What’s been going on? Well, this is Jack.

Jack was born on December 7th, 2007 at about 3:00pm. My brother called me to announce him at about 4:00pm. Not a word of a lie, I cast off at 3:38pm for this.

This is Jack’s Beanstalk Blanket.

It was a name that was suggested by three seperate people after hearing his name (Ninja-Boyfriend, friend Janis, and friend Kevin, for credit’s sake) and I liked the name, so it has been named.

The lace columns are a Vandyke lace pattern, split with columns of stockinette stitch, and a seed stitch edging all around.

Knit with Patons Decor, a soft acrylic and wool blend, making it both machine washable and warm. The final measurements are about 30″ wide by 31″ tall.

Took me a total of two months to knit, smattered with other knit things, here and there. Mostly focusing on the blanket. The pattern is an original design by myself, and I will be publishing it soon.

But first.. I need to finish the painting I’m doing for Jack’s nursery and get this parcel sent off for Christmas. :)

I have, of course, been wasting most of its battery on taking yarn detail photos, because the old camera couldn’t do such things.

Here’s the possum fur yarn, redux.

And a detail shot. Be it known I took about six of these. I’m so proud of the detail this camera can get.

Still getting used to keeping the camera still, and learning the settings for the different types of photos. But still. I’m getting the proper yarn colours to show up without massive Photoshop editing!

Monkey sock is progressing well…

And I’ve started a new babything. To be kept secret. I’ve also been working on the vest, and pulled out an old project for a little while yesterday, just to putter on…

A simple basketweave stitch scarf, knit in Rowan Felted Tweed in Whisper. I’ve been working on it for a long while, and pull it out whenever I need to take the edge off another project. It’s therapeutic. But then, isn’t all knitting?

Today I shall knit on the porch until the rain forces me not to.