Finished the baby hat

I finished the baby hat I was working on. It is a kelly green cable knit newborn hat for a baby due to be born in February in Boston, MA. I'm on my 2nd baby booty to go with the hat and intend to finish Sheldon and add him to the gift. I need to replace Sheldon's eyes with felt or something that the baby can't swallow easily though.

After I finish these, I think I'll work on Danica next. Danica travels well. Either that or I'll get back to my Kerry sweater. I'm avoiding the Kerry sweater b/c I had to rip it out and need to figure out where the heck I am in the pattern. That should be fun!

Update

1. Post Moderne Baby Blanket-Done (I did it wrong so I'm just leaving it without the last 2 blocks.)
2. Danica Scarf-50% complete
3. Philosopher's Wool Sweater-Fire colorway for DH-10% complete
4. Kerry Aran Cardigan-35% complete
5. Baby hat/gloves-10% complete
6. Sheldon the Turtle-95% complete
7. Socks-0% complete
8. Toddler socks-0% complete
9. Hat and booties
10. Harry Potter Book scarf-50% complete

Moderne Baby Blanket Take III

So, I went out and googled picking up stitches and found the very situation I created on the same blanket. Someone on the Mason Dixon KAL blog had asked the question I had. After perusing through the answers, watching a pickup stitches video and re-reading the instructions for the blanket I found my error. I misread "knit 36 garter ridges" as knit 36 garter rows. Garter ridges=2 rows per ridge. That's why I was having a problem and why my blanket looks so darn weird.

The blanket will be bound off and used as a lap blanket at home. The intended person to receive it will have to be happy with a couple baby hats. :)

I do intend to start again and see if I can do it right this time. So, I'll have to swap this blanket out with a baby hat on the top 10 stash kal.

WIP

Still plugging away at my post moderne baby blanket. I'm about 75% finished now. It looks strange. I'm hoping once I get the final two square on it will look better. If not, blocking?

I'm also working on Danica. It is about half done. I haven't been working on knitting much due to keeping up with 2 book groups and an obstinate 2 year old. Jake was in rare form today. He wouldn't get in the car to save his life. He even gave me that little defiant smile he does when I'm counting to 3. The stinker. I grabbed him and tried to force him into the car seat which caused him to go rigid as soon as he sat in it. Then he slid out and wouldn't get in. I counted again and tried to throw him back in but he's getting heavy! So we did time out. Then I tried again. No go. I climbed into the backseat and put him in and he went a little more willingly that time. When I got to daycare I was frazzled. I told the teacher that Jake was being a grump but it was more stubborn than grumpy. They are supposed to go to gymnastics today so that should be interesting. My guess is Jake's listening ears are NOT on today. LOL

This weekend, I'm taking Jake to the Stock show. I think we are skipping the rodeo as he got bored half way through last year and was bugging the people behind us. We'll probably just go see the animals and then check out the kids arena. 3 day weekend...woo-hoo! Maybe I'll actually get some knitting done!