81 squares in cotton yarn. This will take me a long time, I promise. Edited to say: I have decided that this might make a great 25th anniversary gift for my husband. That gives me 49 weeks to knit the blocks (strips), seam it, knit the border, wash and dry it. And I was thinking of lining it. Time to set up a schedule! I think I am going to knit strips, not separate blocks. If you have any good reason to talk me out of this, feel free.

Errata: Picnic (page 93): on Basketweave (square 75) row 13 should read as follows: K3, P1, K2, (P5, K2, P1, K2) 3 times, K1.

Square 72A of 5
Square 72B of 4
Square 73A 1 of 14 6/15/11 1-73A complete
Square 73B of 4
Square 74A of 4
Square 74B of 4
Square 75 of 6
Square 76 of 10
Square 77A 1 of 4 7/5/11 1-77A in progress
Square 77B of 4
Square 78 of 8
Square 79 1 of 8 7/4/11 1-79 complete
Square 80 1 of 4 7/5/11 1-80 complete
Square 81 of 2

1 square of 81 complete 6/16/11
3 squares of 81 complete 7/5/11.

6/16/11: Big problem. The mid- and light-indigo yarns are too close in value to work in this afghan. I think I must have gotten those two because they were available and the dark was not. I had to hunt for enough ecru (and I think I might still need more) now I will hunt and ask and beg to get some dark. It figures. I was on a mini-roll.

NOTES to self: Slipping the first st of every row (not my usual m.o.) and hoping to do a version of knitting the strips together.

On first strip to right of center strip, square 73a: work decrease row, slide sts to other side of needle and purl one row with new color for block 79.

On block 79, working on circular needles. Striping sequence is four rows, three rows, four, three. To avoid many ends to weave, when the new color is at the opposite end of the row than I finished on, I am slipping the work across the circular needle and starting from that point.