Here are the last 2 squares of the Lizard Ridge afghan. I finished them last week after my return from Virginia.
This morning I decided it was high time to pull ALL the squares out, and get the blocking party started. All those lumps and bumps from the use of short rows will need to be taken care of before I connect the squares.
In the very back of the cabinet (which was hard to reach), I found something. An extra skein of yarn. I thought to myself how smart it was to buy one extra skein just in case something happened and I needed it.
I meandered into the laundry room, where I have a nice big sink for soaking knitting projects, and I proceeded to toss the squares into like piles. I ended up with this initial sorting of colors. Muted tones, blues and greens, brights, and a darker group.
As I was sorting them I kicked myself for not already taking care of all those hanging ends you see. For the last 8 or 10 squares I did them as I went. Clearly I was not as smart in the beginning of this project as I am now. Before I carried them back into the dining room to work in the ends, I counted them.
Twenty-three??? I counted again. Twenty-three!!! Crappity-crap-crap-crap. Extra skein my eye!
It appears that once I get done working in the ends, I am going to be casting on 43 stitches and beginning the actual last square.
You Moss girls get so much accomplished, all of the time. You are inspiring! I love your squares. They are beautiful. It's going to be a great finished project. Thank you for all your very creative posts!
Posted by: Susan K | 04/07/2015 at 10:33 PM
So funny!!!!! I am sure that you will get that last square done very quickly! Don't you just find sewing the ends in to be the worst! xx
Posted by: Amy at love made my home | 04/08/2015 at 01:31 AM
Love the colors. Can't wait to see how you assemble them together and finish off the afghan.
Posted by: Erika N | 04/08/2015 at 04:55 AM
These squares are gorgeous! Can't wait to see the finished project. However...I was thinking how adorable and clever it was that this was knitted with the bumps! :)
Posted by: Judy H. | 04/08/2015 at 05:46 AM
This is going to be the most gorgeous afghan!! I can't wait to see it all finished!
Posted by: Janet Ghio | 04/08/2015 at 07:36 AM
This makes me feel so much better Carol, we are similar.
I could see me doing every stage the same way, even though I don't knit. Thanks for sharing! Love it!
Posted by: jacki long | 04/08/2015 at 09:59 AM
These are beautiful; I'm looking forward to seeing the final result (once that last square is finished).
I was thinking about your French knot pillow a few days ago. Were any of your winter hours spent working on it?
Posted by: Julie | 04/08/2015 at 12:55 PM
"All those lumps and bumps will need to be taken care of," WHAT, you mean those
Beautiful bubbles are going to be FLATTENED? No, no, I must object, I was loving
The bubbliness. Please say the beautiful lovely bumps will remain puffy.
Posted by: Barbara Tarbox | 04/08/2015 at 01:00 PM
The yarn looks like Noro...does that mean that each square is knit using the one skein of yarn, then the variegation forms the wavy stripes? If that's the case, then that is one very cleverly thought out pattern.
One day a woman (tourist) visited the combo knit/quilt shop in our city where we had knit group meetings several days a week...she was wearing a Lizard Ridge COAT that she designed, knitted, put together herself. Impressive and stunning would be understatements.
Sewing in all those tails is the worst, especially if faced with all that sewing at the very end of the project. I've recently crocheted 140, 3.5 inch squares for a baby size blanket...thank goodness I sewed in all the tails as I completed each one. Now I can look at my sweet little squares all stacked up in clear bags all ready to sew together. I might never have finished this blanket if I'd had to sew in a zillion tails at the end.
Posted by: Joan | 04/08/2015 at 02:03 PM
Gorgeous! I've been dying to see this put together, it is really lovely. You are very talented!
Posted by: KateinCleveland | 04/08/2015 at 03:45 PM
How many times have I walked in your shoes? Many, many times. grrrr...but soon you will be truly finished anyway!
Posted by: Jeanette sclar | 04/08/2015 at 05:20 PM
Oh dear, or as you better assessed the situation, crappity crap crap... Be brave! xox
Posted by: Sharron | 04/08/2015 at 08:24 PM
Absolutely the most delicious colors...!
Posted by: Cheryl l | 04/08/2015 at 08:32 PM