Knitting update 04.20.2012

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"Knitting update 04.20.2012"

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"So cold at the national mall waitin for cherry blossom 10 miler to finish #cherryblossomrace"

So while the fiance and friends ran the cherry blossom race that I ended up not signing up for back in December because of the broken foot.. i knitted, read a bit, stared out into the cloudy cold sky... I started this project because I have quiet a few friends/co-workers that recently announced their pregnancy.. so i figured i should knit them baby blankets.  But first I needed to learn how to knit the blankets, and figure out which pattern to choose, etc!  So this was a really easy pattern that I found on ravlery--and since this required circle needles, and I dont own a pair I had to obtain a pair.  The pattern uses the Lion brand Pound of love yarn which i found to be too scratchy, so i picked the Lion brand Vanna label but dont quite like the texture either.   So its probably back to the drawing board for yarns but I do like the pattern and will be using it.    Here its about maybe 1/8 done (so about 20 stitches on this row?)  I have to go to about 209 stitches.. so hopefully I will have this done before my friend comes down in May.  AND have a color yarn picked out since she's not told me if its a boy or girl...

random babbles: new knitting project

DC dragon boat Festival

This weekend (May 16-17) is the DC dragon boat festival @ the Thompson Boathouse. Am i excited? Sure.. its a weekend of racing, watching other teams paddle.. the only trepidation is what happens if it rains again this year? Last year's race was postponed due to rain and it rained at the rain date, how ironic. This year instead of racing with the NG team, I'm racing with a premier league (though we signed up for corporate mix) team.

Those early AM practices have been brutal! Rain or shine we've been out on the water. We've also started learning a new start... guess we shall see how well it fares.