Still Seeing in Double Vision

I just finished the next step of the Double Vision Blanket: I'm done with the 3rd "L"! This brings the total square count up to 51! I'm past the halfway point of the square making and am glad! I have 49 to go!



I need to add a black border on the one side of the "L" and tuck in the yarn ends. Once those are done, I will begin the home stretch of the project! It's starting to be a little monotonous, so I'm trying to put some other projects while I'm making this blanket. Ironically enough, one of them is another blanket (block of the month). Oh well.

Here's some videos I have from "So You Think You Can Dance?". These are four of my favorite dances they've had on the show that I've come across.

The first one is a more upbeat and intense routine that is a sort of a "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" dance.


The next two are both more similar in theme. This one is to "Calling You" by Celine Dion and choreographed by Mia Michaels.

And this one is to "Dancing" by Elisa. It features Lacey Schwimmer who was also on Dancing with the Stars.


Last but not least is "Time" choreographed by Mia Michaels. This routine is very touching and well done. Gives me chills, too. This also features Lacey Schwimmer.

AHH This Blanket is Nuts!

Good news! The second "L" is done! I had a chance to go down to Texas to visit my sister. We ended up driving there which is both good and bad. It's really bad because it is a very long and (mostly) boring drive from Michigan to Texas and we usually have to split it into two days. The good news is that it gave me a ton of time to work on some more of the double vision blanket. I finished 18 squares total on the trip! With the second "L" done plus one more square, I have 37 squares finished! CRAZY. I still love this blanket so far, although tucking in ends and doing the black edging are both extremely tedious. I'm lucky that the blanket is a complex enough pattern that it keeps me engaged, but is not too complicated to be frustrating. There are times in the pattern I thought "WTF, how do I do that?", but I always seemed to figure it out...so far.

OMG SECOND "L"!


I feel like this blanket is going to be more and more difficult to photograph the bigger it gets. It's supposed to be about 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) square when finished. I already had to stand on a couch to get this picture and if you look at it, you'll realize when I finish the squares, it will be out of this picture. I'll have to figure out something to do. Until then, I'll work on trying to conquer this beast.

I bought some Texas based yarn when I was visiting my sister. It's a Madeline Tosh worsted yarn in a very pretty green. I don't have any pictures of it (or any ideas for it) yet, but soon....very soon I'm sure I'll figure out something.

I also got to go walking with some flamingos at the zoo when I was down there. I'm not going to say what zoo (because it's "behind the scenes"), but those are some of the perks you get when you have a family member as a zookeeper ;).

This is Getting a Little More Serious

Last time I posted about the Double Vision Blanket, I had just started it and was admiring the yarn I ordered. Since then, I've made about 25 squares and finished the first "L". The way the blanket is put together, there are 10 separate "L"s that have to be seamed together near the end of the project. The first one has 19 squares, the second one 17, then 15, 13, etc all the way down to 1. By finishing the first "L", I didn't complete 10% of the blanket, but 19/100 squares (if that makes sense). I also can't say I've finished 19% of it because there's a lot more work such as arranging, seaming, and borders that are going to take a lot more work to complete. Here are some progress pictures of this enjoyable (so far) blanket.

First side "in progress".


First side complete!





First "L" complete!


At this point, I am almost complete with the actual knitting on the first side of the second "L". Then I will need to make a sort-of border in order to start the second side. It might be confusing to some, but it makes sense in my brain ;). I hope I don't get burnt out on it! So far it's going well! Here's the public link to the project!

In the meantime, feel free to check out some of the blogs that I've linked to on my page!

The Beginning of Insanity

After doing some charity knitting, I am now wanting to make something more for myself. The blanket I'm going to make is called the double vision blanket. It's made up of 100 squares using 10 different colored yarns and there's 55 different shades that are created through the combinations. I absolutely love it, and I'm kind of nervous about starting it (hoping I don't mess it up!).

Here's the yarn colors I'm going to use in the order I'm placing them in.



And here's the amount of yarn I'm going to use for the colors.



Tonight I made my first square! Sorry about the bad lighting and weird background (my couch).



1 down, 99 to go! EEK! Wish me luck!