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Monday, January 21, 2008

First FO for 2008!!

I have FINALLY finished the baby blanket!!

Seaming this baby up was really off-putting, so I had to force myself to do it. Last night at 10PM I got a bug up my ass, pulled out my needles and started. I thought "oh, it should only take me about an hour or so" HA! I always seem to think I can do things faster in my mind then they actually take *well, with the exception of THAT. THAT I want to last much longer - laugh*

Anyhoo.... FOUR HOURS LATER!! I had finally finished!

Madelyn's blanket

Madelyn's blanket 2

Pattern: Lace Christening Blanket from Vogue Knitting Baby Blankets

Yarn: KnitPicks Shine Sport, 12 skeins of Silver Sage

Needles: KnitPicks Options size 5

Notes: The pattern actually called for each panel to be knit seperately, but I didn't want to do all that seaming, so I cast on all seven panels together and used stitch markers to mark each panel.

9 comments:

Theresa said...

It's so beautiful!

Is that a blocking board underneath or some fancy graph paper?

YoMamma said...

very impressive! :-)

Kozy Kitty said...

That blanket is simply stunning. You need to bring it Wednesday night to show it off!

casadefred said...

Absolutely stunning!!! I can't wait to see it. This is most certainly a new heirloom piece for the new baby.

Liz said...

Wow!!! That is absolutely beautiful. Well worth the 4 hours to block. Well done, what a great FO!

twiceknit said...

This is beautiful!! What a wonderful gift! Bring it Wednesday so we can all ooh and aah over it!

AllyB said...

Absolutely fabulous!

Valerie said...

Wow!!! I am in awe! Teach me the ways of the lace world master-knitter!!

Anonymous said...

Amazing! I can imagine you are proud finishing this project. WOW!