The cat's stocking was hung by the chimney, but I can't say as she cared

Christmas is but a few weeks away, which means my blanket for Nana (started back in the summer) is approaching its deadline! I have two balls of yarn yet to go - sounds like a lot, but it eats a lot and two balls only gains me about 5 inches of width or so. By the time I'm done that, it should be roughly square and ready for Nana's lap!

I'm so thrilled to give this blanket to her - and I'm secretly thrilled to be done with it! I haven't really done any other crochet since I started this one, and I'm ITCHING to start a new project.

What's that? Maybe I should try to make some progress on some of the projects I've already got going, you say? Meh, maybe you're right. I think half the fun of all of this crochet business is the dreaming, looking at patterns and starting something new. I'm sure finishing a project is a wonderful feeling too, but I wouldn't know, as I haven't made it to that point yet. I haven't been crocheting for a year yet, so maybe by the end of year one I'll have completed SOMEthing!... maybe...


Behold, my progress on 'The Nana Blanket', as it has come to be known. Okay, this was its progress as of a few weeks ago. I've luckily made more, as of yet unphotographed progress since this time, but it's hard to get a proper photo without a cat in the way.

Note to self - next time you start a project, get a feel for how yarn-and-time-consuming it might be.

On the bright side, though, this will be a wonderfully heavy, dense, and WARM blanket for my Nana. I'm super excited. She's loved it every time I've gone to see her (I always bring it with me, show it to her and demonstrate the stitches, and then make some progress as she naps).


Above is a scarf that I started back in May. It's a Catherine Wheel pattern, with two slightly different yarns - one is purple and blue with a bit of green, and one is green and blue with a bit of yellow-green. Both are gorgeous, in my opinion. I bought these yarns on a trip to Minneapolis (my first time ever in a specialty yarn shop!), and got started on the ride home thanks to a pattern I found on my iPod touch online at the hotel, and then wrote by hand onto a hotel note pad so I could reference it while crocheting on the drive home. I imagine it will look quite nice once I've finished, whenever that may be...

And here's our happy home this Christmas season. I hung the stockings by the chimney with care on the weekend. Trev was surprised to see three. Duh Trev, one's for the cat!

Now, off I go to do some searious Nana Blanket crochet. Double duty - work on the blanket AND keep my hands too busy to eat Christmas treats!