They Say Its Your Birthday! Feb's BOM

 Our fun loving leader celebrated her milestone birthday at Hearts N Twined Quilt shop with the OddBalls on Tues evening even with a big storm and rain raging outside!  Happy birthday Vickie with your tiara, you hauled in the big loot, cake, flowers and bags of  little gifties...Now you do know you do not get to do "60" again!  There is no do over!

 Rebecca had a pretty bouquet with some really great cake we all devoured, more food arrived all evening.  Pretty soon we will be known as the eating odd balls instead of the knitting odd balls.

 Are these not the most fun accessories for knitters - tiara and Elton John Glasses - He would love this, Little Dancer!

 OK back to business - January's blocks are coming along so pretty, and the blocks are all so different in colors and yet they are all knitting up perfect!  Its really fun to see them as they are finished. 

This is a picture of Feb's block of the month.   Its a Daisy Stitch.  There might be a little boo boo in the directions, please check with Vicki on this but as I recal from last night one of the rows has a little correction:  Here is your pattern!  

Sampler Afghan Block of the Month

February 2013

Daisy Stitch

Cast on 55 stitches

________  Row 1:  Knit (k) all stitches (sts)

________  Row 2:   Purl (p) all (sts)

________  Row 3:   k all sts

________  Row 4:   p all sts

________  Row 5:   k all sts

________  Row 6    p all sts

Work Daisy St as follows:   Insert right needle in st 3 rows below second st on left needle and pull up loop.  Knit 2 pull up a loop in same st as first loop twice

________  Row 7:              (Right side):  (K6, work Daisy St) 5 times, K5 

________  Row 8:              *P5, P2 tog, (P1, P2 tog) twice;  repeat from * 4 more times, P5

________  Row 9:   k all sts

________  Row 10   p all sts

________  Row 11:  k all sts

________  Row 12   p all sts

________  Row 13   k all sts

________  Row 14   p all sts

________  Row 15:  K11, work Daisy St, (k6, work Daisy St) 3 times, K10

________  Row 16   P 10, P2 tog ( P1, P2 tog) twice,*P5, P2 tog, (P1, P2 tog) twice:

                            repeat from *2 more times, P 10.

Repeat rows 1-16 until square measures approximately 12 inches from cast on edge, ending with a wrong side row.  Bind off all stitches leaving last loop on needle. 

Edging:  Drop loop from needle, insert crochet hook in loop. Do not turn; work 3 single crochet in each corner and 48 single crochet evenly spaced across each side.  Join with slip stitch to first single crochet.  Finish off.