Phew! I just FINALLY finished the baby blanket I was test knitting for Lynn ( www.colorjoy.com/weblog ), who has been waiting EXTREMELY patiently for it. Way more patiently than I would have been, that's for sure. But I finished. See, you're thinking "baby blanket. Babies are small... why are you so slow???!?!" but in reality a blanket is still a blanket which is a lot of stitches and a lot of time. However, I can tell you now that it's finished that it is a luscioius, gorgeous blanket, and I really really love the yarn! Hand dyed by Lynn herself, and machine washable. Do yourself a favor, go over to her website and look at all her great patterns and yarn. Wait, what's that? You want to actually SEE this blanket? Yes, I thought you might, so I took the liberty of taking a picture. The color is FAIRLY true, it just took me awhile to realize that I need to take all my pictures in my bedroom on the white comforter with the overhead light and a small lamp turned on with no flash. Very delicate conditions, let me assure you.


So the next question becomes, what did I do in celebration of completing the ONLY project I had on needles? (wait, did I just say that I only had ONE project on needles? I can't even remember the last time that happened) The answer to this question is that I immediately started two new projects and planned two more after that. Because that makes total sense, right? In my defense the two I've started look to be fairly short and I like to be prepared.

New project #1 should look fairly familiar (if it doesn't go check out archives...November I think):



New project #2 is a teaser:


What's in the bag?? What's in the bag?? This is the yarn for my super secret bag exchange buddy for Guild. Go ahead, try and figure out what's in there. I dare ya. The secret shall not be unveiled until May. So you'll just have to be patient. But I'm confident that the wait will be worth it.

And now to settle in for my first weekend with nothing to do (except for going to work this morning) since Thanksgiving I think. I'm going to do nothing but watch football and knit and be lazy for the next 2 days. It'll be GREAT.

New year, thank goodness!!

Happy 2006, and good riddance to 2005, at least as far as I'm concerned. I have to say that on the whole, with the exception of a couple really great things (getting my braces off, my nephew being born) it wasn't my favorite year. But I have a good feeling about 2006, and I'm looking forward to whatever might happen.

The year started off the right way, with a trip to Boston and a rockin' NYE party at Sacha's house. Toni and I found the COOLEST balloons on the planet and managed to get the last set. We bought the display and while we were waiting for it to be reinflated, two other people came up and asked for them. But we won! They were ours! It was a great party and a great (but short) trip.

Now back in Lansing, I decided to look into some organization for the new year. We'll do a photo progression here:

1. My stash of yarn as it was this morning. Not very pleasing to the eye, and not very conducive to seeing what I have.

2. The new bookshelf I got on clearance at Target Friday night that maimed me Saturday morning when I bent over and caught the corner of it with my head (it was in a different location than it is now)


3. Stash + bookshelf = way prettier and less space consuming way to display what I have spent probably far too much money on in the first place.

Now I know that according to some yarn buying professionals this is merely a weak attempt at a stash but what can I say? I'm young and I have limited space and money. :)

Anyway, here's to a good year!