Rosemary what part of Maine is your friend from? I like knitting different types of dishcloths, but I have one on my needles that I hate knitting. It's about a third done. Guess i'll work on that this evening. I need my needles! My pincushion I hope will be done this week end. DD wants to go to a quilt retreat, her father said that if they were able to haul enough traps, we could go. This time of year is when off shore fishermen make the most money, but have to work around bad weather. We can never plan anything. We usually have to go places when they aren't able to work. The only time we go anywhere in nice weather is usually on a Sunday. We have no vacations. DH hates traveling, he's a homebody.