Month: May 2011

I find myself needing to make a bunch of blankets for all the wee babes coming into the lives of my friends. Right now, I have 1 blanket on the needles and 4 more in the queue waiting to be made. If one more person finds out she is pregnant, I think I’ll have a yarny meltdown. Not that I don’t love making things for babies, because I do, it’s one of my favorite things, I just don’t like the feeling of being rushed because all these babies are being born so close together.

Fish Ripple

I’ve never been one to make traditional pastel-colored baby blankets. I’m always big on bold colors, fun patterns and interesting textures. Take my most recent gift, for instance. Bright sunshiny yellow, since the parents waited to find out the gender until he made his debut into the world. I used a rainbow color for the border, making the blanket in two panels that were then crocheted together, so there’s a fun stripe of color down the middle. Lucky for me, the blanket ended up matching the nursery exactly, so that always makes me super happy!

So this will be my second Monday working in an office. That’s right, I am now a secretary (or to be more PC, an Administrative Assistant) for my church. I’m so excited to have this job because it means that I’m finally out of retail and I’m finally able to work somewhere I love, doing what I love to do.

I’m actually posting this from my work computer (isn’t that cool to say? I think it is…) because I’ve been house-/dog-sitting for the past few days and haven’t had internet access except at work. Luckily the house I’m staying at is equipped with Netflix and is located less than 5 minutes away from my church, so thanks to hour-long lunch breaks and sequestering myself over the weekend, I was able to get a head start on my new long-term spinning project.
The other long-term project I’m starting right now also involves my handspun, but this time I’m knitting yarn instead of making it. I’m going to be using my recently finished Baltic Blue lace yarn to knit a Shipwreck shawl. This will be my first time making a circular shawl, and so far it’s been smooth sailing. Especially since I have a new reading device that I can store all my patterns on instead of having to print them out. Brilliant!