Knitgasm…
August 9th, 2010, 6:30 pm
So what am I knitting right now while dreaming up Hetty colourways?
I’m still trying to get back to being “one WIP at a time” girl. I hate having half done projects hiding in corners, reproaching me for abandoning them. 
So I had the choice of my two remaining WIPS – My see-through sweater or my nearly finished Flower Blanket…
Flower Blanket wins!!! 
This has been a bit of a saga…If you want to read the previous blog posts about this blankie they are here:-
Purple Flower Blanket – The Design Phase
Flower Blanket – The knitting begins
Cat Subdues Yarn and a Dumb Blunder
And the Flower Blanket Goes On
It won’t take long to complete the knitting will it?? After all It’s nearly finished…. isn’t it??
Out it came…
…where’s the rest of it???
“Thug!”, I yelled, “Help me look for more blanket!”
He did quite a bit of searching as you can see…
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Nope! He didn’t find any more than the barely half done blanket I already had.
Probably because he is a cat and also because he is blind!!
He did suggest I check my blog – Yep, progress was there in in black (purple) and white.
This is how I had left it…
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Six and a bit of the 13 columns of squares done – exactly half way. Urgg.
Well, I have been very dedicated and have had some dedicated supervision from both Thug and Mewsley…at the same time…
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…so I can report that I now have 85 out of 117 squares complete – 72%!!
Nearly three quarters 
Here’s the plan now …
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But it looks more impressive in the flesh…
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One thing I really noticed was all the paraphernalia I have for making this blanket…
So much so that poor Ben accused me of having a “Knitgasm” on the living room floor…
You can see what he meant!!
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Dawn said,
August 9th, 2010, 8:20 pm
This is a totally normal amount of knitting paraphernalia, in fact if anything I think you are showing a remarkable amount of organisation and restraint. My current “blankie in progress” is taking up two whole shelves and half the spare bed. Dawn
Susan Crowe said,
August 9th, 2010, 8:23 pm
Dawn
Rotflmao!!!
Susan
SNOOPYDOG said,
August 9th, 2010, 8:53 pm
That’s a beautiful blanket so far! It has to be worth any amount of paraphenalia to be in charge of such a wonderful piece of craftwork
p.s. Give Thug and Mewsley a stroke for me.
josiekitten said,
August 10th, 2010, 8:14 am
Good old Thug! You can always relt on him to lend a paw at crucial moments. Mr JK has pointed out to me only this week how my knitting seems to have taken over a whole room. I denied it of course, but hate to admit that he is right – there’s not one surface in the room that doesn’t have something knitty-related on it. Oops! That blanket is going to be absolutely stunning when it’s finished.
Arianwen said,
August 10th, 2010, 5:25 pm
Oh I still love that blanket!! I am looking around my living room and the knitgasm has spread onto every surface!!! Ben should be happy that you are such a lady:)
pip said,
August 13th, 2010, 12:03 pm
I love your flower blanket … and your helpers ^..^
Ned said,
August 13th, 2010, 3:16 pm
That is a beautiful blanket and I love your cats as well.
Ned
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minxxy said,
August 21st, 2010, 10:21 am
Hi,
You blanket is looking amazing… keep at it and the little squares will fly in!
What programme did you use to plan out your final pattern?
I may have missed it somewhere on your blog posts
minxxy