Cabled Baby Afghan

Working on this baby afghan for my soon to be born niece/nephew. In fact, been busy knitting away for the littlest Gajria :) All other projects have been put on the back burner for now. There will be in-between projects I'll continue to work on while doing this afghan in parallel. But I did want to kick-start it as I don't see myself working exclusively on this blanket for a whole 36X36 inches, without getting distracted by other projects (even though I love the pattern... It's easy, and yet it makes you pay attention to what you're doing. )

Here are some pics of where I am right now...

(Psstt...notice that neat ball of yarn? I rolled that up myself, using my hands - no ball winder used. I'd love to get myself a ball winder someday..but they are a little pricey, and I don't think I've earned it yet. This yarn is rolled into a center pull ball, which keeps the yarn untangled and easy to pull out from the ball.)

 

 

3/13 - Done with about 7 inches. 29 inches more to go. Really enjoying knitting this.

 

 

 10/9 - And....I'm finally done...my first knitted blanket - for baby Sanaya. A knitted blanket is a lot of work though. Approximately 18,500 stitches went into making the baby sized blankie (36 inches long)! Next time I wanna make a blanket/throw, I think I'll go for crochet instead. Crocheting would go much faster.

 

 

 

And there's my little guy. He loves the camera, especially when Mommy's on the other side of it :)