The Big Gay Blanket

Pictures of Jos and Tom's sprog's afghan, or as she put it, the Big Gay Blanket.

The colors are a little off, even in the sunlight. It's hard to differentiate the blue and purple.

Update on Projects

I've finally finished the afghan I was working on (pictures after the recipient receives it) and have moved on to making Knitty's Fuzzy Feet out of some Cascade 220 in rainier heather I bought at WEBS (yay for sales!)

This will be my first sock-like thing. It also gave me my first opportunity to use my swift and ball winder. I followed some good advice I found on the L&V message boards about not winding directly from the swift, but pulling some yarn off of it and winding it that way - reduces the tension on the yarn as it's winding. That worked really well, and my center-pull balls are working well.

I'm using my Denise interchangables for this, at least to start. I haven't decided how I'm going to handle the parts that call for DPNs - I may either see how long of a loop I can make with my Denises and try Magic Loop, or I may use the two circular method. I have a few more inches of stockinette to do before I have to decide.

This is also my first project in the round (but not in using my circular needles - I've been using them for everything because they're so compact) and I like how it's turning out.

Since I feel like death, however, I'm not sure how much I'll get done today. I'm hoping to have at least the first one completed before I leave for Portland in 2 weeks.

Maryland Sheep and Wool!!

I bought yarn at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival over the weekend. There were lots of pretty things, and I could have bought a lot more. I had been contemplating buying a drop spindle, but decided I needed to work on my knitting more before adding that to the mix.



Gorgeous 55% superwash wool, 30% silk, and 15% viscose from Brooks Farm Yarn. 3 huge hanks, 860 yards each. I'm going to make a sweater for myself from them.




60% superwash wool, 20% silk, and 20% viscose also from Brooks Farm Yarn. Will be used for Christmas presents for my brother's family.




At The Fold's booth, didn't get any Socks That Rock because there was barely any left, but I did pick up some gorgeous Gypsy Girl Creations superwash merino sock yarns in Backdraft and Cattails. Each hank is 200 yards. These will become socks.




Two hanks of superwash 80% wool 20% nylon sock yarn from Ellen's Half Pint Farm. The colorway names aren't on the bands, so I have no clue what they're called. Will also become socks.

I have to finish the baby afghan for Mothra Piggy Booger Ronan. My goal is to have it done before he's a year old!!

Actually, I have decided I'm not allowed to start anything until I get that done. I'm fairly close, at least.