Sunday, March 7, 2010

Hemlock Ring Blanket

Friday night I finally got around to blocking the Hemlock Ring Blanket that was finished about a month ago.

Hemlock Ring Blanket

I'm sooooo happy with the result! I was worried before blocking that it wouldn't come out looking good. But my worries were for nothing.

Hemlock Ring Blanket

I love it so much that I want to keep it. I think it will be great draped over the side of a crib, or tucked around a baby in a stroller. The Cascade 220 superwash is soft and not scratchy--great for keeping a baby warm.

Hemlock Ring Blanket

And the edging--totally worth the work! I did the edging that's called for in the initial pattern.

I will definitely be making more of these gorgeous blankets.

Buncha Squares Blanket

Last month, I finished the Bunch Squares Blanket.

Buncha Squares Blanket

For now, anyways. The blanket has gotten lots of use already, and we've come to realize that it would be awesome if it was bigger. Sometime in the vague future, I want to go back and add maybe 6 inches to the top and bottom, and 4 inches to the sides of garter or something. I don't know what yet.

Sock Challenge Update

I finished my second pair of sock challenge socks yesterday. Meet Kai-Mei.

Kai-Mei Socks

The yarn is Madelinetosh Sock in the color Moreland. I worked these socks on US 1 1/2 (2.5mm).

Kai-Mei Socks

The 3x3 ribbing on the cuff was fairly boring, and definitely slowed down the progress on these socks, but once I got to the foot my interest picked up and I was able to finish them with fairly good time.

Kai-Mei Socks

I like that they're mirror images of each other. And I love the saturated color of the yarn.

Kai-Mei Socks

I also finally got around to taking some FO pics of my first challenge socks, Angee.

Angee Socks

Angee Socks

Angee Socks

Angee Socks

I like these ones a lot. More than Kai-Mei, I think.

I'm sad to report that my work blocked Flickr as a social networking site (really??). This limits my ability post interesting posts from work and also diminishes the pleasure I used to get from reading my Bloglines at 3am. Boo!