Ta-Dah!

Rarely have I been as glad to see something come to an end as this project, and just as rarely have I been as pleased with a project as I have been with the Moderne Log Cabin Blanket (Mason-Dixon Knitting).

It is ALOT of garter stitch, lemmetellya.

That's a double bed it is spread out on, for scale.

Which can be good. But it can also truly be the doldrums. But the beauty of this beast is that just about the time I was convinced I was going to have to put it away for a while (something I really do not do), the color would end! Time for another ball of yarn!

Ooh! New! Shiny! And all excited all over again I would get!

I did not follow the ladies plan exactly. Eh...what's new? I had reasonable intentions to at least follow their general drift, but lost track at about....block 3.

Yep. That far...

See that purple block? One ball of Moda Dea...four knots!

I cleaned my stash of six balls of Moda Dea Washable Wool at 166 yards per and seven balls of Paton's Classic Wool Merino at 223 yards per, and had to purchase 4 skeins of Cascade 220 at...220 yards per...to round it out. I found some of my first handspun perfect for the edging, bringing all the colors together. Or at least I think it works. And I am not doing it over.

Close up of the handspun edging...just cause I am all proud!

(The giftee won't be told any of it is washable! For her own good, don't you know.)

I toted the beast with me as car knitting in a shopping bag, convinced I would finish it before the bag fell apart, which I did. I believe Wonderful Guy had his misgivings about what I was doing. My travel projects have not had quite this girth. But last night, when I finished, and spread it out on the floor to make sure I had all the ends woven in, I had his attention.

This afternoon, when I was steaming the blanket, he remarked it looked 'really nice' and seemed almost to much too give away. I replied immediately, 'Nope!'

oooohhhhh....prettttty!

On this one, that was the whole intent and purpose and goal. And motivation to keep going to the end. The giftee? She is going to love it! Well. I hope she does, anyway.

Wonderful Guy also asked when I was going to give it to said giftee. I said I originally intended it for a Christmas gift, but may use it for the birthday this fall. He thought that was a long ways away!

Silly fellow...he doesn't understand the concept of handmade gifts. One must plan ahead to make it work!

Summary: Three months of fairly monagomous knitting. 4000+ yards of yarn. Some good stash busting. And the paint worn off the tips of a brand new pair of circs!