My MIL likes giving hand knits to people she knows (generally for baby showers). But she doesn't knit herself, so she turns to me to make items. Last time, I made the Hoover blanket, which was a nice pattern and took me about a month to make, and better yet I familiarized myself with the double knitting technique.
When she called a month or so ago to see if I was willing to make another, she sounded like she wanted another Hoover blanket. Then she found a store (I believe she said Knit One in PA), and found a pattern booklet. I have this First Steps Learn to Knit baby pattern booklet (Sirdar booklet 292), and she wants patterns 2, 3 and 5 (or a baby hat, a baby blanket and a jacket). All done in garter stitch, and the blanket is squares that are either individually seamed (and I hate seaming) or worked into strips and then sewn together.
Now, there is no hard and fast deadline for this project, but I am almost halfway done Henry and the yarn for the Cobblestone Pullover for my hubby arrived last night. I would rather work on either of those projects, especially the pullover because I'm using Peace Fleece in the Sheplova Mushroom which is just gorgeous, and so much softer than I was expecting.
The main draw that the baby project has over those is that I don't need to think at all to do them. All of the projects are based on basic garter stitch squares or rectangles. The hat is effectively an all garter version of the hat I made for myself earlier this month, so it is a seamed rectangle. Easy peasy, but still likely to make me fall over with boredom.
I am thinking of getting one of those book readers (umm, the things that go in the lap), so I can at least read while I do this. And about that saying no? I never feel like I can do that. I blame that guilt cloud that I can see hovering all around me.
