Knitting myself silly

OMG. What a lovely, lazy weekend. Happy to report I was in sloth mode this weekend. That will likely make me crazy later in the week, but at the time it felt like the right thing to do.

The best part of the weekend was on Saturday night, when we loaded up the Tropical Pug and went downtown to an event featuring locally created food, music and art. We stuffed our faces with crepes and tamales, and drank wine while listening to three awesome bands. We need to do more of that!

So for the rest of the weekend we pretty much hung out on the couch, working our way through nearly 2 seasons of Weeds (we are now halfway through season 3).

And I knitted. A lot. Got nearly three of my  Danger Crafts monsters completed (see this post for details). They are freakishly cute. I'll post pix soon.

And since my knitting mojo returned (the cold weather always makes my fingers yearn for the feel of bamboo sticks and wool) I hunted down some super cute baby blanket patterns. There's a baby boom in our family--a cousin, both nieces and my SIL are becoming or recently became mommies--so baby projects are much needed. And of course, it's not possible to just knit from my stash of patterns and yarn (wink wink). Clearly a shopping trip is in order.

Here's a few of the things I can't wait to get started on. (BABY GIFT SPOILER: If you are one of our family members, stop reading now! But if you do read ahead and want to put in a request for colors, feel free.)

(image from brooklyntweed.net)

Wool leaves: A lovely double-strand blanket that reminds me of wood grains, and designed (gasp) by a man! (I try not to be sexist, but a male knitter still sends me atwitter.) It's a pretty masculine pattern but oh so lovely! Perfect for the new little boys in the family. I'm planning on making one of these for Little Man too.

Sugar & Spice Blanket: This pattern looks delish, and can't wait to see the rest of the patterns featured in this book. (A big shout out to our public library system for having this book on the shelves! Go Milwaukee!) I'm a huge fan of Ann Budd's patterns, which are smartly created, sweetly designed, and always a big hit when gifted.