I haven't posted for awhile, (that's a shocker!). I finally finished my pillow. I still have to sew it together and but the fabric and stuffing in. I'll get to that....eventually. Me and my best friend got sprayed by a skunk...Oh what fun that was! We were riding our bikes home from McDonalds and we got stuck behind a skunk. At the risk of being late home, we gunned it. Unfortunately, just as we rode past, up went the tail, out came the stench, and then we smelled the worst I ever have. We called home and were told to not enter the house. We had to go through a lovely tomato shower, the we got rinsed off with my best friend...the freezing cold hose...what fun! After that we still smelled HORRIBLE! So my step dad ran to the grocery store and bought the items for the new treatment. It was hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. WoW did THAT burn. But it did remove the lovely smell. With only a few rashes and burns we were happy good smelling campers.
Any who back to knitting. My new project is a blanket. It is made of three colors. Which three? Hmmm lets thinks, my favorite colors are....brown and blue! Yes my blanket is brown, light blue, and dark blue. The pattern is very purrty. It is made up of stockinette stitch, cables, seed stitch, and stripes. The pattern was in a library book, so in order to remember what to do i had to sketch it out on my own. I wouldn't recommend anyone else trying to figure it out, but i can read it.
So far i have done uno square. It is the one of the light blue seed stitch squares. I want a big blanket so I made it 12' by 12'. It is going to be a HUGE blanket!
This is an upclose so you can see the seed stitch.
If you noticed on the square there is a tag that says 5,1. On the pattern I drew I made it a grid. The square i made is 5th square from the left, and the 1st one from the bottom. So now when i sew it together I will know where to sew it! The next square I'm making is a brown cable square.
Again upclose, so you can see the pattern. This is my first cable project, and i think im doing pretty good. Its alot easier than I thought. Which is ofcourse good.
Well I'm out for now. Tomorrow I'm off to Six Flags with my best friend. Hopefuly I'll get a little tanner. OK I'm out for now. Bye! ttyl
