Star Afghan

My best friend is having a baby! I am so excited for her! You know a person is your best friend when you get deliriously happy over the happy events in their life – when Elizabeth met her husband I was on cloud nine, when they married I was just beside myself with happiness, and now that they are having a baby I am overjoyed! I am tearing up just thinking about it!

I have been waiting for this! Elizabeth is one of the best human beings I have ever been fortunate enough to meet. Generous and kind to a fault, an incredible friend who is always there no matter what is going on in her own life, so incredibly smart and talented and beautiful to boot. There is something about her that just inspires me to be the best person I can be. I can’t wait to spoil her and the baby with handmade gifts!
Since it is way too early to know if she is having a boy or girl, most projects will have to wait, but I can certainly get started on the unisex gifts I want to make! First up? The Star Afghan! I noticed this and added it to my queue 2 days before Elizabeth called me with the good news – I am planning to use Caron Simply Soft in off-white (which is a pale creamy looking yellow) and country blue (which is a nice soft blue color.) I started last night and it is taking shape nicely! I am thinking of frogging and starting over with a larger hook though. For just about anyone else, I would just continue on since it doesn’t look bad at all, but I want this blanket to be beyond perfect!