Baby Star Afghan Ta-dah!

This week the tree came down and i decided that i needed to get ready for baby number four,s arrival in just six weeks (hopefully unless i go overdue!) So i made the most of the chaos of packing away the decorations to bring down the baby things. It was really nice actually to have something so near to look forward to. usually when the decorations come down everything feels i little miserable and depressing, i miss the twinkly lights, bright colors and clutter that come with Christmas. This year though i have thrown myself into washing baby clothes and putting up the crib and generally getting everything together.

With no big projects on the go i decided to start a blanket for baby, i have more blankets than i will ever need , but i wanted him to have a special one just for him, like i have done with the others so i decided on the Baby Star Blanket http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beths-little-star-afghan that i got from this address. Its been a really cosy, easy project that's been really comforting to do as my part of the world has been hit by storms for the last week, so with the kids still at home and nothing better to do than let them play with there new toys and we all ate more chocolate than we probably should, i could get comfy on the couch and get to work on it.

I love the colors it really brightened things up after taking the tree down and the fact that this is what i was looking out on most days

Even the kids were imerced in crafting with there new makey makey box full of craft supplies from Father Christmas

Yes they took over most of my kitchen, so it was just as well i stayed in the lounge so i didn't end up stressing at the mess they made, but i have to say they did do a great job of tiding up after themselves.

And so Ta-dah!  the blanket got finished

One little mistake, i used some yarn that i had in my box and they were not full balls, but i thought its ok i am only doing 4 rows in each color and didn't take into account that the outside rows are bigger than the inside rows....duh so i had to do a 3 and 2 row, but it still looks good and its plenty big enough.

off to work on a row for my stripy CAL blanket

Bye xxx