03-06-2022

Did the sample square with Caron One Pound, and it’s a square 6.75” across. This will make a sturdy blanket! Started the Aquarius square with White (RS) and Denim (BC) and the G hook. It’s a 4mm hook, and I’m concerned about the drape. I may end up frogging the 6 double rows I’ve completed and going with an H or I hook so the fabric will be looser, since it’s pretty dense with the G hook. 6 double rows are 18.25” wide and 3.125” tall, and are about 2.5 hours of work.

03-07-2022

Frogged what I’d completed. Just felt it was too stiff. Started again with H/6.00mm hook, and I’m much happier. Square should be 20”x20”. Completed 18 double rows tonight, almost halfway done with the first square.

03-09-2022

Completed the Aquarius block. Unblocked, the square measures about 19” across, which will block easily out to the 20”. It’s got a lot of stretch, all 4 ways.

Always start with the “RC” (relief color), and in my case, that will always be white.

03-10-2022

Happy birthday to me! Started on the Pisces square, and have completed it to the 10th double row.

03-17-2022 midnight

Pisces square is complete.

03-21-2022

The Aries pattern is up and ready to be started. I need to weigh the Waterfall skein to see how much yarn I used for the background color, as I have already started using the Aquarius Denim for another project. I have a feeling I’m going to have a LOT of extra yarn, and if so, I may do a reverse version of this same afghan. I already know I am going to be making some large pillows with the pattern (D & P already want some…pfft lol).

I weighed the Waterfall ball and I only used 50 grams????? Out of 464?? I AM GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH EXTRA YARN OMG.

03-22-2022 midnight

Halfway through the Aries square.

03-23-2022 midnight

Completed up thru row 32.

03-24-2022 7:45P

Aries square is complete.

04-20-2022

Finished Taurus square thru double row 8. I attached a pic of the work so far - I could not get the green shade to look like the yarn (it’s darker than this pic, and less blue) but the hunter green and the white really POPS. I think I spent a lot of time tonight just fighting with the yarn - I had to cut both of them and cake them as they were becoming a big mess. All better now.

May be considering using a different color for Cancer. That’s a ways off, tho.

04-21-2022

Stopped for the night at the end of double row 19, which is the halfway line.

04-22-2022

Stopped for the evening after the second 25th row.

04-23-2022

Taurus square is complete.

05-21-2022

Got the pattern for Gemini this morning; it rained most of the day so I worked on the square. Ran out of white (RC) on the first 31st row! Joann’s tomorrow for another pound of white - one 16 oz ball is almost 5 squares, ergo I’m going to need 2 more to finish this one, and 5 if I want to make a contrasting version.

05-22-2022

Gemini is complete.

07-30-2022

Took some time off (changed jobs, etc!) and now I’m a few months behind. I’ve redesigned the Taurus square and need to re-work that one, and I did pick up the rest of the yarn for the rest of the project.

Starting Cancer square today, with Mocha.

Ended the evening with the second Row 8.

07-31-22

Stopped for the evening after the second row 19. Halfway done with square.

08-02-2022

Finished for the evening after the second row 26.

PK & D have the Rona. Test #1 was negative. Please, lordie, I don’t have sick time yet.

08-07-2022

Cancer square is complete. No Rona for me!

08-08-2022 midnight

I redesigned the Leo square as a chart, and am having a heck of a time wrapping my brain around the second returning rows, so I’m writing them out as I go. Ugh.

I have written out and stitched up to the end of double row 11.

08-08-2022 11:30PMish

Stopped at the end of double row 15. Almost halfway, and it’s hard to get the numbers right, so it’s taking me some time.

08-10-2022

Stopped for the evening at the end of double row 19 - halfway thru the square. My last couple of rows were a MESS so it took me a bit of time to muddle through.

08-11-2022

Charted and completed up to the end of double row 23.

08-13-2022

Stopped at the end of double row 29.

08-21-2022

Done with Leo!! I did a BSJ in the middle of all this so that’s why I didn’t finish till now.

I’m so glad I typed out the pattern as I went - I think I’m going to need it when I re-do Taurus.

Need to take pics of Cancer and Leo for the FB group.

Leo row-by-row

08-26-2022

Started Virgo. Stopped for the night at the end of double row 5.

09-05-2022

Virgo is completed!

10-22-2022

Started on Libra, Scorpio is out! So a month behind. been working on the Summer Shine.

01-03-2023

I’m way behind, but it’s not a race. Stopped for the night at the end of double row 32 on Libra.

01-08-2023

Libra finished, 3 blocks behind now.

01-10-2023

Started Scorpio. This one going to be slow - the darker yarn makes it tough to really see the stitches well.

Stopping for the night at the end of double row 4 - started at the end of the first period and they just wrapped up the postgame

03-06-2023

Good grief, it’s been a bit. 3 hats, one Sock Madness entry, and one Insurance Month at Swift later, I finally finished Scorpio. Off to unearth the Sag yarn.

03-10-2023

Stopped for the evening about halfway thru the Sag block. Happy birthday to me!! (And my little bro)

03-20-2023

Sag is done. One more block to go! Want to have it completed by the end of the month.

03-20-2023 9pm

I’m thru the 5th double row, but I’m going to bed, I’m so tired.

03-21-2023 11PM

Stopped at the end of double row 13.

03-26-2023 early AM

Done with squares!!! yay! Now I need to join and do the border.