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I'm ending 2006 with a bang.

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Pattern Entrelac Throw from Vogue Knitting Baby Blankets Two. This is a great little book. I'm surprised I haven't seen more baby blankets knit up from this book. At $11 it's a great buy too.
Yarn RYC Cashsoft DK and Cashsoft Baby DK in creamy white baby DK #801, light blue DK #503, tan baby DK #804, greenish-blue baby DK #805, and olive DK #516. I used just over 1 ball each (yes, *lots* of leftovers).
Needles Addi Turbos 4 mm / US #6
Measurements About 29" square.
Modifications Very minimal -- I substituted Lion Brand Cotton Ease (at 16 sts per 4") with Cashsoft DK (at 22 sts per 4"). I didn't do any extra squares so I got a much smaller blanket. Since I had a smaller gauge I did 3 sts in garter on the outer edges instead of the 2. I also mixed up the color combos because I didn't want the center to start out as a mirror image of itself.

More thoughts and photos behind the cut...

Here we are, 11 days from delivery, and the blankie has grown to 38% complete (32 of the 84 diamonds).

On a more important note, I heeded all your great advice and weaved in all my ends. I now have a few more again, but still, those were a lot of ends!

I'm also knitting in the end that starts the color change. So, I've halved the total number of ends. Again, because you all pushed me and made me realize that I should! I don't often (ever?) do much with multiple colors of yarn so it just didn't dawn on me to do this.

I am, yet again, losing steam on this project. But, I'm staying on task and I haven't picked up the needles to knit anything else.

The baby is due in 11 days. If I knit 4 diamonds a day I will make the deadline. And -- almost as important -- I will not have my 4-day July 4th vacation consumed with baby blanket knitting.

OK, dear readers, you were right again. Several of you implored me to weave them in as I go.

I really didn't want to do that though. As we all know, if the knitting is done, we can claim an FO.

well, not really, but doesn't it FEEL like an FO?

Then I did a little math.

always, always, trust the math

84 diamonds * 4 ends per diamond = TMFE*

So, I've started knitting in the ends that get created when I start a new diamond. That halves the total number of ends.

And then, I've been occasionally weaving in some ends just for fun.

not really for fun, but certainly for good my sanity

Here's the latest shot. It's a little over 25% done -- which means it's officially growing at a speed several times faster than baby p.

too many fucking ends...336 to be precise