Ghosts of Projects Past

In the back corner of my closet is a three drawer cardboard chest that I have had since 1978. You can imagine how beat up it is! Nevertheless, it is still in service and houses three projects started long ago and yet to be finished. Started, that is, before I moved to Oregon. Leftovers from the Terrapin Station years. Two items of clothing and an afghan.

They may be lurking out of sight, but they are still on the radar. Mostly finished, but waiting to be assembled. Pieces of a Homespun Vest that would be really nice to have on these cold days. It involves sewing some seams with a tapestry needle. How hard is that!?

And the Epitome of Never Finished: A Sixteen Color Vest made from beautiful Liisu yarn that I started when my friend Lin visited me in Osceola in 2003. This one is difficult, or at the very least time consuming. All those loose ends from the color changes to be woven in.

Finally…a crocheted Camouflage Afghan [no photo available] that I am making for my dog training pal back in Missouri who likes to go out in the cold and hunt birds and sit for long periods of time in cramped quarters. I have forgotten what size hook I was using, but I still have plenty of cammo yarn.

Soon, the day may come, when I have nothing else to do and I will drag one of these out and finish it. 1) When I got the other Vest pieces out to photograph I realized I would have liked to have the finished product to put on right then. I had actually forgotten about it. 2) I got an e-mail that the rep from Liisu Yarns will be at Rose and Ram Yarn Shop in Independence, Oregon in March. I could take the Sixteen Color Vest down there for technical assistance. And 3) George has been a good friend for a long time and winter is a more appropriate time to send an Afghan to someone who lives in Missouri rather than the hot summer. Progress on any or all of these will be reported here as it happens. Or not.