Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Thinking Ahead...

So, with only 11(!) squares left to knit..I find myself thinking more and more about what project I'm going to take on after this epic blanket is complete.
And I think about how seaming and knitting the borders will possibly take longer than knitting the squares has..But I try not to think about that, except to add to the list of movies I'm planning to watch as I do it.
But really. This blanket has been a constant factor through most of this school year. I've knit through the months of my freshmen year of college a blanket that I once didn't think I would ever be able to make. Once it's done, what then? I'm thinking another blanket, one in cheap yarn that I will actually be able to use. Because let me tell ya, this masterpiece should be hanging in a museum..There's no way it's getting all grimy. Heirloom, bay-be, heirloom. I've got a couple ideas in mind. I'm strangely drawn to squares. But maybe I don't want to take on another project of this magnitude right away. I don't know. And really, it's entirely too soon to tell. But I can't help thinking ahead, it's just the way I am.
Does anybody have any ideas of what I should do?

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

There are no Words


For how much I just want to sit and look at this:


Horrible picture quality, but you get the gist. 36 out of 48 squares completed! That's 75%!! 3/4ths! These squares have been in this arrangement on my bed for the past three hours and I just want to sit and look at them (Granted, I've only been in here for about five minutes of the last three hours)...I may have to sleep in the floor tonight. Because I don't think I can sleep in the bed without messing it up. Only twelve more squares..And this is where it starts getting tricky, because starting off, I just paired up whatever two colors struck my fancy at the moment..but now, it actually starts to matter. I mean, I don't want a whacked up color distribution..I think I've got it figured out. Looking at all these colors, it's really not going to make much of a difference, at least not to anyone but me. But it matters to me. And looking into the box of yarn I've accumulated for this project is more than a little overwhelming at this point. Some planning was in order. But I think it's under control now.

I had to go to a literary reading earlier tonight, so mi amiga y yo are watching gilmore girls at 9..I'm going to start the 12th square from the end..eep!

Monday, February 26, 2007

Let's Get on Down to the Main Attraction



..With a little less talk, lot more action

Thursday, February 22, 2007

I'mmm Bbbbaaaacccckkk!!

How embarrassing. I haven't blogged in over 2 months, very sad...I dunno, I had every intention of blogging once I got back from Christmas break, but things just got so busy so fast..Next week, the semester's halfway over! Ahh!
I have been knitting, though. I'm on the 33rd (?) square I think. Or 34th. I've kinda lost count. But I'm over 2/3's of the way through with the knitting of the blocks..The seaming and the border, that's gonna be a trip. I'm thinking summer vacation, some long movies..maybe the 2nd season of LOST, the 1st season of Grey's Anatomy..It's gonna be pretty amazing, not gonna lie...
But for reals, I've gotta go to BED! I am so tired..It was just too weird to have that last post being so long ago..That sock..it took me a sec to remember where it is..In my bedroom closet at home..haha..