knitting along

I have been knitting along doing the tiger and I have about 2" done. I am enjoying this pattern. But as usual I didn't pick out the background color for the sky. And I think I'm going to do the rev st st. But subject to change. I'll have to go thru my stash of yarns to see what blues I have. I did a much better provisional cast-on- it's a crochet cast-on that I found on "You-tube". Also using the shorter size us3 needles. Hopefully this will all work out in the end. Back to knitting!

I'm Back

As you can see I finally finished knitting the orangutan & the panda bear. I was very pleased the way they both came out. I would have done more but I got sidetracked in other projects. I made 2 chemo hats for my daughter Gail who has breast cancer and is now on her way to recovery having her last chemo treatment last Monday. But she is bald and it will take time for her hair to grow back. I also made myself a silk shawl. I ripped out a shawl that I started 2 years ago that I didn't like working on and found a pattern that I enjoyed much better and it came out great. Maybe I will take a picture and post it. I love wearing it. I am not saving it for special occasions and using it in the evenings when I'm cold. The silk yarn was very pricy so why should it be put away and saved.

I also just finished the graphed for the tiger. That took me 3 days worth of corrections & finishing touches until I was happy with the results. It was a long winter full of family health problems, house problems & weather problems all getting in the way of knitting. I'm glad that it's behind me now. I'm trying to get back on tract. But it seem my health/head gets in the way.
On to knitting. Beside knitting the tiger I am also working on a summer light weight jacket for me with yarn that my friend Ruth got for me from Germany. I like having 2 projects going on at the same time. An easy one that I can take with me anywhere, and of cause the zoo blanket. Signing out for now. Terry