Technically finished.

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With the baby blanket, that is.  I... don't think I'll attempt to give it away.  The question is, should I keep it... evidence, or undo and try again?  Any of you have an opinion?  It is my first project.  Not a dishcloth or any other item has been crafted before.  I'll be considering it's fate over the next week, as I try again.  I have to admit, I am not sure I improved from start to stop.  Oh, a bit.  I just don't know.  I'll watch the vid again, too.

I did learn a different way to use the skein.  By finding the end inside, there was no need to spin the yarn off.  I have learned several tricks.  The main thing is tension.  When not done correctly, bad tension will make counting difficult, stitching correctly by pattern difficult, and makes turning around not work well.

I may try two projects at once this week.  Another blanket, and smaller sized dishcloths with a scaled down pattern, yarn, and hook.  I don't expect learning to be fast.  And yet the only way to get better is right through the cold lunch of abject failure.  Something I am noticing, when viewing more complex patterns, is that they make sense.  I couldn't replicate, but I understand... the idea.  I can even, in my mind, begin to plot patterns.  Sometimes what I devise is more or less complex.  Some of what I imagine would be useless, save as mathematically derived art forms... conches, coils, and such.  And I realize Amazon is definitely not where to buy yarn.  Jo Ann's, Walmart, Michael's, Hobby Lobby, perhaps others.  Amazon's is way out there on prices.  Weird, but it did get me started.

A darker day.  A good one, perhaps.  Later.