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Year of Projects: Week 12

     I had a fairly busy crafting week.  Procrastination at its finest.  I realized over the weekend I needed to get cracking if I wanted to finish up some gifts for my coworkers.  A bit ago I made a Cable Me a Pumpkin Hat for Cara's unborn son.
I wanted to make a hat for Bobby's daughter who's about a month old now.  I have a bin of baby acrylic from my early knitting days.  Most of it isn't even entered into my Ravelry stash.  When I was digging through it I found some Bernat Baby Blanket yarn I forgot I even had.  I made a Poppy hat for Bobby's daughter.
Then I started on two blankets.  I didn't use patterns, just winged it.  I made a corner to corner in boys colors.
I had a bit more girly colors so I did a larger one with the girly yarn.  (I was also trying to use up as much yarn as I could.)
I did a very simple eyelet border around the edges.  I didn't finish the girly blanket til after I went back to work but I had gotten most of it done Tuesday, so I was able to finish it up Thursday morning.  Both Cara and Bobby seemed pleased with the gifts.  I'm going to miss a lot of the people from my Rochester contract.  But I won't miss that drive, especially with winter coming.  
     On Wednesday I had a very minor outpatient procedure.  I've had a pilar cyst on top of my head in my hair for a number of years now.  It wasn't huge but it got stabbed when I was getting hilights once and since its been open and ooozy.  Well as of Wednesday its gone.  I apparently bled a lot more than they expected, but it went otherwise well for me.  I have to return to get my sutures out.  
     Today I started another pair of Drops of Spring mitts.  I finished one and started a second, but I've run out of Vaa completely.  I do have a full skein that I'm going to have to break into to finish these.  I added 5 more rounds to the top as I like a longer mitt.  I like how these colors play together.  I still have one more color combo I want to do.
     I think that's about it for crafting this week.  I've been reading again over the past few weeks.  It's been so long since I made time to read a book.  I missed it more than I realized.  I read a spicy science fiction book that was phenomenal.  The Viridian Priestess by Katrina Calandra.  It was soooo good.  Amazing world building, dark and mysterious male main character, humor, friendships.  I had withdrawl for a few days afterward so I'm currently re-reading Sunshine by Robin McKinley.  Its a no spice vampire book.  Robin is such an amazing author.  I think she could make a phone book interesting.  Alrighty I think that's it for me this week.
Until later.  Happy crafting!

-Q
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2023 at 12:30 PM

    What cute baby items! I wish I had babies to knit for. I did write down the Drops of Spring pattern. Love those!!! Your colors are gorgeous. I'm going now to look up that pattern! It would make a great gift. Have a good week!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2023 at 12:31 PM

    I wrote the comment above...me, Sandra Licher...lol!

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  3. MaureenHDSeptember 18, 2023 at 11:42 PM

    The baby hats are adorable!! Just love the color of your mitts. Perfect for fall. How nice to have babies to gift so you can use up your leftovers. I love scrap blankets.

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  4. LeftycrafterSeptember 18, 2023 at 11:47 PM

    Those baby hats are adorable. Baby blankets are such a fabulous way to use up yarn. I agree with you about making the mitts a bit longer than asked for. I figure I can always fold it if I want it shorter.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2023 at 3:44 AM

    Such great autumn colours on this post. I love the little pumpkin hat very cute.

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