1/80th done

IN order to crochet a mile, I have calculated that I will need 880 strips, 6' long.  Above is a picture of my first 11.  I have decided to use roman numerals to label them, straight lines being easier than curves, and I will have to learn the numbers above 50....

Below are my first four placemats for you be the judge competition at the Home Arts Building, Montgomery county ag fair.   Yep, I don't trim the threads until the very end.  It's the part I like least, so if I die in the night, my friends will have to do that for me. Kind of like not washing the dishes before I go to bed, if I die in the night, I don't want to have spend part of my last hours doing dishes.  I am fine doing them when I first wake it, kind of nice to start the day cleaning.