knittingninja

Goodness, I’ve had a one-track mind. For me, and knitting, this is strange indeed!

Even the Jaywalker has taken a back burner, and hasn’t seen much progress since I last posted it. I’ve been putting all of my time and focus into one project, one that I spent hours designing, measuring, swatching, and now finally knitting.

A baby blanket, for the incoming niece or nephew. Knit on Addi Turbos, with Patons Classic Wool Merino in a nice forest green. The design, on its own, is basic -seed stitch border, three Vandyke lace columns on a background of stockinette stitch-  but the execution was much harder than I had thought. Three swatch squares, lots of measuring and re-measuring… but the process was delightful.

Now that I’m already just under a third of the way to completed, I’m pretty confident that I can finish this by the end of November (the baby is due December 5th). Once the blanket is done, I’ll post an official pattern for it - it’s only the third thing I’ve ever designed, so I’m excited.

I plan to start a few smaller projects while finishing this one. Just baby bonnets, and maybe some booties. I’ve also been working on a KnittingNinja Designs branding kit to put in my design portfolio - perhaps some little card-tags I can tie to projects I give out to people, and something with which I can make little kits to sell on Etsy. I’m in the business frame of mind again!

Also: some new links added to the blogroll, of some cool people who have linked to me. Hi, gals!