Many thanks to the inimitably funny Tink of Pickled Beef for awarding me a “Playful” Golden Spork Award! I am honored!Oh, yeah, you’re probably curious about what the heck I finished on Sunday, eh, since all you know I’m knitting is a pair of socks? 
Well, some of you might remember that I’ve been working on a moderne log cabin baby blanket, which is a shower gift for a baby born in, um, *whispers* early May. Of this year, at least!! Anyway, I don’t think I’ve even mentioned this blanket since September… I probably finished the knitting in September or early October, but I still had the finishing to do. Lots and lots of finishing – innumerable ends, mostly (damn knotty skeins), but also mattress stitch at the four corners on the border. Have I mentioned how anal I am about weaving in ends? It involves splitting plied yarn and weaving in twice as many ends as if I hadn’t split the yarn… Anyway! I knew this was going to be a horrific finishing job, so I’ve been dawdling on it (especially since I can’t read while I finish). Finally, the next book in the series I was reading was only available (through my library system) on cd, so I buckled down and listened to that and finished the blanket. Darn book was only 5.75 hours long, so during the last 15 minutes I was left with nothing to do but weave in ends… Ack.
Without further ado, I present you with the Chaotic (and Mayhemic?!) Moderne Log Cabin Baby Blanket. (It actually is rectangular, although you can’t necessarily tell that from these pictures – it was hard to lay it out with all the “help” I got… Really, all you have to do around here for a photo opportunity is create an attractive nuisance…)
“Why are you standing on the coffee table, Mom?” -C&M
“You’re not the boss of me, big kitty!” -M
“Don’t sass your elders, May.” -C
“Run away!!” -M
“I wonder if this would taste like tuna?” -C
“Hmm, can I gnaw a hole in this before Mom gets off the coffee table?” -M
Heh heh, turn your back for 5 seconds and you can bet there will be hole!
Great blanket! It just looks so cozy, I wish I could curl up in it. I love that first picture, kinda looks like May has her tongue out.
Love the blankie!
Wowthe blanket beautiful! Are you sure the kitties will let you take it out of the house?
That is a great blanket and totaly worth the 15 minutes of doing nothing but weave in in ends!
I’m sure the kitties thought the blanket was for them.
Hmm, baby pictures, baby blankets. Are you trying to tell us something?
It looks smashing. But are you sure you didn’t spill some ink on it. I keep seeing black spots. And they seem to be moving about the blanket. Strange.
That’s beautiful!
But…what’s finishing?
Beautiful blanket! And the nice thing about those colors is that they last beyond infancy. That’ll be a great treasure.
And kudos on the finishing. My hat’s off to you on all that work.
Excuse me, but what’s this about the splitting and weaving in twice as many ends? Is this something you do on purpose?
The blanket looks gorgeous though.
Oh – it’s very pretty. What a lucky baby. Do the kitties come with the blankie?
What a pretty blanket! Glad you finally finished it, it deserved to be seen! Too bad it had to take you 6 hours to weave in the ends!
Hey Chris- You really are good at photography, among other things.
The first picture looks like a modern-art piece.
Don’t the cats look sort of painted in?
The blanket is wonderful. You must feel great about having it finished! And I especially love that last photo.
awwww thats the cutest picture!
What a riot it must be with those two around
The blanket looks great!
I love the blanket! And I can see that Chaos and Mayhem are as helpful as my kitty! I just love that first picture – May is getting so big.
They REALLY like that blankie! Who wouldn’t – it’s stunning!
I love the blanket. And I hear you on the finishing — I am known to be equally anal about my finishing techniques!
Gorgeous! Hope you can get it away from the kitties. LOL
Great blanket! Chaos is “not the boss of me!” LOLOL – wanna bet, little May?
(((hugs)))
Those two are so funny. I love the blanket, it turned out beautiful.
Lovely blanket! Plus the colors are nice for the, uh, older baby.
I could probably stand to be more anal with weaving in ends. My goal is usually to get through the finishing as quickly as possible.
There’s nothing like a hand knit blanket to bring out the cats. LOL!
Can I send my things to you for finishing? You do win the A.R. award for finishing!
Congrats on the award! I love the blanket…it looks incredible. I don’t think you’ll be able to give it away though – I think your cats have “claimed” it!
Aaaaaa! I feel the love!
Congrats om the Golden Spork! That baby blanket looks great.
It looks great! Well done. I love the non baby colors you choose. Nice.
Again, you’ve reminded me why I love kitties.
Wow, that blanket is beautiful and you’re a better woman than I. So much garter stitch!
Great blanket…………and, now I can really see how much different in size Chaos and May are…………but, they seem to like each other a bit better!
Congratulations on your award — it is totally well-deserved! And thanks for the link to Tink’s site and list. When I have a little time (yeah, like that’s gonna happen) I want to check out all of the sites s/he mentioned.
The blanket (and the felines, of course) is absolutely gorgeous. I’m a personal hater of the pukey trdiational pastels for babies, so your color choices strike me as pure genius. Great job.
The blanket’s gorgeous, and I’m sure it will be much appreciated, even if it wasn’t done in May. And I’ve heard of splitting the ply and weaving each ply in different directions, but I’ve never known anyone who actually did that……
Great blankie, now you’ll have to make one for the kitty babies.
Beautiful blanket! Congratulations on such a thorough and large finishing job. I envy you your ability to knit and read simultaneously.
May is getting big! I love your cat pictures. Our condo lease doesn’t allow us to have pets, so until we can afford to buy, I have to love cats vicariously. My husband thinks you have the best named pets in the history of pet naming. I am always showing him pictures of Mayhem and Chaos.
Great pictures of the troublemakers on the blanket! And really gorgeous blanket! The lucky recipient will treasure it forever.
Very nice—-and it seems to have gotten the feline approval award as well
Very cool and modern art-esque.
look at how big may is getting!
Great attack sequence! I agreee – it’ll be hard to get that blanket out without a lot of kitty whining.
How sweet! They look quite at home on that blanket
Fabulous blanket – well worth all the time you took. And you know, every time you post pictures of your cats, it weakens my resolve of no more pets!
Ah, helpers . . . like Chappy “helped” me make the bed yesterday . . . The blanket looks great!
Nicely done! I’m on block 10 myself. I feel I will Never. Finish.
Great blanket! Hope the kitties will give it up willingly:)
You should dress them up in Vana White costumes.
Awesome blanket btw. I love the colors!
Love the blanket,
Love the kitties,
Love how big May is getting!
OH I love your blanket, you gave me a great idea for my blanket for my house. Although my husband is a slave to symmetry (I can’t even spell it – thus I’m no slave to it).
The cats definitely help in the cuteness of the blanket though.
Chaos is the boss of us all, May. Don’t bother fighting it.
Pretty Moderne Log Cabin! I’d just figured you’d finished it off. SIX hours of finishing? That must be some finicky work you do. Want to finish mine?
Very cool!!!
you know… it’s good for a baby to be exposed to animal dander. supposedly gives them a better immune system.
Blankie looks awesome, cats and all!
That’s fabulous! Came out beautifully.
It’s nice to have a team of trained testers to try out the finished product before it gets shipped off to its destination, isn’t it?
Great blanket, Chris — and such fun photos, too!
pause for boggling at the number of logs on the blog, it just boggles the mind
a new tongue twister
Great blankie! 100% of cats agree
The first photo with the cats is wonderful! I hope the human who is getting it appreciates all of the kitty testing that was done on it to insure their safety and enjoyment.. hee hee.
That is a nice blanket! Isn’t that just like a cat to assume it was spread out just for them.
Blanket Looks great!
Great job on the blanket, a garter stitch blanket shows great fortitude. I really love the first picture with the cats lying on the blanket. You know, they would make a great holiday card or just notecard.
Beautiful blanket. Cats know they look particularly good on certain knitting, don’t they?
The Log Cabin looks great! So you can knit and read at once? That is so crazy cool!
Wow! That’s the coolest baby blanket I’ve seen in a while! I’m feeling the modernist look!
You know, the cats should have a blanket of their own. Look how happy they are
I absolutely love the baby blanket. Congratulations on finishing.
Your blanket turned out great!! Love the colors. I’ve been seriously debating on making another… and another…