WIP Wednesday - April Edition

Off the Needles I actually finished the crocheted koala the very next day after my last update! It turned out really cute, I think. Haven't yet found a recipient for it, but that'll come. Henriette's vest is finished-finished, but not finished-finished-finished. That is, I've finished the knitting and blocked it, so I'm going to count it here. I still have to sew in the buttons. Henriette brought it home with her, as she wanted to check if her mother had some buttons that might work. It turned out REALLY well, and fortunately fits her perfectly. I'm going to take some modeled photos with her once the buttons are on, but couldn't wait that long to show it off :-D On the Needles My oldest niece inspired me to knit another sweater, so I've cast on for the Almond Tee. It has SUCH an interesting constructions as you knit each shoulder separately, and join them together with a 3 needle bind-off in the back! I've joined it in the round now, so the rest should be fairly straight forward. I'm still working on the CAL afghan. We're 15 squares in now (the clue for the 16th coming today!) out of a total of 25 + border. I'm still really enjoying it and love the yarn! It's acrylic, but it's the softest acrylic I've come across in a long time. Working on the CAL inspired me to start another crocheted afghan (as I got impatient waiting for the next clue all the time), so I started the Phoenix blanket which I've wanted to make for quite awhile. I'm using yarn from stash, so was a bit limited in my colour selection, but actually think it works quite well in all its randomness. And it's SUCH a fun project! Each round takes forever now, and it probably won't be too much longer till the weather grows too warm for me to work on it, but it's already at a decent enough size for me to use as a lap blanket during my morning devotion each day :-D