Comment clarifications

Since I don't know if anyone keeps up with the comments, this seems like the right place to follow up on some things previously written and squeeze out today's entry before I fall asleep at the computer. (Really. I feel like I could have slept all day and still need to go to bed early.)

Contrary to what I said in my February knitting progress report, the baby blanket is not in stockinette stitch. I remembered reading that you get stockinette stitch when you knit every stitch in circular knitting. What I missed is that you have to be knitting in the round to get that. The blanket is in garter stitch. I am the point where I need to begin decreasing.

I appreciate the suggestions about what to make for my mom's upcoming birthday. Can you direct me to some patterns? I could definitely use some guidance for the girly items. I've finished the first of two slippers, although I botched something with the seaming on the heel and have a loose strand sticking out. Is there anything I can do to sew it in? I'll have pictures tomorrow.

I also appreciate how supportive everyone is about my progress. Part of the reason why I'm able to focus on accomplishing these goals is that I have nowhere to go but up. You may see all those FOs, but until I made that first coffee cup cozy and dishcloth in January, I had knitted everything but one scarf in garter stitch. (The exception was the basketweave scarf.) I mixed it up a little by adding the blocks of color on two scarves, but it was basically the same thing with different materials. I stayed away from purling until I made the basketweave scarf. After that I didn't do it again until working on those other items.

I'm not bored knitting scarves, but I like learning new things and have made an effort to add to my knitting repertoire. And let's face it, some of the goals are very modest too.