I’m considering this project a learning experience. It’s not a particularly hard knit, though despite being on the 4th ball of yarn I still have yet to memorize the pattern and it does seem to take forever to get through a pattern repeat. It’s a commissioned piece – a baby blanket.

And thus the learning experience: I hate knitting for other people. On a deadline. On large/never-ending projects.  I mean, I’m not the Yarn Harlot and her epic blankets of awesomeness. I can’t crank these things out with magical speed. I barely have the patience to knit anything for myself.

These last two balls of yarn can’t knit up fast enough. I sense a full weekend of couch dwelling, movies, and knitting until my fingers bleed coming up.

Maybe just one this time around.

One more on the needles. I realized that, as a gift for my mom, she’d probably prefer a set rather than a single one. They knit up fast – I’m about halfway into the 2nd – so I don’t have any fear about not finishing it in time.  The worst and most time consuming was the crochet edging. Perhaps with this 2nd one it will go faster/easier.

I got it into my head today to pick up my needles and knit something lacy. I’ve been on a roll with making things for the house lately, though mostly those projects were sewing related. And I’ve been a little bored with my current projects on the needles (so much boring stockinette on this pleated top!) . So a little lace doily felt like just the thing I needed. I think I’ll gift this one to my mother when it is finished – it would look pretty on her bedroom dresser!

I’m working on Flacon. It’s not a difficult pattern – the worst for me has been dealing with slippery stitches on DPNs (should have used my wood needles instead of metal), and then some difficulties with my hands and the small circular after I ended up with too many stitches for my DPNs.  I think I’ll work on Mommes Lysedug next.