It's approximately 33" x 50". I say approximately because the darn thing isn't completely rectangular, since my applied i-cord skills leave something to be desired. The border is tight in some places and loose in others, and my corners aren't too square. Poo. Next time I'll use a different technique. The entrelac part came out pretty good, though.

I do wish the joined color didn't look so obvious on the bottoms of the rectangles, but there's not a lot I can do about that. It kind of looks like topstitching, though.

I used Caron Simply Soft acrylic in Country Blue, Light Country Blue, and Dark Country Blue. Of course, when the blanket was about half done my sister informed me that she had finally painted the nursery... green. Oh well. The next one will be three shades of pink, which will go with the walls of my niece's bedroom at their new house.

There was quite a bit of yarn left over, so I'm using the remainder to make a Baby Surprise jacket. I've never done one before, and the process is really interesting.

Poor little guy... he looked so confused the entire time I was visiting him. I could almost read his little baby thoughts: What the --? Where am I? Where's my fluid? Why is it so bright in here?

I'm knitting a blue blanket for him; I don't want to post a picture just yet because I'm so close to being done. I'd rather wait until it's completely finished. Of course, when it's done I'll have to start another one, because my 4-year-old niece requested one just like it in pink. I worked on the blanket for awhile while my sister was napping; my niece really wants me to teach her to knit, so I let her sit on my lap while I guided her hands through a few stitches. Now we can honestly say that she helped knit her brother's blanket. (I tried to teach her to finger-knit, but she doesn't have the attention span for it quite yet. I have hopes that she'll be a knitter someday, though!)

Other news: I went to Atlanta last week and auditioned for Jeopardy! This was actually my third time trying out, and I think it went pretty well. I met some neat people, and had a great chat with one guy in particular. (Hi, Dave!) They'll keep our names on file until next April, so we might hear from them anytime in the next 10 months. (Or not.) Wish me luck!

• airplanes
• the smell of snow (yes, it has one)
• a good, hard rain
• Ambrosia yarn
• online shopping
• Big Love
• stargazer lilies
• cream soda
• bowling
• the smell of hazelnut coffee
• really hot baths
• fresh asparagus
• hot water bottles
• size 0 knitting needles
• really good caramel
• sleeping cats
• fountain pens
• sour cherries
• rocky beaches
• the Heavenly Bed at the Westin
• double moss stitch

That's the Ullared hat from Hats On! I used Debbie Bliss Merino DK, which the LYS had on clearance a couple of weeks ago, and a size 0 Options needle. (How the designer can possibly get 8 stitches to the inch with sport weight yarn on size 4 needles I can't imagine; Kristi at Weebleknits calls it the Charlene Schurch death grip!)

I haven't done a lot of colorwork in the past, and what I have done hasn't turned out all that great, so I was really happy that this hat turned out so well. Apparently (for me anyway), the secret to even, unpuckered colorwork is to do it in a small gauge! I had no problem keeping the tension nice and even on this. It has given me the courage to attempt fair isle in the near future. I'm especially pleased with how it looks from the inside:

I love how the pattern is almost as clear on the wrong side as on the right side!

If I make another of these, I will probably alter the pattern so that it has more ribbing on the bottom. I might do away with the cuff motif altogether and replace it with black ribbing; as much as I like the motif I would like even more for the hat to stay put on my head.

I, the blog known as Domestic Bliss, resolve to do the following this year:

• Get a makeover
• Finally put together that photo gallery I've been promising
• Add some free patterns

Sounds good to me!