Project Slowdown

So I’m not really working very hard on any one project right now, my socks are on hold, I’m still plugging away with that other mystery project, when I need something to do with my hands. Here is about how hard I’m working on it.

This was on St. Patty’s Day we like to enjoy a beverage with champagne and Guinness combined, I think it is called a Black Velvet but I’m not really sure. I’ve actually made quite a bit of progress on what I think is going to be a baby blanket, but I don’t know whom it is for, and I’m certainly not following a pattern. I’m using size 11 metal needles and I was just told by my Great Aunt Jean (the master knitter) that I should work on an afghan. I was so curious as to how exactly you go about making a big afghan, I mean I felt like I was cramming all I could possibly cram onto the big needles I’m using for this tiny blanket (or as my husband calls them “tiny curtains” – that was when we had NO idea what the project might morph into)? She took my needle and crammed it even further down the needle – welp – I guess you can actually fit quite a bit more on there. See I just need people to show me things like this! So my blanket will probably be long and skinny and for a mystery baby.

The weather has been nice, I’m just finishing a photography class that eats up a lot of my nights (aka knitting time) for about a month, and time is something that I can’t make more of. I think I’ll be newly inspired when Grandma Jan visits in about a week, although we might be working on some quilt squares instead of knitting…but my big bag of booty (around 40 skeins of yarn) should be arriving with them from WI one week(ish) from today. So exciting!

I’ll leave you with one last photo of my mystery project. I’m sure whatever it ends up being I’ll like since I love colorful soft variegated yarn – even though it is an acrylic blend!

Happy Knitting!