2011-03-27 I don’t care for the joining method in the original pattern. I line up a bunch of the edge stitches from the previous section and do a simple k2tog to join. I like it, and it’s faster. I also slip the first stitch both coming and going - so I’m really only knitting nine stitches per joining row.

I’m aiming for at least 6’ diameter; currently 1 yd. dia. It’s not only eating up odd and ends, but also a never finished (after more than a decade stalled) medallion afghan of assorted colours, each medallion yielding about 3 yards of yarn.

Working on a one-piece grey plastic? nylon? circular acquired at some church bazaar; one tip has been chewed on by some critter - puppy? kitten? baby? - but it works fine anyway.

2015-03-01 The back side of it looks positively shaggy! I may never finish weaving in the ends, but that’s OK. They aren’t long, and the way the new yarns were joined - linked together - it would take someone deliberately pulling on just the right loops to get them out enough to begin picking it apart. If I need something truly brainless to do at Sunday Knitting Meeting, this will serve for years to come … assuming I call a quit to its growth!

At the moment, I’m working ten ‘joining ridges’ between each 8-stitch short-row. I’m so happy I managed to learn to knit backwards! Not turning every ten stitches is a great boon!