Knitting Progress

I have done it again. I have become addicted to knitting. I go in these spurts where all I want to do is knit. It all started because I went to clean out my knitting corner (currently a huge pile of yarn, needles and projects half done or "phd" underneath an end table in my living room) and make it look at least presentable and usable again. Well of course it goes without saying that once I clean something out I usually play with half the things I find, aka knitting.

This past week I have worked on a panel of a stripped blanket. It is going to be blue and green. The two panels currently are seperate and I am actually using one as a shawl as I work on the other one.

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Then I found an old ball of yarn I got about a year ago (yes that is old for me, I can't collect a stash no matter how hard I try). I am knitting squares found from a coaster pattern I found and plan on making that into a quilt or pillow or something like that. It is just too cute for me to just have it is as a coaster.

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Finally I wanted a quick project for me to do start to finish and found this adorable baby blanket pattern on the purl bee (via pinterest). It is a simple seed stitch blanket with very chunky yarn and a knitted border. I am changing it up by using three strands of heavy weight yarn by Homespun (you can get it at any craft store, especially Joann's) and following the same pattern.

It is a simple pattern of

CO 51. Seed stitch until all balls are used up (with some left over for a BO).

With the homespun I am using 6 balls of yarn since they are bigger than the local homemade skeins. After that is all done I am going to use a lime green color to make a crocheted border around it. The purl bee version as I mentioned had a knitted border but I thought it would be easier to crochet it than having to worry about picking up stitches and the like.

This is my progress so far.

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Of course I am also always working on dishcloths. I can never have enough of them and they are simple projects to do while sitting in front of the TV or relaxing in bed.

What kind of projects have you been up to? I would love to hear about them.