Worked on a variety of things over the weekend. I've decided I will not start anything new until I've finished some of the projects I have going.

I sewed up a bunch of blocks for the Snowman quilt; I'm probably about 1/3 done with stitching up blocks for this.

I picked away at the crocheted scarf (this is "Open Season" from FCEK - I think it was this fall or maybe last winter's issue).

I added a few more rows of ribbing to the DNA scarf I have a picture of in Friday's entry. I've decided to make the ribbed part as long as the tails; that will allow me to wrap it well around my neck or tie it if I want to. Of course, it will be next fall now before I wear it because spring has come and it's gotten warm.

I finished the left front of the Chinese vest, I'll be glad when I don't have ten different stitch holders attached to it holding stitches for future use. I still need to do the right front and then the edgings. I bought buttons for it at the Jo-Ann's on Friday - were you aware of how hard it is to find 3/8" shank-backed buttons in your average fabric store? Me either. I wound up going with a bigger size (9/16", which would be just a tiny bit smaller than 5/8") and I may have to adjust the button loops to fit. However, they're ball-knot style buttons and look just right for the vest, so I'm willing to make the adjustment.

For me, a big part of garment finishing is finding the "just right" buttons. I've been known to go to three stores in search of them. (Unfortunately, here, my "three stores" choices are Jo-Ann's, Wal-Mart, or Hobby Lobby and not the nice dressmaker stores in the town where my mom lives).

Most of the work I did, through, was on the Homespun "Prairie Stripes" afghan. Mainly because it's really simple knitting, and I wanted to read while I knit. (I'm reading a book called "Tales of the Underground" by David Wolfe; it's a discussion and examination of new information about soil ecology that suggests things are really very different from what we had thought. It's a fascinating book, and is layperson-accessible).

I also am working to finish this because I'm getting sick of the Homespun - it really isn't that fun to knit on, not compared to wool or alpaca - and because I want to free up my 10 1/2 needles because my next big project, I have decided, is the Salt Peanuts cardigan.