Crochet update

During the football game Monday night I finished the shawl that I started on the drive home. I still have to put a button on it but I'll wait on that until I finish 2 more shawls.
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Why 2 more? Well, it's coming into winter and From The Heart is always asking for shawls. This one comes together really quickly and I have enough of the same yarn to make 2 more. I started a new one yesterday afternoon so I could take it to quilt club to work on a little.

I spent some time yesterday getting my crochet projects in order. I unraveled a vest that I was making and not enjoying.
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I might be pretty close to done with the big blanket. I got this far on vacation. The plan was to finish continue until I added a final section of dark blue. That will make the blanket 46 x 60.
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But I had a little problem. The ball of navy yarn is the last of the navy in the blanket and it's not enough for another section. It turns out that Lion Brand Pound of Love doesn't come in navy anymore. But I came home and found this navy blue yarn in my stash and I think it will be fine. I'll do the whole section in the new yarn so the transition between the two shouldn't show up too badly.

Now I have enough yarn to make this blanket 72" long if I want and I'm kind of inclined to do that. For those of you making donation blankets, do you have an opinion on the size?
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I also unpacked these 2 hats that I finished on vacation. The one on the left is a man's chemo hat and the one on the right is a kid's hat. I'm going to be really happy to see the end of this tweedy yarn!
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I decided to switch over to making some winter hats and pulled out my bulky and super bulky yarns. 

I'm going to start with the super bulky yarns and this speedy pattern. I've made a lot of these caps and they actually look pretty good. I should be able to get 5 hats out of these yarns.

It's nice to have an organized plan so I don't have to think about what to work on for a few weeks.