Learning something new is always good :)

I have only a few more squares to go and I was meandering around the internet...okay, I was at Ravelry again and getting sidetracked with all the yarns, patterns and what people have made....anyway, in the main part under crochet corner they had and they a tutorial about how not to have curling edges by making two rows in one, now I didn't think about it at the time I was making the blanket because as I was putting it together it flattened itself out while I was doing it, so when I  thought I would actually do the tutorial and see what happened , this was the result. Even though it is not completely straight, it looks a lot better than before and I guess it will be a little easier if you are blocking, so thank you Ravelry for teaching me something new, I look forward to learning more things that I didn't know.

So now that I have learnt how to do that, I have said that I will make a lapghan for Nanna, for her birthday in July, so feeling adventurous, I though that I would do ripples or waves, or something like that, so I went in search for a pattern that I would be able to read easily and relatively easy to do as I still consider my self an amateur, would you like to see my attempt? you will think it quite good...ermmm, yes, it didn't quite turn out to how I actually had it in my head but I guess it would look nice as a shawl in that stitch! Better luck next time......

Now in other news, I got really frustrated with my sock, so in a bid not to just end up with one sock I have started the other one and hope I have the courage to attempt kitchener stitch again. I bought more wool from the Wool Baa (I should really look more, they sell Cascade 220, that's the Dr Who scarf sorted out, I just need the money for it!!), the prper sized needles for hubby and his cable scarf and popped over to John Lewis's - they are so expensive but I got a pattern for making pygama bottoms and an Pony # 4mm crochet hook to replace the one that I lost at the surgery - well I think it was there. I'm still hoping to try the ergonomic crochet hooks, I did see double ended hooks from Hamanaka Japan, which would be great for travelling &  paper wool, well not quite, yarn with a percentage of paper in it, which would be nice to try - anyone going to Japan?!
And on the subject of Japanese things, yet again I am neglecting my anime, I still have to finish my Love Hina Box set, let's hope I can, I also finished reading Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris, the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series and looking forward to the rest of them and considering no bothering with the show, having said that I wouldn't be able to see Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), he doesn't really feature a lot in the first book _ arrrg, I'm torn!! Now, I thought I would try and read
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde again, last time I stopped half way through.