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I got a few good suggestions on manly-type scarves to knit for my boyfriend. So I went out and bought some gray wool, and furiously started knitting. Then we got in a huge fight, so I said screw him, frogged it, and put the yarn away. And since we still haven’t really kissed and made up, he will remain hand-knit free, thankyouverymuch.

In other less angst-y news, I recently found out that one of my best girlfriends is (FINALLY) pregnant. The very second she told me she was pregnant, I was already buying yarn in my mind. I am hoping for a little girl, because well, little girl knits are just too damn precious for words. Boy things are good, too, but well… I love pink, dammit.

So I started the First Coat by Debbie Bliss (ravelry link) from Essential Baby, but I’m not sure I like the yarn I was using (Knit Picks Swish Superwash in Bubblegum), so it’s sitting in the UFO box for now.

My crazy mormon cousin, who I don’t like very much (not because she’s mormon [well not entirely]) is also knocked up, so I figured I’d find a simple baby blanket pattern to make for her. After clicking around ravelry for about 9800 hours, I found one that was simple, and quick. I didn’t have the book with the pattern, so I figured it was easy enough to improvise.

So far, I have learned two things:

I loathe seed stitch if it’s more than a few rows.

I should never EVER knit while I’m drinking.

I don’t even know what the hell I did. It looks like I decided to start adding stitches.

Now I’m torn. I could rip back and fix that mistake, or I could just keep going, because I really don’t care if she likes it or not. She’ll probably never look at after the day I give it to her anyway. (This is why I’m so incredibly fond of this part of my family.)

Also, I’ve spent about a katrillion hours on ravelry lately looking at shawls.

God help me.

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