I didn’t pick my needles up even once yesterday. Well other than to show a friend my cables that is. I did spend most of the day thinking about knitting though. Thinking about knitting blankets to be precise.

It may not be clear from the knitting I have done so far, but I have a thing about blankets (and shawls and quilts). The list of blankets I want to make just keeps growing, it is becoming something of an obsession. I am especially pre-occupied with the planning of baby blankets. Every time I hear of a new baby on the way I almost immediately stash yarn and or fabric for another blankie. As a result of my own fertility problems and the problems of very dear friends I don’t actually make a start on said blankets until the baby is born, or has at least made it to a viable gestation. It is kind of sad how cautious I have become in this regard, but no amount of caution has stopped me from plotting the second I know about the pregnancy…. Sometimes not even a pregnancy is required for me to start stashing… I have the makings of no less than three blankets carefully set aside for one dear friend who has been waiting far too long for a baby. I have a similar number of blankets in mind for our own next child should the IVF actually work.

But I digress, my blanket/quilt/shawl obsession is not limited to baby blankets, oh no. There has been a queen size mitered square blanket on my mind for some time now, a couple of quilts I desperately want to make for my own bed, a bias square blanket for the sofa, blah blah blah. And this was before Kay posted about her latest mitered square extravaganza, pointing out Anna’s blog along the way. Just look at all of those beautiful, beautiful blankets.

Is it only me or do you too have a sudden need to starting knitting a blanket right now?