Pattern: Peaches from Pipsqueaks by Kim Hargreaves Technique: stockinette stitch on US 4 and US 6 bamboo straights Yarn: Peruvian Highland Wool from Elann.com in 2010 Raspberry, 5420 Seashell Pink, 1255 Irish Moss, 2132 Mocha Cream, and 3075 Antique Blue. Completed: December 2006, continue reading for the extended commentary

I recently put up a Project Progress Bar for all projects- knit and crochet. You can see it on the left underneath the links. The first project on the list is the Wheatleaf Soaker Shorts. I’m still at 75% with these. I thought I was done and seamed them up but the crotch looked horrendous. [...]

I’m making slow progress on this knit baby blanket. I like knitting it and getting to the next color helps me relish in my progress. But it will soon be 3 months that I’ve been working on this. The baby may outgrow it before I’m done. I’m close to 1/3 of the way through so [...]

Once I was done with the Galaxy Afghan, I realized that I still had not made something for the new baby that was arriving. I decided on this knit baby blanket pattern from Pipsqueaksby Kim Hargreaves called Peaches. The yarn called for in the pattern was cotton but I decided to make the yarn wool. [...]