So, a good friend from high school recently tells me she's pregnant. She was 13 weeks when she found out so her and I were both pretty surprised. I was depressed about it for about 2 days and then I decided it was time to "suck it up" and get to knitting. She doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl yet and I knew I wanted to get started right away so I decided to make her a blanket in neutral colors. When she finds out the gender, I'll make her some more items in gender specific colors. I took pictures at three points during the process. I started knitting on April 1st. I finished it today. There were days that I didn't work on it at all and if I hadn't been so lazy about it, I would have been done sooner :3
Each row consists of 154 stitches across. Yikes, I know. gonk
On the first day, I'd gotten quite a bit done Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions of the pictures
Here's an up close shot of the detail of the stitch pattern
April 1st, 2011
I went on knitting and knitting. I felt like I'd never get this dang thing done, but the pattern was simple and repetitive enough that I could do it from memory and while watching TV, so that helped
April 20th, 2011
April 25th, 2011
The last picture shows the blanket all finished except for weaving in the ends, which I HATE. I'm about halfway done doing that as of this journal entry. I'll probably edit it to add in a picture of the blankie with woven in ends. I really hope my friend likes this. She's not expecting it, so she will be so surprised. I put a lot of work and love into it smile
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