I’m knitting like mad -- honest -- but I can’t give away any peeps of the baby blankie. The baby’s mommy reads this blog about once every six months and, my luck, this would be one of those times.

However, I can show this



That cute button, which I bought at River Wools, is for the Gala hat. ’Member the Gala hat?



When I was at River Wools for Thursday knitting night, I also finally scored the Interweave Crochet issue. Interweave was touting this while they, and we, were at Stitches Midwest, but they didn’t have any early copies to offer (why not? Who knows.) They did have one of their booth attendants walking around in That Dress designed by Lily Chin, and I wanted it. I still do. Now that I have the magazine I see that it is made up in Lang Golf. Where does one buy Lang Golf? It doesn’t seem to reside with any of my usual targets and a Google search showed up scant references. I finally managed to get yarn specs at one site so I could think about what to sub. After swatching all the sport-ish cotton I have in the house, I think I like Coats Luster Sheen best. I’ve never subbed yarn for a crochet garment and I admit I feel a little insecure. I made lots of subbing mistakes early in my knitting career, but now I know what to look for and take into account, etc. when choosing a sub yarn. I don’t feel so good about a crochet project -- at least a project that is going to be worn. Any ideas?