The picture is of the bath mat that I made. It's an adaption of a crocheted pattern that was in one of my Mom's 1940s crochet books. (Can't find the book anymore; got the pattern from the web. http://www.freevintagecrochet.com/rugs/star93-footprint-bath-mat ) I crocheted the original pattern when I was in college and threw the bath mat away 40 years later when we moved into this house. It had a couple of large holes in one corner, but was still standing up quite well for it's age.
I didn't want to crochet the new mat, plus the space I had for it was a lot smaller than the original pattern would fit, so I garter stitched the foundation and adapted the cross-stitched feet to the new size. They aren't nearly as big as the original feet. The new feet match Pat's size 12's, so I guess he's the one who left the foot prints.
My other finished projects for 2007:
4 pairs of socks
1 baby sweater
1 baby blanket
1 baby bib
3 baby hats (It was the year for babies at work
)2 1/2 double knit hats (Sue's is still in progress)
1 quicky watch cap from bulky yarn
3 warm scarves for Joe's roommates
The 2008 Knit Fearlessly challenge from Kansas Knits is to make 4 things that stretch our boundaries. Since I dislike making anything that requires more than 2 skeins of yarn, I'm going to make Pat's Oregon vest as my first Knit Fearlessly project. It is started and I'm enjoying it.
When we picked out yarn for the vest two-three years ago in Texas, Pat picked a Lion Brand Homespun Yarn. It wasn't working up well, so I switched to the bulkiest Lion Brand Wool-Ease yarn. That's the yarn the pattern called for and works up much better.
I'm not certain what else I'll do for my other challenge pieces. Maybe I'll do that long Homespun Sweater that I once tried to crochet. I couldn't get the pattern to work for the left side. If I try the knitted version of the sweater, I may have better luck. I could use a sweater-coat.
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