I'm still making shawls and phone pouches, pink scarves for the Breast Cancer unit of our local hospital and scarves and hats for the homeless shelter this winter. I also worked out hats with a ponytail hole, which my stepdaughter thinks might sell, come the autumn, in the hair salon where she works.

I started teaching crochet and knitting at a women's shelter in Portland about three years back and that is going well.

I've been experimenting with making shawl pins. My daughter's father-in-law made some wooden pins for me, which I then stain, and I watch out for interesting brooches and pendants that might look good glued to the pin.