Hi Beth! Huntington Beach is a beautiful city, I was born and raised there, graduated from HBHS! I now live down the coast a ways, in N. San Diego County. If they're on Fort Your enemy out here is any rose that can't handle the moister sea air and is susceptible to fungal diseases - mildew, rust, black spot. So, pick roses that are more resistant and you'll thank yourself. Also, the rose societies out here are VERY active, so if you're a rose lover, think about joining. The San Diego Rose Society has Bob and Dona Martin, who you may know as huge Rose Society folks from Arizona! As to your roses you nabbed from J&P: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Will do well, very disease resistent and good choice for the beach Nancy Reagan: Haven't grown it, just know it smells heavenly. Beauty Within: Another I'm not familiar with Tahitian Sunset: The BOMB here in S. Calif. Big blooms, very fragrant, very disease resistant Gemini: Always in my garden because it makes an excellent cut rose. A standard here in S. California and a deserving AARS winner. Very fragrant. Angel Face: This is a personal favorite of mine. Looks delicate but is a very hardy little rose. I have grown this rose since I started growing roses in my garden. I just love how this rose smells. I think it is on my top 10 favorite rose fragrance lists! April in Paris (Ht pink blend), Disneyland: Popular out here for obvious reasons (and yes, it's planted all over Disneyland). Lots of blooms, does very well. Give it LOTS of light and heat, and it will turn all sorts of lovely colors of orange and apricot. Aromatherapy: Absolutely perfect color pink rose with an intoxicating smell. Big, upright, and heavy bloom producer. Love: Have not grown this one Lagerfeld: Gorgeous fragrance. I think in our area, though, you'll see balling and brown edges due to thrips and/or botrytis Olympiad: I don't grow a lot of reds, but this is a solid choice, AARS winner, an older rose so you'll see "nekked legs" but lovely clear red flowers. Saint Patricks: Great rose, AARS winner, very disease resistant, heavy bloomer, and will be greener the hotter the weather is out here (probably the same for you in AZ) If you're thinking of adding to your collection, be sure to check out Hot Cocoa, a very cool rose, unusually colored, Julia Child, 4th of July, Scentimental, Cinco de Mayo and I grow Glamis Castle (David Austin) in my area (6 miles from the ocean) like nobody's business. Patty S.

E-mail the company! They will either tell you where they shipped it to in your area, or possible even send or sell you some directly. I have complained to one of the yarn companies, can't remember which one, when my mother had a problem with a major differnce in yarn thickness in their line of yarn. They sent her, free, enough of all the yarn she had already purchased, to make another afghan!!! I used to have the phone numbers of the different companies. We have friends who are both disabled. He is in a wheel chair from MS and she is blind from a child hood accident. She knits beautifully! They had a hard time purchasing yarn. Where they could get yarn locally, either had a small supply, or he had a hard time even getting thru the isles with his wheelchair. She found that she liked the Dazzle yarn best. I can't remember who made it & don't even know if it's still made. Somewhere, they got a number for the company. They ordered directly quite often, and shared the number with me. They are very independant people and would seldom ask for help. They knew I would gladly buy all the yarn she wanted and deliver it, but wouldn't let me. Good luck in your search. Tami

http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/2sided.html Here is a pattern that works up exactly like the one you talked about. I am in the process of making it. It says 173 chains but I am doing it in 183 chains. So far the blanket measures 40" wide. I am going to do it 40 x 40" or whatever makes it a square. My preference is the square shape. Might change my mind, still thinking about it. Any thoughts and reasons of which shape is better? Square or rectangle? I am using a G hook. And the yarn is Bernat Softee Baby it is a sport yarn. I have figured 2 skeins maybe 3, not sure yet. Sometime it stretches to 42" when measuring so I am not exactly sure of completed measurement yet. It seems the shell measures 1". It says 6 shells = 6". Mine didn't measure that but it is still looking good. Also, in the old Crochet With Heart Magazine April 2000 it has the shell pattern called Doubly Delightful Duo. It uses Worsted Weight Yarn and the H hook. It takes 2,624 yards of one color and 2,624 yards of another color to make a blanket 45" x 60". So far I am prefering the baby blanket done using the G hook and the Bernat Softee Baby sport yarn for a Baby Blanket. You can sometimes find the magazine on Ebay. Enjoy!

Sorry your yarn hasn't turned up yet. I'll check when I get home. I know the feeling. I started an afghan for a friend years ago and when I was almost finished, it became apparent I would not have enough yarn. Back in those days, I made my afghans longer than the pattern called for. I don't know what I did when figuring out how many skeins I would need but something went wrong. I had made this particular afghan several times and this was the first time I shorted myself. I knew if I ripped out 1/3 of the afghan it would be the size it was suppose to be and I would have enough yarn to finish. I started the project for my friends 60th birthday. I mailed it to her for her 80th birthday! I sent it with a card that said Happy 60th Birthday.....she thought I was losing it until she read the explanation. If nothing else, we got a good laugh from it.