Unfortunately attempting to take a photo with my iPad resulted in this crapstacular photo below:
It looks a little washed out, and it was being held up by Mr. Rai-Rai. The wrinkles are courtesy of having it folded to fit into a bag the size of my change purse. Time was running out and I neither had the time or the energy to iron again, so this is the result. BUT, it looks fantastic, and that's the main thing.
I had a very talented girl sew a lining onto the back for me, so baby won't get his pudgy little fingers caught in loose threads.
She did a beautiful job! Now this is ready to work as a quilt or a wall hanging. I also chose not to fray the outside as the pattern call for, because if baby is going to use it as a blanket, I don't want little threads finding their way into his mouth to choke him.
My friend bought baby over today and I finally got to meet the chubby little delight, but I got to spend some quality time laughing with my bff. Oh how I miss her! She caught the ferry over and we spent a total of about 2.5 hours together before she had to catch the ferry home. It was a short visit, but so worth it.
Val and bub enjoying the blanket.
Close up of Val and bub. He was fascinated by how even my stitching was, and the sheer detail in my work! (Just kidding, he was more interested in the cat). And I must remind myself, before taking photos for my blog - remove the folded laundry in the background. (Queue a Homer Simpson D'oh right about here.)
So, that's it, dear readers! This is where my journey with this little baby afghan ends.
Thanks for hanging out with me during my moments of frustration and wibbling over this project. The end result was worth every moment!
Now, back to my Dragon stocking. I should have an update in about a month or so.
~Rai Rai
