Being Green

Today was day two of my green knitting experiment. I'm exited for the results to be in so I can share my observations about the process.

So far I'm enjoying most of it and learning a hell of a lot.

Tomorrow and the next few days are mostly waiting and then I'll be able to knit something concrete up out of my new bunch of yarn.

In the mean time I'm working on completing my hedge maze blanket. It's a baby blanket. I do a lot of those. The fun thing about it is it's a maze made out of knits and purls that--for the most part--I've made up as I go along. It's great fun and I get a kick out of planning what twist I'm going to work in next to confuse the travelers. I doubt anybody will ever sit down and try and find there way through my maze. Ok, anybody but me. I'm half way done and with every row the rest of the blanket--which started as a personal brain teaser--gets easier.

I've started trying to decide how I want to work the corresponding hat (99% of my baby blankets have a corresponding hat or two--a baby needs options). Do I want the maze to run around the hat in a never ending loop or do I want it to lead from the base or brim to the top? And if it leads to the top, should I work it so that it can lead back down the other side (meaning no top gathering and no pom)? This is promising to be a brain teaser as well.