I realized when I was uploading these pictures that it is going to be totally anti-climatic when I finish this blanket if I show my progress every square or two. But I don't have anything else to show so I've painted myself into this corner, I guess. The squares are coming along swimmingly, even though I am splitting my time with the same needles for trellis, the baby sweater, and the log cabins. So can you see the mistake square? I think that with some creative photography I may have made it a little more tricky to spot, but it's probably still glaring. I haven't decided what to do about it just yet.

I didn't crop my toes out of the picture because they are bugging me today. The outsides of both of my big toes have been tingly/numb this weekend. Has this happened to you before? Can anyone offer comforting words that I won't need them amputated? I'll probably go to the doctor tomorrow morning since it's summer vacation and I can sneak out easily enough. But still.. I'm feeling a little uneasy. Update: I may have overreacted about the toes. I have concluded that since it's the same spot on both feet, it probably stems from having worn heels three days last week and not a rare strain of flesh-eating bacteria.

So I went to Tokyo to welcome a bunch of new participants in my program, but it was bittersweet because I had to say goodbye to such good friends while I was there too. I know it was more of a "see ya later," but still. Maybe Becky will start updating her blog more now as a way to cope with my absence. On a happier note, a lot of the new people I met already knit (as in, I won't have to coax 8 or 10 of my friends into learning and then personally melt down when they are all getting frustrated and asking me to fix their mistakes at our SnB) and some already expressed an interest. It's shaping up to be a very knitty year. Even the non-knitters were fun!

I'm still working on Trellis, and as I've finished block number 6 AND done a rather shocking amount of cleaning and organizing in my apartment this weekend, that means I have all night to knit some collar and see if I can't attach the buttons, too. Yippee! It always feels so good to be back.