Well, the blanket is done. I don’t know if she’s delivered yet but hadn’t as of yesterday at 5:30. Poor woman.

It’s not terribly big, only 28 x 23 inches but I just ran out of steam on this one. It took me almost four days to come up with that beautiful border (four rounds of sc and one of reverse sc). I’m beat. It’s that G hook, I’m telling you. Sucked the very life out of me. That and baby due any moment pressure got to me (or so I’m telling myself). So, if she was waiting on me to finish to have the baby, she can go for it now. Sorry Allison!

And then, just because I like working on small projects I started another baby blanket this afternoon.

Nothing much yet for size, but it will certainly go faster this time around. One of the guys in my department has a family member expecting soon so it seems like the thing to do. A giant granny square which will work up quickly as I’ve got two big projects waiting in the wings: a sweater for Rick and my first Clapotis. I’m just waiting on the yarn to arrive. Knitpicks really likes me this week.

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I just bought four skeins of Imagination in Damsel. Rick swears he heard them mumbling last night to send me an email… but he didn’t mumble that four skeins of this at $4.99 a pop at KnitPicks was much better than the roughly $13.75 a pop for something similar (Koigu) I was pondering in favor of a Clapotis for one of my bosses at work. In fact he was pretty darn pleased, as was I.

More later… got to rush and get the oil changed in our cars today. Fun stuff!!

Yay!! I got yarn!!!

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It’s growing, but ever so slowly.

Luckily (for me), Allison still hadn’t delivered when I left work on Friday. I hope she’s not waiting on me to finish the blanket. I know she’s sore and uncomfortable and I’m working as fast as I can. (Except for the time spent sitting here. We won’t mention that.)

I ended up with white yarn for the edging but obviously I’m not to that point yet. I’m totally rethinking the whole G hook decision… not that going with an H would have made that much of a difference. I’ll remember next time I make one. I hope.

Off I go!

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Last evening when I left work Allison’s contractions were 15 minutes apart and she was sent to the doctor. I’m thinking I won’t get the blanket done in time.

The color isn’t right, it is more of a pale lavender color. I have two skeins of yarn (Bernat Baby Coordinates in Soft Mauve) and am mostly through the first one which has me exceedingly nervous. I bought the yarn years ago and good luck finding the color again, much less anything close to the same dyelot if when I run out. I’m thinking an edging in white, which will be a big edging as it isn’t nearly wide enough for a baby blanket. Way to follow a pattern (pdf), Julie! Stick to it like glue, that’s me. Except for the part where I didn’t bother to notice it called for chunky yarn and this is fingering weight. I guess that’s why I got my eyes checked on Saturday? I’m right on top of things, aren’t I?

So anyway, most definitely an edging is in order. Yeppers.

Big, wide edging.

White? Or maybe blue?

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Last week I made another Amble for my mother. She wanted a bag just big enough for her checkbook and a pen or two, and this certainly is just that bag.

She is going to find handles for it as she wanted a bag she could carry over her shoulder. No such luck for those type of handles around here. Yet another stash yarn project; I used some Patons Classic Wool in New Denim that I’ve had tucked away for years.

Plus the added bonus of stash lining! I used the same lining for her bag that I used for mine. You should see it at least one more time as I bought a full yard. My local fabric store is Wal-Mart and they so rarely have anything cute. This was cute. But I do realize that I do look at fabric more now than I ever have before in my life (and remember seeing something cute there last week - where I’m going tomorrow). Took 37 years, Mom, but it’s finally sinking in!

I started a crocheted baby blanket for a coworker last weekend (I’m so slow these days) and will blog about it in a day or so. Nothing particularly fancy, just easy stitching. It’s nice sometimes to stitch and not have to think about it so much.

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I think Knit Picks is trying to drive me to the poor house. Did ya see the dye-your-own sock yarn blanks ad in your inbox this morning? I can make my own striped sock yarn? At home? For $11.99 (plus cost of dyes, etc)?

Sometimes I wish (don’t tell anyone) they were just a leetle bit more expensive so I wouldn’t feel the temptation so much when I’m textbook broke. Just one more thing to add to my ever growing list… And I was being SO good about using stash yarn!!

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I didn’t really mean to make it an ankle sock.

But it was 85°F in the house this evening and somehow it just happened.

Lorna’s Laces in Glenwood, if you’re wondering.

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Apparently. My boss went Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago and brought me back a tote bag because “you’re the bag lady”. And this post should do little to disprove that.

First, my seventh Fat Bottom Bag (rav link). My cousin Kelly decided she wanted a purse and would I be so kind as to make one for her? I sent her a few links and she chose this pattern. Of course. Because it wasn’t enough to have made six of them. And she wanted it in cream. Just like the last one I made. Yay me.

But I’m not really complaining as Kelly loves it and if I had to make a dozen more for her or assorted cousins I wouldn’t mind. At least I know the pattern in my sleep by now.

Next, I give you Amble. Friday evening I decided a three-day weekend was perfect for a small project and I wanted something for me for a change.

I’m really pleased with how it turned out, aside from wishing I’d made it just a bit deeper (it’s 7 inches tall by 11 inches wide). I expect to be tackled when I walk through the office tomorrow and should probably zip-tie it to myself so it won’t get lost. I used stash yarn, nothing fancy (Vanna’s Choice from Lion Brand) and love the summery color very much.

I love the lining which was a total pain to add but did it anyway!

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I can’t think of a title.

I finished Rick’s clogs last week, actually. I wish I could say I was full of wordy information about new projects and ideas and books and things, but I’m not. If I applied myself I could tell you about how I am teaching Katie to crochet (whee!) or that Rick reminded me I promised him a sweater. And that people keep gifting me with little tote bags and purses because I’m ‘the bag lady’ (not sure if that is because I’ve been making bags or that I always have projects in bags). See, I have all these ideas for blog posts but then sheer laziness gets ahold of me and a week goes by. But I’m still coveting that lace yarn from the last post - which is what got Rick to remind me of the sweater promise. So no lace yarn purchases, yet.

But Rick’s clogs… (ooh, thunder!)… (where’d that come from?)…

Rav Page
Yarn: Wool of the Andes in Dune Twist, 6 balls
Pattern: AC-33 Felt Clogs
Size: Men’s Large (size 13 shoe)

They fit him perfectly. I’m thrilled. So much better than the first pair I made him, plus they look better on him. I feel like the first pair were horribly misshapen and badly made in comparison. Did you hear that yell? That was Rick, sorry about that.

I want a pair and my mother wants a pair and Katie wants a pair.

I think I’m going clog and Fat-Bottom my way through life… stay tuned for the next post.

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I just want to say that this is the more horrible thing I’ve ever been forced to see, repeatedly, in my entire life.

Every time I turn around, it’s in my email, it’s in my mailbox, it’s in my Ravelry.

I seriously need to win the lottery, because while the price for each set is in my budget, the time needed to knit the yarn isn’t after I go to work everyday.

And I want them all. And I have no idea which to order first.

It’s yarn angst. Pure and simple.

I thought I was immune.

Darn you Knit Picks!

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