Gift for an Old Friend

Long ago and far away, I was good friends with one of my male classmates. He's married and living in St. Louis now, retired (I'm jealous of that) and keeping busy with several pet projects.

Somehow we connected on LinkedIn. He gave me the address of our 8th grade teacher and I gave him the address for our fifth grade teacher.

I also asked him what colors he and his wife would like if I were to make them an afghan. He told me maroon and gold. You probably won't make the connection, but those were our college colors. He's decorating his house with our COLLEGE COLORS!!!

Anyway, I made an afghan in one of my quickest patterns - a granny ripple. It looks like this:

or if you prefer

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to anyone who might be reading this in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi Linz

The Last Two Shawls for This Season

I finished shawl number 29.  I started on a lap robe to make it an even 30.  Then God told me that Sharon should get the purple shawl before she goes to surgery on Monday.

So I crammed in the rest of the lap robe and turned it in as number 29.

As I was chatting with the church secretary, she mentioned that she would like a black and white afghan because her office is basically unheated except for a space heater.  Seems like that's a little short-sighted of the builder, but I wasn't part of the planning committee on that issue - or any other part of the building for that matter.

Anyway, here are the last two pieces for hospice this season.

Only 13 rows left to go on the granny ripple.

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi Linz