Highland Triangle Square

Finally finished the endless baby blanket for a very good friend who finally got pregnant. I decided on Cheryl Oberle's "Highland Triangle" from the book Folk Shawls, but I wanted to make it into a square. Surprisingly for me, it was a simple task. Just do corners instead of ends. I'm very pleased with the result, but if I were to do it over again, I'd do two more repeats of the last edging on the corners. And it actually went pretty fast (3 months). Here are the stats, along with a couple of pictures.

Highland Triangle
Designer: Cheryl Oberle
Yarn: Snuggly DK
Quantity: 10 balls
Needles: US 6

There Goes the Neighborhood!

We live in one of those guard gated communities, so imagine my surprise to see this in the driveway three houses down! I'll bet they have a lot of fun driving around town!



We were packing up the car to go to DH's family Christmas celebration when we saw the big chicken. I have to admit that their family thing has turned into a lot of fun now that all the kids are grown, the gift exchange has been abandoned, and we just eat and play games all day. Although, I haven't figured out if it's the "Apples to Apples" game, or the fact that every one brings a sampling of beer and we have a tasting that lasts all afternoon that makes it such a good time. Probably a combination of the two. We really lucked out this year with the weather (all the fun happens outside). It was warm enough for shorts this year, and no rain! We need to do this more often. Below is a photo of all the brothers. Guess which one is mine. (Hint: My mom says he's never going to grow up.)