Update

OK. The more I do this, the more I realize that I need a new camera. But, we'll persevere. Here is the blanket I was making for my son using the Lamb's Pride wool. It was pleasure to make, and this picture simply does not do it justice.

It was made in mostly double crochet with the occasional triple crochet embellishment, using the pattern "A Child's Very Own" in Leisure Arts Presents Afghans for All Seasons. Lamb's Pride is simply a pleasure to work with, and I splurged on a Laurel Hill Forest Palmwood hook for this project (and, really, I'm addicted to these hooks now--I'm making the Afghan From Hell using one).

I Know, I Know

I swore I'd post often, and well...such is life. I can happily report that I have completed quite a few projects since last posting. I'll take a few photos and get them up. My knitting has improved, though still slow. I am currently working on quite a few child-sized afghans, trying to plow through my stash of cheap acrylic and move it on out. I've also started a wedding afghan for my sister (made with Encore wool/acrylic, which is, so far, an excellent yarn to work with--which is good, since this has been dubbed The Afghan from Hell).

Yummy

I'm working on three acrylic afghans right now--one for a friend's baby (born a year ago--yes, I am bad bad bad); one large granny for my bedroom (started 10 years ago--yes, I am bad bad bad); and a Flower Power ripple for the No-End-In-Sight Ripple-Along. So, when my almost-4 yr old declared that he wanted me to make him an afghan, what did I say? You guessed it. I am sunk into another one.

So, off to the yarn store I went. I decided that, since it was a smallish afghan (only 3 ft x 3 ft), I'd indulge myself, er, my child, in yummy yarn. Lamb's Pride Worsted was the winner. This stuff is almost edible, it's so much fun to work with. And, the colors, while bright, are a totally different, more muted and textured, hue from the Red Heart that I usually use to make projects like this. In celebration of my delicious yarn, I also splurged on a wooden crochet hook (Laurel Hill, Forest Palmwood, size H).

By the way--NEVER, EVER mistakenly leave your pattern at the yarn store. It means you have to go back the next day to fetch it. Uh oh. I'll show you what I bought on clearance another day, when I figure out what to do with it.