my first knitting post: BLANKET!

My first knitting post has been a long time in the making--nearly a year! That's the problem with blogging about knit gifts: you can't talk about them until they're finished. But it is finished! Now for the part where I cheat: you should really read Kate's wonderful post on the same project, which even includes an animation with a pop-up Me. She has been the official photographer of this adventure, though I have some pictures of the process, too, from first set of stitched-up squares:


To pre-stitching lay-out, where you can see me at the top holding Blondie back:


Here's the finished beast, with my compatriots, without my head:

a holiday slide show

I'm going to let the pictures speak on this one, and I will only say what I did:
-I chose a tree, which Chris cut down
-I made four dozen cookies and two pies
-I gave and received
-I played A LOT of Guitar Hero. And Nintendo Wii.

Happy Holidays