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Another reason to love the Spiders
2006 @ 9:46 am
As if I needed another reason to love my Spiders, on Saturday morning I was presented with this labor of love…
I reveal, Project Blankie (here for larger photos)!
The blankie is made of mitered squares of Rowan All Seasons Cotton, is machine washable and gorgeous! I feel very special 
The girls threw a great baby shower at The Point on Saturday morning, complete with mimosas and my very favorite Lemon Cloud cake from Two Little Red Hens bakery. In addition to the fabulous blankie, some of the girls brought other adorable gifts for le bebe. I must put up a picture of Veronique’s adorable embroidered bib! Very clever indeed. Thank you so much to everyone at The Point for being so accommodating to our group this weekend and always! Seriously, you will not meet a better staff in all of retail. To read more about the secret life of Project Blankie, visit Veronique and Lisa (so far!) It is clearly a labor of love and will be treasured always. You girls are the bestest.
In other good news, I blocked the Shetland Triangle! Let me tell you, crawling around on the bed pinning this sucker down was pretty much the dreaded experience I thought it would be. My pregnant belly was the hold up the whole time. However, it was worth it as it looks gorgeous and I’m wearing it today! I’ll model it later in the week–my shirt today is the same color as the shawl and won’t make for a good shot. Blocking was also a challenge due to lack of proper tools. I wanted to staple the thing to the bed more than once. The beading wire I chose was a little too flexible for the task and the pins a little too weak. And maybe the mattress a little too soft. I think I may go with safety pins to make the points next time. They’ll stay in place that way!
I anchored the wire across the back of the bed using the underside of the ironing board on the right and the bed post on the left.
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The blankie is amazing. So is the Shetland Triangle. Can I say that I am so jealous that I couldn’t be there? I have a couple of things in the works for Baby Sassy, but they are slow going as I am trying to get a baby blankie done for my cousin and my second Sockpaloooza sock done. I hate secondsocksyndrome.
hooray!! what a post blankie AND shetland triangle. so how much did the triangle grow once you had blocked it? it looks pretty big in the picture..
and just think, in a couple of weeks, that bump in your belly will be gone and you’ll have a little baby instead!
The shawl is absolutely beautiful! Good job. The blanket was really a thoughtful gift
We had a great time plotting the Sassy Blanket! You *are* special…
The Shetland Triangle looks wonderful. Now that you describe how your belly got in the way of blocking, I feel bad for asking over and over to block the shawl already… 
Sorry! I wonder if you could have pinned to a wall? Hmmm… I’m giving myself ideas.
I had so much fun with the blankie - I think I might start my own mitered square project - just got to learn how to seam…lol Your shawl is spectacular - it’ll be perfect for keeping mama and baby warm!
Awwww! That is so sweet! You knew those gals couldn’t resist spoiling you before your big day!
The shetland triangle looks fab, too! You are on a roll, my dear.
Those ladies are something else. What an amazing gift. I would have cried like a candy-ass.
OK so Christine has baby…get movin’ with SassyBABY willya??
I just need to selfishly satisfy my need for oogling baby pictures…work with me here.
The shawl looks great! I can only imagine how hard it was to block that thing, but aren’t you glad? You know if you had waited any longer, little baby-Sassy would have arrived and kept you from it until goodness knows when!