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May 7 07: needled
Two of my best friends in the world are expecting a child. That child is due pretty much any day now — recent eyewitness reports have described the mother-to-be as both “big as a house” and “ready to blow.” Images of Violet Beauregarde dance in one’s head, but I would never be so gauche as to mention that here because Kathleen reads this every now and then and someday she’ll be able to move quickly again and at that point she would kill me.
Anyway. When one is a knitter, one has certain obligations. There’s a baby blanket on the needles: a Moderne Baby Blanket from those clever women at Mason-Dixon Knitting. I’ve never made a blanket before. It will be machine washable.
Blankets are big. Even when size 8 needles are involved, I never really appreciated how many stitches go into a blanket. It was supposed to be ready in time for the birth, but that? Ain’t gonna happen. I have worked on it at chorus rehearsals; I have worked on it on the subway; I worked on it today whilst doing a whole lot of remedial Doctor Who (am about two-thirds of the way through Tennant’s first season. W00t!), but there’s a long way to go yet. Photos will be provided of the final product as soon as. That is all.