Two Pounds of Love

My cousin is having a baby.  And she's been considerate enough to do so when I have the time and inclination to work up a handmade gift for her.  Few babies are so thoughtful.  Of course, my response was to go to Joann to look at baby yarn.  Next thing I know, I'm trying to figure out what to do with two pounds of love!

You see, I'm lazy.  I know you're laughing but anyone who knows me well would never, ever disagree with that statement.

Not only am I lazy, in general, but I am a lazy crocheter.  If I don't remember or understand part of a pattern, I'll wing it.  If I lose a stitch in one row, I'm not ripping that shit out!  I just add an extra one in the next row and keep going.  In 10+ years of hooking, I think I've make exactly one gauge swatch.  And that was just a couple of months ago.

Anywhoo, so I'm standing in the aisle at Joann with my cousin's baby registry pulled up on my smart phone cursing at the baby yarn because it doesn't come in a perfect tan/taupe to match the adorable wall art and lamp on the registry.

I kept browsing the registry and noticed a stroller, high chair and seat that all had a bright blue similar to one of the yarns on the shelf.  There it was, saying, "Hey, look, I'm blue and might match those things. But I'm also kind of gender neutral, which is handy since the baby's sex is still unknown."

It also agreed with me that the cell signal in Joann leaves a lot to be desired, which is inconvenient when trying to browse online registries in the yarn aisle.

I had a pattern picked out but only vaguely remembered how much yarn I might need.  I figured one skein of yarn would be enough because this particular yarn comes in really big skeins.  Skeins that weigh a whole pound, in fact.

She's not creepy AT ALL.  Nope.  Not even a little bit.

But - again - lazy.  If one skein is good, then two is better because what if I need just a little bit more than one skein and don't have a second one?  Then I'd have to go all the way back to the store and that would require things like pants and walking and talking to people.  Better just to get two pounds of yarn in the first place.

I'm pretty happy with the way the "planned" blanket turned out:

The thing is - it only took about half a skein. 

Oops.

That's ok, though!  If one blankie is good, then two is better.  I set out to make another:

I'm pretty happy with that one, too.  The thing is - I still hadn't touched the second skein!  

Since the DOMEstic artistry show is coming up, I used the second skein to make a couple of items to include in the sale.  There's another baby blanket and a cowl that I'm tempted to keep for myself.  

For the record, this is what two pounds of love looks like, all worked up:

It was very keen to do some basking in the sunlight.

The first two blankies have now gone off to their new home with my cousin, whose shower is the same day as the show.  The second pound is looking forward to seeing YOU at the DOME.