with these nice sample swatches of all of these different textures for future reference. The baby blocks were just an extension of these exercises–make six swatches and stitch them together around a foam block–and seemed the perfect pattern for me to try out for my auction submission.

These took much longer than anticipated to stitch together–about 45-60 minutes each!–but they turned out OK and raised some much-needed money for a local battered women’s shelter.

Each block is about 3 inches squared.

Completed: December, 2003
Scarf: Lion Brand Yarn / Chenille
91% Acrylic, 9% Rayon / Color: No. 189 - Wine [2 skeins]
Needles: 10.5
Seed stitch
Snowballs: Lion Brand Yarn / Polarspun
100% Polyester / Color: No. 100 - Snow White [1 skein]
Needles: 5
Stockinette stitch

I made this one with my friend Sandra in mind–something festive for the holidays, but wearable year-round.

I was first drawn to the deep rich red of this plush chenille yarn, once again using the seed stitch to give it a little stiffness and heft. In order to dress it up for the holidays, I added the little snowballs to the edges, each of which is easily removable for washing (or to look less like one of Santa’s helpers during the off-season).

The scarf measures about 4 1/2 feet long and 8 1/2 inches wide.

Brenda and I got back Tuesday night, 30 December 2003 after a pleasent 3-day trip back. Sorry we didn’t update, but coverage was spotty.

Brenda will be updating the page soon, I bet.