FO

The Sleepytime Seashells Blanket has been finished. Last night I knit up the last few rows and wove in the ends and here is what it looks like! It was a very tricky blanket for me. As someone who knits tightly, knitting four together was quite a challenge. I guess as a positive, I've learned to loosen up a bit with my knitting, which I'm sure will make my mom happy as she's always giving me a hard time about it. Also, you'll notice that this blanket is very rectangular. Nope it wasn't meant to be that way, I just got sick of knitting it so I stopped a few inches too early. I think it looks just fine this way anyway.

But my journey didn't end with finishing off the blanket. Tanner wanted to add in a stuffed animal, so today we went to the mall and visited Hallmark. We found a nice little bag to put it in and an adorable stuffed elephant. Originally, Tanner wanted to get a teddy bear and even seemed skeptical at the thought of grabbing an elephant but once we saw the cute little Gund elephant in Hallmark we knew that we HAD to buy it. After getting lost while trying to find the Dairy Queen, we came home and put the bag together and here's what it looks like.

So I'm throughly satisfied with this knitting endeavor. Yes, there are tons of mistakes in that blanket, yes it was a frustrating experience at times, and yes I had to put a lot of hours in it in a short amount of time just in case the woman gave birth early.... but I'm really happy I made it.

Next tasks? Finish off that hat for WarmupWinc that's collecting dust and (you guessed it) another baby blanket. This one is for the Lowell Wish Project. It's called "Fanciful Rose." It's from the same book as Sleepytime Seashells and it's very, very, feminine. I've only done about ten rows so it doesn't seem picture worthy yet. I'll continue to write about it as it grows. It's a simple lace pattern. I'm baffled how only repeating three rows can create something so intricate.

And I leave you with one last picture (since I don't get to borrow Henry's camera every day.) I give you, Max in a box!