
The Penny keeps dropping; Part 3/5
I am loving the pictures you are posting of your progress on The Penny Drops. The colour choices and stitchcraft are amazing and I so thankful that you are participating and enjoying the experience.

Celebrating 150 years of Canada
My ode to "True North Strong and Free" and a new genre of hobbies: Croquilting
The Penny "Dropped"
Part 1 is the first side panel and depending on your speed, should take about 10 hours. Once you get going, the pattern and colour changes will become easy and the piece will work up quickly. Good luck!
The Penny Drops CAL starts tonight at midnight, EST (eastern standard time).
The preparation for this has been a wonderful experience. My humble pattern has been tested, tweaked, written and edited in standard terms and then translated into 7 additional languages. I hope you enjoy the journey. This would not have been possible without an army of volunteers, mustered by Laurene of CAL - Crochet A Long.

Waiting for the "Penny to Drop"
I am so excited that the long awaited CAL is starting in a week or so and happy to welcome everyone who is taking the journey along my stitchway. I did my first CAL, Bonnie Barker's Holiday Cable Throw in December 2016 and our daughter said it best "This makes your other work look boring." I've been knitting and hooking for a very long time, but the idea of crochet post stitches and cables was new to me. I made a series of crochet blankets I called "Ode to Post Stitches" and