Knit or Crochet?
FINALLY, I've finished knitting the first baby blanket I planned to make for my sister's new bambino. As she went into labor this morning, I'd say that's pretty darned good timing. I tried to take a pic of it, but as you can see I'm not very skilled with the digital yet. The thing about this blanket is that I totally hate it. It stretches out funny, the border flips over no matter what I do, and it is totally huge. I feel like I wasted six weeks of effort.
On the other hand, crochet seems to be re-entering my life in a serious way. I'd thought to try crocheting the second baby blanket, seem here in its beginning stages. Low and behold, I got a package from Amazon this week that I DIDN'T ORDER. Turns out my MamaK (Best Friend's Mom) took it upon herself to send me a few things off my wish list, which included Debbie Stoller's "Happy Hooker". Ms. Stoller was JUST IN TOWN! I missed the signing, of course, because LittleJ and I were busy recovering from the double-ender. But, BUT, so I called to say thank you for the books, and we got to chatting about my projects. MamaK told me that crocheting a blanket always goes faster than knitting - so I jumped right on the second blanket before weaving in the ends of the first. I've already made it through the first skein, though as usual I'm losing stitches and I'm not sure how. I've resolved myself to the fact that it won't be perfect. But I don't have that "this is going to take the rest of my life" feeling, either. Whoopee!
