I’d like to make a blanket exactly like this one for a friend’s second little girl. I didn’t make this one, so I’m trying to hunt down the pattern. If you run across this and know of the pattern, any help is MOST WELCOME and appreciated. and B4 you think I’m just lazy, I went through 47 pages of patterns in Ravelry search and I’m not even sure how many via Google yesterday. Thanks! :) 
(8/2/2009 1:12 pm)
First order of business, I have to send out some thank yous. My friend, MM gave me these pretty flowers (thank you!) and I thought it would be fun to take a pic of them with Syd. For some odd reason, she was afraid of them. I think it was the sound the vase made when I sat it on the tile. You can see her kind of leaning away from them in the pic and I love the expression on her face. :) –“I know I’m going to get a treat, but I don’t like this one bit. Crazy flowers in some sort of container can’t be trusted…..”
A friend of mine made this incredibly gorgeous blanket and then gave it to me. I’m still not sure how I got to be so lucky. She’s a great friend and an incredible crochet mentor. I couldn’t believe how fast she finished it. I will treasure it always. Thank you, Sam!
Every time I get the camera out, Syd thinks it is all about her, so I couldn’t resist including her in a pic. :)
It has been a very busy few weeks. I helped hostess a baby shower last weekend and that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed making a corsage and figuring out what to do for favors. Sam was also sweet enough to make these cute baby bootie mint holders. I can’t wait to meet Baby since his parents are so great! :)
Meanwhile, I finished knitting the border for the Neopolitan baby blanket, but the 16th sq. was giving me so much trouble that I think I’m going to have to visit the LYS (local yarn shop) for some help on the climbing vines. I’ve tried them 3 times and am missing something. Now that I have missed the fair deadline, I am thinking of also reworking the easiest square on the blanket to be something more complicated, but we’ll see if I decide to just use the completed one.
I did some experimenting with seaming and decided I liked single crocheting on the front the best. It doesn’t lie 100% flat, but I really like the way it looks. So, I’m starting to assemble it and maybe I’ll try to get to the LYS this week…
I am making great progress on the crocheted cables blanket with the chocolate edging and might even finish that today which would be awesome! :) I’m really jonesing for a completed project. :)
We went to see the hot air balloons yesterday. That was pretty cool…There is something fabulous about all that color and fire. Thanks, MC, for introducing us to the Lake Flights. :)
In other news, I saw the Ugly Truth recently. I enjoyed it.
I also saw the Hangover not too long ago. It was pretty good too. Now I know what to do when I discover a Tiger in my bathroom. :)
Peas out.
(8/2/2009 1:06 pm)
I’ve knitted 15 squares for the pink/white/brown baby blanket (one is double-wide). I need to block them, knit the edging, do some finishing embellishing on three squares and then assemble it. I have about 2 weeks to get it ready for the fair. It will be close, but I think I can do it. I’m planning on blocking two squares a day while I knit the edging. I assembled my blocking board yesterday and am probably more proud of it than is warranted.
The most challenging thing recently is trying to put white swirly ding-dong type icing on the cupcake. My first idea was duplicate stitching. That did not deliver results that I was happy with so I ripped it out. Plan B was an i-cord, but even the smallest one I could knit was too big….so, onto my third choice which I’m about to attach. I chained (crocheted) a chain the length I needed and will sew it on with clear thread in the swirly pattern, proving there is more than one way to ice a knitted cupcake. :)
Now, how to squeeze in a little project for the SIL baby shower now that she’s having a boy? hmm.
NOTE: If you’ve been following my progress on projects and wondered what happened to the small cream blanket I was knitting for myself, I frogged it and made a hat. :)
Laters!
(7/5/2009 10:04 pm)
