Anita's Gorgeous Sweater and Anne's Rug Hooking

Our knitting guild meeting last Wednesday was a combined meeting with the stitching group from Holy Cross Lutheran Church. We had a fabulous turnout....and totally overflowed the room. We took over the common room as well. I believe there were about 24 of us.

We had a fabulous time sharing all our projects with each other....I'm especially intrigued by the rug hooking. Ann was busily working on her Habitat for Humanity project - isn't it gorgeous? I find it absolutely amazing that strips of wool can be used to create spectacular pictures.

Many of us continued working on knitting sweaters or afghans. During the meeting, Anita finished her latest sweater. It's always exciting when you can finish your project and can share it with all your friend! Both the front and back have lots of interesting textures from the X and O pattern. It's absolutely gorgeous!

Anita makes the most awesome sweaters. I absolutely love the Tree of Life sweater she knitted a few years ago. My sweaters look kind of blah compared to hers. Maybe someday, though......

And here's the latest progress on my Mr. Greenjeans Sweater. I can definitely say that it will NOT be completed in March, but it won't be much longer. It's really starting to look like a sweater!





And finally, a closeup of the unblocked cable pattern - the cabling shows up much better here than it did in Sunday's picture. It will really stretch out once it's blocked.