Making a Mess, But Having Fun

I started a log cabin hit-or-miss in pinks and greens the other day.  I love how fast log cabins go.  I just pile up the lights and darks in separate baskets and go to it.  Someone asked me how I keep my lines straight -- it is so easy.  Like quilters do, I simply stitch in the ditch.  I hook between the same two threads on my linen backing -- I don't need to draw a line or stop to check where I am placing my hook.  The loops spread the threads apart a bit, so I can even hook a straight line just by feel.  The hook wants to go into that larger space.  It's amazingly easy. Here's what I hooked in about four hours the day I started:

And here we are this morning, about eight and a half hours in:

I had to rip a triangle out -- I put lights in where the darks should go -- duh -- and I'll be taking that pink center square out.  I prefer the forest green, which will also be what I bind the rug with when I finish it.  Not a bad few days worth of work.