Ongoing plans

 So, I was going to work on my 10-stitch blanket, but, ideas have been rumbling around for variations on my patchwork blanket instead. I am actually going to call it my 'Framed' blanket, because it is going to be framed around the edges. I wasn't going to frame it, but having done one row, and started the second, this idea came to me. I am only doing it to a lap blanket size, or at least, for now it will be lap size. Here is a picture of the frame that I am talking about. I don't have enough to do all the edges in the one colour, so as I run out, I will just change it.

Yes, the centre square is going to have a cable on it, and that is because I felt like doing something a little different. In fact, the whole blanket is going to have a cable on the centre square. 

A new take on a blanket

So, call me crazy, but I have decided to do something a little different for the next blanket. Yes, I am doing another one. You already know I've started a ten-stitch blanket, and I will continue with that. But, I am also doing another Log Cabin - or my take on the log cabin. What I plan on doing is making squares, as I did on the last blanket, and do different panels of both the ten-stitch, and log cabin. I'm not describing it very well, and will have to put up pictures once I have worked a few squares. I can see it in my head, just describing it is not proving very easy. I had thought of adding the puzzle blanket as well, but the jury is out on that at the moment. Time will tell, you never know, I could actually do elements of all three blankets in the one blanket. Talk about crazy!!!!!  But, I am really looking forward to how it might look.

Next project

 So, this is going to be my next project. Forget finishing any of the others I already have on the needles - and believe me, I have plenty of them- but . . . blankets are just something I am working on these days. No particular reason, just am enjoying doing them. It's not like I really need any more blankets, and no, I am NOT giving any of them away any time soon. I am trying to use up some of my 4-ply wool, and again, I have plenty of that!!!  This is a ten-stitch blanket. Real easy to make, and I can use up some of my part balls of wool. I was going to work on the jigsaw puzzle blanket, but nah, not at this time. Anyway, I have started this blanket so many times, so have decided I really should continue with it this time. I might actually only do it as a lap blanket - that would make a change, as so far, the ones I have  completed have been for beds. So, time for a little change. It won't be all done in purple, but, I do have a fair amount of that colour to use up. 

It is finished!!!!

 I have finally finished the blanket!!!  Even got both sides put together. I did a simple crochet edging, as any other style would take way too long to do. I has taken me all day to do, as I am not very well, I am fighting a horrible cold, and can't concentrate very well. Good thing this was and easy knit, and an easy join. Because ti is a double sided blanket, it is a very good weight, and will keep you very warm on the cold nights of winter. I have really enjoy making this and am actually quite proud with how it has turned out. 

Nearly there

 I am on to the last panel of the blanket. I won't put up a picture until I have the whole thing finished and put together. It has actually not taken as long as I thought it would to make this one. Maybe having knitted a few of these now, helps to speed the process up. Once this is complete, I really need to get the vest finished that I have started for myself. Not to mention the two I have going for husband. Then there is the jigsaw puzzle blanket I am trying out.  Think that might be enough to go on with at this point in time. 

Trucking along

 So, we are waiting for the biopsy to happen. We could be waiting for up to a week, which is not easy; but there is nothing we can do about that. Husband is showing signs of stress, although he may not admit that he is worried. He has the classic signs and symptoms of someone under stress. I am so trying not to show my own worries, and to support him while we play the waiting game. 

Knitting helps. I am continuing to work on the blanket. Only have three more panels, then can crochet it on to the back of the other blanket. It is going to be really warm, and I think it will also add some weight. I am only using 4-ply wool, but having said that, it is really warm wool. Most of it is merino, which is so nice to work with. Some of it has alpaca in it as well. It's mostly what I have acquired in my stash from doing Iona, and other items. Blankets are actually quite addictive to knit. Well, for me they are, as I am already planning on doing a ten-stitch blanket. I have cast on one so many times, maybe it is time to actually cast on, and complete one. But, first, I really need to get a few things off the needles. I know, I've been saying that for months now, and I am trying not to have too many going at once. But then, how many is too many?

Not a happy post

 I need to write this here, because I really can't say it out loud to my husband. I am feeling scared, which under the circumstances is understandable. My husband went to the hospital yesterday with severe stomach pains that he thought was an ulcer. Turns out it is severe acid reflux. But, while there, they did  scan to check there wasn't something wrong with his stomach. The scan showed two growths in his kidneys. He had a second scan and it confirmed the growth, and they think it might be cancer. He is to go for a biopsy, we don't know when yet, and we see what path to take from those results. I am trying so very hard to keep it together, but inside I am falling apart. I cried in the shower this morning, because I knew it would be better there than anywhere else. I need to support my husband, and falling apart is not going to help.

Progress on blanket

 So, here is a picture of the latest square I have completed on the blanket. The yellow, and the green are what I call accent colours. The green will be used just as the yellow has been. It shows ow a colour looks when it is paired with something different. Because each panel is nine squares long, the fifth square is the middle one, and I feel it is good to use both accent colours together, so break when I start the next four squares. 

Picture, as I said I would

 Here is a picture of the blanket I am currently working on. Can't say I am really working on a pattern any more. Really just going with what I feel like doing. I am enjoying the journey of trying different colour combinations, and how they look together, and how having them in different order can change how they look. I actually enjoying working with colour like this. 

Another blanket

Yes, I am knitting another blanket. Call me crazy, but I decided that the log cabin blanket I made earlier needed backing. To do that, I have decided that I will knit another blanket, very loosely based on the log cabin, and crochet the two together. This will make it reversible, and quite warm. I got the idea of backing the original blanket from a video I had seen. I know it would be easier to just buy a blanket and sew the two together, but I don't have a sewing machine, and I so much prefer to knit something. This blanket I am currently working on is just a fun project, so I am playing with different combinations of colours. I would not call it a log cabin, but I suppose it follows those design aspects of a log cabin. I will post a picture when I have knitted  a couple of more panels, and you can be the judge.

No single sock syndrome here

I am so glad to actually get this pair of socks finished. This is a real easy pattern, called tubular spiral socks Can see me doing this pattern again, as it is such an easy pattern to make. I usually suffer from single sock syndrome, but not this time. it has been a while since I last made any socks, and I came across this pattern in my pattern stash, so decided I really should make them. This might even put me into a sock making mode, lets hope it doesn't mean I have only one sock done, though.