Yeah, it’s my birthday. Hey all you lurkers, come out and say hello, mmmkay? There’s like thousands of you out there according to the blog stats, and yet I only ever hear from the same twenty or so people. It’s depressing. Not that I don’t love you, you twenty or so who DO comment!
Alright, today as my birthday present to you, I’m including the full-sized blankie pictures – just click on through if you want the big ones. Oh, and there were 27 squares this week. Not too shabby.
Let’s start off with something a little different – blankie with its hair down. I accidentally laid it out with the backside up the first time, and I thought “hey, maybe they’d like to see the backside and all the ends this time.” So there you go. You can also see where I normally lay blankie out, and the toys and crappe that I had to shove aside to get a piece of clear floor space.
Here’s a close-up of the tangled ends. That’s only about a week’s worth of ends – the rest are all woven in.
And the standard overhead shot. I usually stand on one of our dining room chairs to get this shot, and it’s getting harder and harder to fit the whole thing in the frame.
And this week’s close-ups. I don’t know what it is with Photoshop the last couple weeks, but it keeps wanting to rotate these for me. This time I’m going to straighten them back out for you. It gave me a headache all last week thinking of the one sideways one.
And finally, what Julie was doing while I started this post…she had dressed up in all her play clothes, and I let her watch a video while I put Sophie down for her nap and that gave me a few minutes of free time. Now she is busy chopping up paper, pretending to make Valentines and driving me crazy because I’m not going to get the glue out right now.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! The blankie looks GREAT–I hope you win the Ravelry Bobby award!
Happy Birthday! I admit, I am a local lurker (in St. Paul).
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday to you! (I’d sing, but I’d be awfully off key).
The blankie is looking gorgeous!
Happy Birthday Shelly !!
I am a blogless lurker from U.K. I have been watching your sock yarn blankie and have started my own this week.
It is very very addictive knitting
Happy Birthday! I’m a guilty lurker! The blankie is amazing and I stand in awe.
Happy Birthday!!! I hope your day is special.
I am also a blogless lurker. I am enjoying your blanket progress. I have been saving my sock leftovers and plan to start one this year.
Have a great day,
Lynn
Stripey tights and fairy wings- SO en vogue. She’s gorgeous
So is blankie.
Happy Birthday to you – it’s a great day for it. Was my mother’s birthday as well.
95% lurker here (I do comment on occasion!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
the blankie is looking great! I always look to see if I see the yarn I sent you but considering I don’t really remember what it all looked like, I haven’t found it yet LOL
Happy Birthday! I’m a total lurker and compulsive blog reader. I enjoy reading about your knitting and your beautiful family!
Happy Birthday! I just love your blankie.
Happiest of happy birthdays!
happy birthday Shelly!
or, as my 2 year old tells everyone, “happy to your daddy”!
Happy Birthday! I hope that it’s a great one.
I lurk, mostly because I don’t think I have much to say. I will admit to loving the blankie. I’m knitting squares with my leftover sock yarn due to seeing yours!
Happy birthday, Shelly! You’re now on my list of more favourite people who are born in January!
Happy Birthday!!!!
Love the blanket!
I usually leave a comment – love to read you because you are close – only about 2 hours away from me….but, have been busy – so you may not have seen as much of me lately…
Anyways…Hope your day is an awesome one – stay warm!!!
Happy Birthday Shelly! ( I lurk from Michigan)
Happy Birthday!! Wish I lived nearby, cause I would love to take you to lunch and meet your gorgeous girls!! I work with kids, and I just love to meet them and talk to them. They always have such neat ways of thinking of things!
Happy Birthday! I do comment every once in a while, but too busy lately . . .
Happy Birthday from a lurker in New Zealand
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Shelly. The blanket looks great. I hope you have a great day. Julie’s looks so cute.
Happy Birthday from a regular lurker! Love the blankie pics!!
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day ^_^
Happy Birthday!
The blanket is wonderful.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Every time I see the blankie I am amazed at how great such a random collection of sock yarn looks together. But is it random? How do you decide what squares go next to what?
Happy Birthday, Shelly! I love the blankie — and of, course, the Friday updates. I just finished my first pair of socks and looked at that little ball of leftover yarn and knew exactly what I was going to do with it! Thanks for the inspiration (and tutorial…)
Happy Happy Birthday. Celebrate all day. Love the blankie, it’s awesome. Usually lurk but think of you as my son’s neighbor as he’s in St. Paul finishing up vet school at the U.
Happy Birthday Shelly.
The Blankie is look’n good.
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Shelly…Happy Birthday to you!
The blankie looks great!
Tammy in NC
Delurking to wish you a Happy Birthday and tell you I voted for your blankie.
Happy Birthday Shelly
It is my birthday today too
Louise
Delurking… Happy Birthday!
I guess I’m a lurker…
Happy Birthday! I love Blankie Fridays since the blanket was what first attracted me to your blog.
Hope you’re having a Happy Birthday! The blanket progress looks great.
Hi Shelly! Well, it’s 8:30pm here in Indiana so you’ve got a few more hours left to celebrate your birthday there in Minnesota! I hope you have/had a beautiful day!
The Blankie looks fantastic! I voted for it and hope you win. Those colorful tights (or whatever they are) are getting lots of votes though…rats!
Julie, you look adorable as usual!
Happy birthday! I tend to lurk most of the time, but love watching blankie progress. In fact, I found your blog through YH’s ‘bury her with yarn’ post. I have aspirations of blankiedom, but can’t imagine knitting enough socks to get there. Time will tell…
Happy Birthday, of course. General lurker, delurking, as per request. Love the Blankie. Wish I had the follow-through to do something similar. Can’t wait to see it win a blue ribbon at the fair.
Happy Birthday, Shelly!
I’m a lurker who enjoys reading your blog. Your girls are so adorable! Blankie looks great, too.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday dear Shelly,
Happy Birthday to you!
And many more!
Love your blog.
Love your photos!
Happy Birthday from Ohio!!!
Happy Birthday, Shelly! The “Tequila Something” yarn I bought from you is making beautiful Monkey socks – I love it! Hope you’ve had a lovely birthday!
One more lurker saying Happy Birthday!
Hey – those squares are quite impressive! I don’t know how you keep at it! Happy Birthday! I hope you had a good one! My dd has been wearing her stripy tights ever since she got them at Christmas!
Em
Happy Birthday, Shelly! I’m an admitted lurker from Seattle who was shown your site by a friend who was making a blankie of her own. I have enjoyed watching the progress as well as your other projects. (And, I also am a January birthday!)
I put down my knitting needles to say Happy Birthday from Florida.
Julie! The tights! The fairy wings!
The glasses! So much cute there!
Happy happy birthday Shelly! Did you get to do something special today? We’ll have to sing to you at sock class on Sunday. Rosalie
happy birthday. i always enjoy reading your blog. so thank you!