Blankie Friday
It's Blankie Friday! Wahoo...time for an update on the blankie, and I think I did well this week. I haven't done the math yet, but we'll get to it in a minute. First, let's look at some pictures.
How cute is this? Julie and Sophie playing kitchen together. Sophie has been following Julie around constantly the last week or so, and mostly Julie tolerates her. It so totally melts the icicle I call a heart. Notice that Julie is wearing her apron.
Yesterday afternoon, as we were approaching the witching hour when there is nothing left to do in the house because all of the toys have been played with and Joe is not yet home to take over so I can cook dinner and it is not yet time to put in a video and the girls are running out of steam. This combination of variables can lead to a nasty situation and has more than once. Instead, yesterday,
Julie said, "Let's have a birthday party."
I casually said "What do we need for a birthday party?"
"Party hats."
"We can do that."
I dug out some construction paper and some alphabet stickers, and we spent the next 20 minutes making hats for the three of us with our names on them. Julie had fun. Sophie had fun. I even had fun. Score! I was amazed that we managed to come up with something so simple and easy that we could all do together and get through that dreadful part of the day. Aren't they cute?
This is just a gratuitous cute kid picture.
Here's Julie next to a little project she did while I wasn't looking the other day. Those are the new blocks that Sophie got for Christmas, and inside each one is a vintage Fisher Price Little People figure, laying down. Notice how the top few figures are color-coordinated with the boxes they are in. Julie had a whole story to go along with the scene - it was about Madeline in London, and the twelve little girls and Miss Clavel were sleeping in their hotel rooms or something. This kind of thing is not that unusual around here. The kid is so creative. Yes, I'm bragging.
This is a bit of an eye-rolling whine. I made beef Stroganoff for dinner tonight. We love the beef Stroganoff around here,but I don't make it all that often. The version I make takes a little time to put together, and worse, it uses just about every pot and pan I have in my kitchen. I hate doing dishes. I hate cleaning the kitchen. How pitiful am I? Very.
Alright, finally - it's blankie time. I counted, and since my last post about the blankie last Thursday I managed to knit 31 squares. That's 3.875 squares a day. Yay! I'm ahead of schedule, and I'd like to keep it that way. I think I need to weave in a few ends now.
Oh, and Erin asked to see a higher-resolution photo of the blankie. That seems reasonable enough - it is hard to get a clear understanding of the detail of the blankie from either the low-res overall pictures or the individual closeups. You can click on that picture above for the big version. Erin said she thought the blankie would make a good desktop picture. Great idea, Erin! Guess what I have on my desktop now?
Oh, and Dianne joined the knitalong - she's got a very nice blankie picture of her own up on her blog. Thanks for joining, Dianne!
All right, then. I'm off to weave in some ends and maybe surf some of the many links you all have posted on the contest entry.
How cute is this? Julie and Sophie playing kitchen together. Sophie has been following Julie around constantly the last week or so, and mostly Julie tolerates her. It so totally melts the icicle I call a heart. Notice that Julie is wearing her apron.
Yesterday afternoon, as we were approaching the witching hour when there is nothing left to do in the house because all of the toys have been played with and Joe is not yet home to take over so I can cook dinner and it is not yet time to put in a video and the girls are running out of steam. This combination of variables can lead to a nasty situation and has more than once. Instead, yesterday,
Julie said, "Let's have a birthday party."
I casually said "What do we need for a birthday party?"
"Party hats."
"We can do that."
I dug out some construction paper and some alphabet stickers, and we spent the next 20 minutes making hats for the three of us with our names on them. Julie had fun. Sophie had fun. I even had fun. Score! I was amazed that we managed to come up with something so simple and easy that we could all do together and get through that dreadful part of the day. Aren't they cute?
This is just a gratuitous cute kid picture.
Here's Julie next to a little project she did while I wasn't looking the other day. Those are the new blocks that Sophie got for Christmas, and inside each one is a vintage Fisher Price Little People figure, laying down. Notice how the top few figures are color-coordinated with the boxes they are in. Julie had a whole story to go along with the scene - it was about Madeline in London, and the twelve little girls and Miss Clavel were sleeping in their hotel rooms or something. This kind of thing is not that unusual around here. The kid is so creative. Yes, I'm bragging.
This is a bit of an eye-rolling whine. I made beef Stroganoff for dinner tonight. We love the beef Stroganoff around here,but I don't make it all that often. The version I make takes a little time to put together, and worse, it uses just about every pot and pan I have in my kitchen. I hate doing dishes. I hate cleaning the kitchen. How pitiful am I? Very.
Alright, finally - it's blankie time. I counted, and since my last post about the blankie last Thursday I managed to knit 31 squares. That's 3.875 squares a day. Yay! I'm ahead of schedule, and I'd like to keep it that way. I think I need to weave in a few ends now.
Oh, and Erin asked to see a higher-resolution photo of the blankie. That seems reasonable enough - it is hard to get a clear understanding of the detail of the blankie from either the low-res overall pictures or the individual closeups. You can click on that picture above for the big version. Erin said she thought the blankie would make a good desktop picture. Great idea, Erin! Guess what I have on my desktop now?
Oh, and Dianne joined the knitalong - she's got a very nice blankie picture of her own up on her blog. Thanks for joining, Dianne!
All right, then. I'm off to weave in some ends and maybe surf some of the many links you all have posted on the contest entry.
Labels: Blankie
posted by Shelly Kang at 9:39 PM
7 Comments:
Thanks for the hi-res photo! I've been wanting to look closer but I also understand why bloggers only upload thumbnails.
Ooh, I just realized I can get back to my blankie when I get home, yay!
Great minds think alike! I set up a photo of my blankie as my desktop wallpaper over the holidays. I, however, haven't made nearly the progress on mine as you have. Yours looks great!
Your girls are so precious.
Your blankie desktop image has rekindled my lust to knit one of these for myself. Unfortunately, I haven't been knitting socks long enough to have leftover yarn for more than a handful of squares. I shall have to be very patient for a very long time, I think.
Thanks, Shelly! It's so much cooler up close!!
Smiles,
Erin
OMG that is beautiful!!!! I am going to have to knit more socks to have more leftovers now. Is there a post that has the "patern" for your blanket.
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