Whew! This blanket, another Lucky Seven Two Tone, was the final in the mad baby rush series. Baby blanket number four was mailed off earlier this week to Charlie, my new nephew. Now I have a bit of a baby lull until January, so what to make next? I’m thinking of taking a little time off the hook and reading those great books suggested recently. Crochet and reading do not mix together and I miss the immersion of a good book. Of course I’m equally tempted to make this awesome dress or try my hand at a crocheted animal. (Love that last link, crochet museum complete with music video.)

I wanted to take that classic, 1970s, ripple afgan, update it for today’s colors and make it small, new born baby size. Here are my first two of the three I’m planning to make. Everything about these blankets adds up to seven, plus they are for babies born in the year 07. I’m calling them the “Lucky Seven Ripple Blanket” in “Sport Stripe” and “Two Tone”. One is going to a baby here in Atlanta and one is going to Thailand. The third one, which I’m about to begin, is for my soon to be nephew in Wisconsin. I love that they are soft and totally machine washable.

Is it time for me to start an Etsy store?

My first baby blanket crochet project is complete and flying out with me to Wisconsin this afternoon. This blanket is completely machine wash and dry friendly, plus being both soft and textured. I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Well I’m off on a computer free and at times even cell phone free week. Yay!

Four days until our wedding. Yay! Today we received our first wedding gift from our registry. A lovely cathedral bundt pan, which I put to use tonight making a “96 proof chocolate cake”, which will be served on our wedding day, and thus I present to you our wedding cake. It turned out beautifully and smells fantastic. I can’t wait to try it.

The anticipation of getting married catches me off-guard constantly. One moment everything is normal, getting married this weekend feels so natural, just like a trip to the beach, the next moment the gravity of the act takes over. This is huge! Me! Getting Married! I always hoped I would meet my love, my partner, but I never felt confident that it would happen. Yet, here it is and it feels so obvious, so comfortable, it is easy to downplay how wonderful it is.

We have our party supplies bought, our outfits ready, the rings carefully boxed and now the cake made. We leave for the beach on Thursday.

Yesterday I started a furniture theory class offered through the Atlanta branch of SCAD. It is being taught by George Berry, “The Wood Guy” at his workshop a mile from my home. There are two other students in the class, both women. The class plan is all around learning to design and plan furniture that can actually get built. I’m looking forward to refinding my furniture craft. It is a ten week class and there is a follow-up class where the building happens. Yay!