Ode to Wendy...

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There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

I thought this was fun and found it when I visited this gals website which I found because Wendy Knits has a coooooooool new feature on her comments...specifically, you can see what the latest blog post is of the commenter. So, when you put in your name, email and then blog, magically, your latest entry shows as a link after your comment. I totally love that :) Go visit, she's having a drawing for an iPod :) Thanks Wendy!!

So since this is an ode to Wendy I'll review my "Wendy" project because I can't decided what to do...This is a baby blanket for my 'new' nephew. If I keep going at this rate, he will never see this blanket...we've had some trouble along the way, this is actually the second try...It's Wendy's 'Crest 'o' the Wave' Pattern which I'm knitting now in Fiesta, Boomerang (Quince) purchased from the Loopy Ewe. Each skein makes five repeats of the pattern and unblocked the repeat is 1 3/4 inches tall and two inches wide. That should make it about 33 inches wide...and (8.5, carry the 4, multiply by pi, factor in the angle of the sun in May) and 34 inches tall...unblocked. I'm afraid it's too wide and that I'll be mad because it'll be wider than tall and it's already huge at 204 stitches across and I DON'T WANT to knit the whole damn thing only to have it be all wrong and that is SERIOUSLY impeding my progress. So, should I rip it out and make fewer repeats? Block it very carefully? But, when my sister-in-law washes it, won't it go back to being short and squat? But then hard work is part of the gift, so shouldn't I suck it up and maybe buy another skein? But it's hand dyed so I'll have to alternate rows with the new skein which is a pain, but then I don't want to be lazy!!!! UGH!!!! Sorry, I know I'm yelling but I'm sad and frustrated. Plow-on or Rip-back...what to do? Please visit to vote early and often!!!!

Here it is so far...





...and yes, I did plan it so that my knit-bag matches my project why do you ask :)