I just finished my first knit baby blanket! Now, mind you, I've made many, many baby blankets over the years, but they've all been crocheted. It was really different, knitting instead of crocheting. For one thing, because the stitches were smaller, it took a lot longer to complete. For another, it was so easy to make mistakes. I had to pay attention ALL the time! That beautiful blanket is riddled with mistakes and corrections. The beauty of the lace pattern is that all of those mistakes and corrections are hidden (unless you're really looking for them). While, at times, it was frustrating, the lack of perfection was rather liberating. And you have to admit that I've created a one-of-a-kind, completely unique blanket!
This baby blanket was for my son and daughter-in-law who are expecting my first grandchild - oh, wait - their first child. As far ahead as I planned, I still ended up finishing it at the last moment, the eleventh hour, literally midnight of the night before the baby shower. It happens to all of us. Admit it - you know it does. Why is that? Do we pick a project that's too involved? Does life interfere with our valuable crochet/knit time? I suspect it's always a little bit of a lot of reasons. Whatever it might be, I don't think we would be true to our crafts if we didn't live by the last minute finish.
Now that the blanket is finished and the gift is given, I feel a certain emptiness. I reach to pick up the blanket and it's not there. What do I do? Well, I can resume work on one of the other projects that are in process. It will require a mindset shift but I think I can do it. What is my next project(s)? You'll have to tune into future blog entries to find out!
Back to stitching for now,
Madame Stitch
