Blankie Friday
Okay, before we get to Blankie Friday, I have to say I really hope you all are still out there. I think the blog is mostly back to normal now. I think the RSS feed should be working again - it's at http://www.shellykang.com/atom.xml now, so yes you will have to change your bloglines or other reader subscription. The easiest way to do that is usually to just delete the old copy out of your reader, then add the subscription back on. I know, I'm testing your blog-love. It's all for the sake of faster loads and fewer whiney husband moments (when the server got bogged down, it wasn't pleasant.) Let me know if you continue to notice other problems. I know I need to fix my profile picture and there are probably some pictures in older posts that have gone missing.
Enough with that business, though! I know you want the low-down on the blankie. It's a little pitiful, but remember I was away from home for a week and the luggage was huge enough as it was - there was no way I could take it with me. I have only one of the bigger squares to report:
Remember this sock yarn? I think every sock knitter in the universe has knit a sock with this yarn at some point in their career. It's one of the early Regia self-striping colorways, and I think I received chunks of it from at least 10 different people. Some of the larger chunks went to my friend Connie, who knit them into socks for CIC. There have also been one or two smaller squares out of this yarn in the blankie already, but I couldn't complete the thing without including a larger square out of this yarn. This coming week will be a Week of the Blankie. At least three squares per day. Really.
In the mean time, when I came home from vacation the Creative Activities Rules and Premiums booklet for the Minnesota State Fair was in my mailbox (well, actually in the giant pile in my foyer, where our house sitter had left it.) I love poring over the knitting categories and considering what I've knit so far in the year or may yet knit that will fit in the various sections. The blankie is my only big hope this year, although I may yet make a pair or two of leggings for the girls that might be fun to enter. Looking at the three afghan-type categories, it looks like mine will have to go into either "318 Afghan, made in strips or modules" or "319 Bedspread, min size 3801 sq. in." The categories can be a bit confusing sometimes. My blankie can't go in the other two categories because it is going to be around 4400 square inches blocked, and while it certainly is modular, I wonder whether lot 318 is meant for modules that are sewn together rather than knit one off the others. When I think of the bedspread category, I think of those giant lace things that win the Sweepstakes prizes, and I certainly don't want to go up against those. Luckily, I have months and months to consider.
Let's look at some cute kid pictures:
I took the girls to Eden Prairie Center to get their hair cut the other day, and for once we had a decent experience in the play area there. Sophie has really decided that she's into this whole walking thing, and she toddled and climbed all over the place. Here she is looking down from the top of the play structure through one of the slides.
Today we took a trip to the Mall of America with Joe's cousin and her kids. They all had fun playing in Legoland - that's Julie and Katelyn in the foreground, and Sarah and Joe's other cousin Natalie on the yellow bench in the background. Natalie just graduated from college and is a real-life ballerina, a fact that impresses Julie to no end as she claims she's going to be a ballerina when she grows up.
Sophie got in on the Lego action a bit, and I was watching her like a hawk as she grabbed all those tiny pieces. Only a couple got slobbered on.
She was more interested in toddling off towards the amusement park. She kept walking over towards the ride with the swings hanging down from the tree, and pointing like crazing as she gasped with excitement. This is such a fun age. She is really exploring her personality, learning to communicate and express her own desires and interests. She is such a happy kid most of the time and is constantly making me smile and laugh.
Bad picture, but this is Julie holding hands with Auntie Natalie as we walked through the food court to get some lunch. I just loved the way Julie glommed right on to Natalie and grabbed her hand even though we haven't gotten to see much of her while she was away at college.
And that's the end! I still have a little knitting time left tonight, I think I have another square or two left in me before bed.
Enough with that business, though! I know you want the low-down on the blankie. It's a little pitiful, but remember I was away from home for a week and the luggage was huge enough as it was - there was no way I could take it with me. I have only one of the bigger squares to report:
Remember this sock yarn? I think every sock knitter in the universe has knit a sock with this yarn at some point in their career. It's one of the early Regia self-striping colorways, and I think I received chunks of it from at least 10 different people. Some of the larger chunks went to my friend Connie, who knit them into socks for CIC. There have also been one or two smaller squares out of this yarn in the blankie already, but I couldn't complete the thing without including a larger square out of this yarn. This coming week will be a Week of the Blankie. At least three squares per day. Really.
In the mean time, when I came home from vacation the Creative Activities Rules and Premiums booklet for the Minnesota State Fair was in my mailbox (well, actually in the giant pile in my foyer, where our house sitter had left it.) I love poring over the knitting categories and considering what I've knit so far in the year or may yet knit that will fit in the various sections. The blankie is my only big hope this year, although I may yet make a pair or two of leggings for the girls that might be fun to enter. Looking at the three afghan-type categories, it looks like mine will have to go into either "318 Afghan, made in strips or modules" or "319 Bedspread, min size 3801 sq. in." The categories can be a bit confusing sometimes. My blankie can't go in the other two categories because it is going to be around 4400 square inches blocked, and while it certainly is modular, I wonder whether lot 318 is meant for modules that are sewn together rather than knit one off the others. When I think of the bedspread category, I think of those giant lace things that win the Sweepstakes prizes, and I certainly don't want to go up against those. Luckily, I have months and months to consider.
Let's look at some cute kid pictures:
I took the girls to Eden Prairie Center to get their hair cut the other day, and for once we had a decent experience in the play area there. Sophie has really decided that she's into this whole walking thing, and she toddled and climbed all over the place. Here she is looking down from the top of the play structure through one of the slides.
Today we took a trip to the Mall of America with Joe's cousin and her kids. They all had fun playing in Legoland - that's Julie and Katelyn in the foreground, and Sarah and Joe's other cousin Natalie on the yellow bench in the background. Natalie just graduated from college and is a real-life ballerina, a fact that impresses Julie to no end as she claims she's going to be a ballerina when she grows up.
Sophie got in on the Lego action a bit, and I was watching her like a hawk as she grabbed all those tiny pieces. Only a couple got slobbered on.
She was more interested in toddling off towards the amusement park. She kept walking over towards the ride with the swings hanging down from the tree, and pointing like crazing as she gasped with excitement. This is such a fun age. She is really exploring her personality, learning to communicate and express her own desires and interests. She is such a happy kid most of the time and is constantly making me smile and laugh.
Bad picture, but this is Julie holding hands with Auntie Natalie as we walked through the food court to get some lunch. I just loved the way Julie glommed right on to Natalie and grabbed her hand even though we haven't gotten to see much of her while she was away at college.
And that's the end! I still have a little knitting time left tonight, I think I have another square or two left in me before bed.
Labels: Blankie
posted by Shelly Kang at 10:24 PM
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Wow! Looks like a great time! I can't believe how much Sophie looks like a little girl and not like the little baby she was when I first started reading your blog!!
Woah. I don't know what ya did to your site, but it doesn't just "come up" like it used to. Some weird white screen does and I have to click on an "update the file" tab. Not so easy to visit you anymore. Your blankie is beautiful. Cece
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