Addicted to Log Cabining

I'm just cooking along on the log cabin. I talked Tyler into modeling it for me ... and he wasn't keen on giving it back. It would make a great puppy blanket. I did break down and go get a few more skeins of yarn. I was getting concerned about the dark, dreary colors which were all I had in my stash, and wanted a few somewhat lighter colors. I got a nice peachy color, a rose, and a good blue. Then that yellow just wouldn't quit screaming at me from the shelf, so I took it too. I'm glad I did ... it added just the right splash. Best news - the yarn was free. My boss borrowed my truck yesterday, just to go about a mile up the road and back, and gave me $10 for 'gas money.' The truck is almost full, I didn't need it for gas, so I thought, what is the logical thing to do? Buy yarn. Duh.

This thing is awesome! I'm just ... obsessed with log cabining at the moment. In fact, I'm so obsessed that I've been thinking up all the different things you could do with this. You could:

• knit a whole log cabin blanket in one (very favorite) color, where the texture of the changing directions of the stitches would be the focus, not the colors; or the same thing with an oddly textured yarn
• use only two favorite colors in a sort of spiral
• knit a baby blanket using baby-weight yarn instead of worsted
• make a pillow cover
• make two log cabin squares of whatever size you choose, sew them together, add straps, and make a tote bag; bonus idea: knit it in wool, and felt it first
• Use lighter-weight yarn to make log cabin coasters (again with the felting potential), or cotton to make log cabin dish cloths
• appliance covers ...
• tablecloths ... furniture slipcovers ... draperies ...
• GARAGE COZIES!!!

Ahem. Yes, well then.

I may never knit anything but log cabins again.

Or, this may just be a hormone-driven phase, and after it passes, I'll never knit another garter stitch rectangle shaped anything in my life.

In other news ... today was great! Wednesday is the only day of the week I get to come straight home from work, without anything else to do. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday I go to dad's and make dinner. Friday I go to the grocery store, come home and put that all away (and sort it - I shop for both me and my dad, so I have to sort out and repack stuff to take to his house the next day). Sometimes, like this week, I also do some advance cooking for the week as well.

Sometimes on Wednesdays I put my home time to good use by doing something useful, like some laundry or cleaning or something. But tonight, I'm too obsessed with the log cabin blanket, so I just came home, sat in the living room, and knitted all evening. Bliss.

It looks like we're about to get our first real snow storm of the winter. I live just on the southern edge of the Lake Erie snow belt, and may not get as much here as they will a bit north of me. But it's looking to be pretty serious either way. Unfortunately, the chances are slim of getting enough snow to get to call off work, stay home, and knit all day. That's the only real purpose I could see in a good snow storm.