Now anyone that knows me well knows that I like nothing better than starting amazing beautiful projects that I get totally obsessed with. The success rate for completing these projects is relative on a few things. First up is whether or not another bigger obsession appears that totally obscures the previous one. Then there is happiness factor - whether I just LOVE the project and can't put it down because it is so goddamned fantastic. Then there is a responsibility factor - whether I am going to be held accountable for completing a project. That last one doesn't happen too often as usually the projects are for myself so I can tell myself that there is no hurry and tomorrow is another very beautiful day to think about getting back to a project.
So anyway - where is this post leading? Well 15 months or so ago my very precious son rang to tell us that we were going to be grandies. Yikes! Was he ready - hell, was I ready? Well once the dust settled and I got to know his lovely gal and decided that yep he was ready and I was ready - well then the planning all about what I was going to make started. Well I hummed and harred until I settled on this lovely blanket on Ravelry found here. The next issue was what colours - these kids of mine weren't making it easy by not finding out whether they were having a boy or a girl. So I settled on bright and found some bamboo/wool mix in delicious colours. And I commenced knitting….. and I kept knitting….. and then I knitted some more…. until the day arrived when all I had to do was sew in the ends. WOW! For a day I was no longer a procrastinator - I was a FINISHER!!
So here is the finished product next to my kiwi's (just to remind young Rydah of his kiwi roots) and here is the young man himself under my beautiful FINISHED project. But the story does continue - more in a moment or maybe a day or two.
So anyway - where is this post leading? Well 15 months or so ago my very precious son rang to tell us that we were going to be grandies. Yikes! Was he ready - hell, was I ready? Well once the dust settled and I got to know his lovely gal and decided that yep he was ready and I was ready - well then the planning all about what I was going to make started. Well I hummed and harred until I settled on this lovely blanket on Ravelry found here. The next issue was what colours - these kids of mine weren't making it easy by not finding out whether they were having a boy or a girl. So I settled on bright and found some bamboo/wool mix in delicious colours. And I commenced knitting….. and I kept knitting….. and then I knitted some more…. until the day arrived when all I had to do was sew in the ends. WOW! For a day I was no longer a procrastinator - I was a FINISHER!!
So here is the finished product next to my kiwi's (just to remind young Rydah of his kiwi roots) and here is the young man himself under my beautiful FINISHED project. But the story does continue - more in a moment or maybe a day or two.
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