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<\/a>It’s soft and snuggly and quite warm, all great blanket attributes. Towards the end of its making I had to take more frequent breaks because having the bulk of it resting in my lap would overheat me. The little sliver of blanket underneath is another of the double-seed baby blankets knit in a gorgeous colorway of Malabrigo yarn that I’ve been wanting to work with forever called Indiecita.<\/p>\nThis blanket is heading to an old friend from back home due (any day now, in fact!) with her first child. It’s also going with this:<\/p>\n My third little Elijah<\/a>. I love this pattern. The little critter is just so cute, and all the soft, squishy limbs make it a great choice for little hands.<\/p>\n So in the previous Containers of Love post<\/a>, I talked about how it can be tough for me sometimes to make things for other people when I know I’ll probably never get to see them enjoy or use the items. I resolved then to try a mental experiment to overcome this hurdle–namely, focusing on the joy (or in the case of these particular items, the comfort) that my creations would bring to their eventual recipients. And I have to say, it’s helped. A lot. My motivation to finish has remained high and steady, which is no small feat considering that blankets are pretty monotonous crafting. I feel a real sense of accomplishment and joy when handing off or shipping the finished goods. In general, I feel pretty good about my making. And that has made for a real change.<\/p>\n And since I’m planning to make my making more of a cottage industry (stay tuned, folks), that is excellent news.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This has so far been a very popular year for comfort items. The friends for whom I made the dragon-scale baby blanket of previous fame have (thankfully) kept me quite busy lately, first with making a repeat of the dragon blankie for another friend of theirs, and then with a ripple afghan for their sister-in-law who’s currently undergoing treatment for leukemia. They picked a lovely, calming blue in one of.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[19,18,21],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","category-knitting","tag-finished-objects","tag-navel-gazing","tag-triumph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>I\u00a0love<\/em>\u00a0the way the colors moved through these skeins; it made for a really lovely blanket. And the double-seed pattern is such a nice texture to show off these sorts of colorways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n