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I have 2 babies to knit for - both due in September. My goal is to have knitting boxed and ready to mail on Sept 1.
Here's the Tulip (scroll down) I started last Thursday at SweetLife Knitters Meetup:
Not quite the pattern, but close. Here's the blanket I'll prolly send with it, unless I do something with the matching yarn in time. Lots of finishing, and I prolly will adjust the next one to decrease the amount of finishing. But it's top down, easy (except for the knitting in the round sleeves), and memorizable. And quick. Most likely it will be completed on Thursday, if I can get the size 6 dpns in time.
The blanket is white mill end cotton, and will most likely have one more diamond before I begin the decreases. I may or may not embellish
The other set will appear tomorrow.