Way back in May, I attended the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival with my good friend, Andi.  We had a blast that weekend, just chilling in our hotel room and enjoying the festival.  I wasn't too keen on buying much yarn, since my stash is pretty exorbitant, but I did have one thing in mind.  I really wanted to make the Mitered Crosses Blanket by Mason-Dixon Knitting.  I had bought the pattern, as the proceeds went to the relief effort for the earthquake in Japan, and wanted to make it with something rustic.  No sir, no Noro for me!  At the end of our time at the Sheep and Wool Festival, I happened upon a Bartlett Yarns' stall. The worsted weight wool was exactly what I was looking for!  After a few moments of deliberation about color, I purchased enough yarn to make the blanket as written.

The yarn was immediately caked when I got back to my hotel room, and I cast on for it that night. In case anyone is curious, my entire haul looked a bit like this:

Only one other skein of yarn (STR mediumweight for a Chevron scarf I'd like to make) and LOTS of honey!  I also bought a stuffed sheep... don't ask...

Well, knitting the blanket has been a bit slow going - as blankets sometimes are.  But I finished the last of my 10 squares - again, that's what the pattern calls for - in late August.  After laying them all out on my bed, and after a few discussions with my friend Andrea, I decided the blanket may be a wee bit small.  But... I don't know that I have it in me to knit more squares.  At least not now, and I really want this blanket.  It matches my office chair so well, and I really want to be finished with this.  So I'm forging ahead!

On Tuesday this week, I began seaming my squares exactly as the pattern calls for - 3 needle bind off, RS facing.

I'm not sure if you can see that... there's a GIANT seam in the middle of these two squares!!  Does this help?

It isn't exactly the look I was going for with my seams.  So my next thought was to just seam them with a needle and some yarn.  Yea, I hate seaming.  Just really not something I enjoy doing.  And just last week, the one of the Mason-Dixon ladies had seamed their blanket with wrong sides facing, so maybe I'd try that, just to see.

Now that's more like it!  And I think that it'll match the i-cord border much better than the unseemly seam!

In sock news, I did finish my last Sockdown sock.  But.... I cheated.  I used my go-to short-row heel.  I know, I know, but at least it's done!  And now, I can actually knit what I want to knit!