Off My Hook - Shawl, 'Tasseled' Wrap Around

Pattern can be found at: http://web.archive.org/web/20010417205031/www.cei.net/~vchisam/groovy/7706.html

I made it REALLY big. And I didn't 'fringe' it (I am not a 'fringe' person), just added a lot of extra rows till I got the length I wanted. Still, only took 10 days...

I used a K Hook and it took 2.6 skeins of dark variegated, Red Heart Super Saver.

Finished measurements: 66" wide, 33" from 'point' in back to neckline.

Here is a close up of the stitch and the neck edging.

This one was really fun, and went fast. It's also 'quick' enough to make for a needed 'gifting'.

Sometime, I may alter this to make two triangles, and put them together for a 'summer weight' poncho...

Somedaze are like that

It was a beautiful, warm afternoon. So I went cruising around the apartment complex, specifically the trash bins.

Today I was prepared, had some extra plastic trash bags in my backpack and my 'reacher' on my lap.

And nadda! Not one thing. Guess everyone was too busy doing outside things to empty their trash!

It's unusual to not find ONE thing...

April Fool's Day

No, I didn't get fooled today (at least I don't think so!). Nor did I 'fool' anyone else.

But I did see a 'history' of great April Fool's Day greatest pranks on CNN today. And, lo and behold, there was an item I had been looking for for YEARS.

As a child, I saw on TV some kind of editorial or something about 'Spaghetti' growing on trees and being harvested. I loved it! I laughed and laughed. Have remembered it all my life. Have told many people about it. But never again saw it, or heard about it.

CNN said that it was an April Fool's Prank (British) from 1955 (I was nine!). Now everyone can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaU1y-dS-Bg