knit a baby blanket

It took three weeks of not-so-dilligent work, but I finally finished the blanket. It’s not perfect – the edges are a little sloppy, and it’s not exactly the dimensions I wanted it to be – but it still looks pretty good, and hopefully the family (and new baby) will like it. I finished it on Sunday, the last day of the Euro cup, so I even made my goal, too! On to my next project. I don’t know what it’s going to be yet, but I want a little more of a challenge.

My friends had their baby on Tuesday and Euro Cup ends next weekend so I’m trying to work really hard to finish up the project. I think I’m just about 1/2 way done, which doesn’t bode well for my original goal, but I’m going to try and devote more time to it over the next few days and hopefully I can pull it off!

Every time there’s a soccer tournament on TV (Euro Cup or World Cup) I start a knitting project so that I don’t feel terrible about watching up to 5 hours of tv a day. And this year I decided to make a baby blanket for my friends. They are due some time this week, so I definitely won’t be done when the baby is, but I’ll try and have it finished before the end of the Euro Cup.