This afternoon i think i will make one of these:

It is an illusion with the effect that you think the head is moving around to look at you.

You can get the template with instructions (pdf), print it out and make your own! How cool! :D

I did loads yesterday! I was about half-way through the big red section yesterday morning. There are some lovely textures in the yarns. Thank you to Ludy for the purple yarn that i am using at the moment, and also for teaching me how to do a kind of basket weave knit pattern. I'll take a close up once i have knitted out a bit and the pattern can be seen more clearly.

I think this is turning out to be a baby blankie, which is fine by me! As promised here are some updated pictures:

It seems to get bigger every time i photograph it! I am currently estimating it to be about 2 metres wide! Plenty wide enough to cover a double bed! Woohoo!!

I am still accepting offers of wool donations, if you have any you'd like to offload onto me! Thank you to ladybird for the dark red that i am using right now, and the pale yellow that you can see mixed in with the pink just before the fluffy bit! :)

As Sixfeet asked me what i am knitting … well it is something enormous that will grow to gigantic proportions and will eventually be a blanket! I posted about it before but it got lost in the HostingRails fiasco, so here is a new picture:

You can see a 30cm ruler for reference. I estimate that this is going to be about 120cm wide! Nice! :) Hence why i needed a circular needle just for the length of it.

I need more wool! If anyone fancies donating me any bits of left-over wool, please get in touch with me! Any kind of wool is good, any colour, thickness, style … it'll all go in! I think it will be nice to have contributions from friends and family all knitted in together. Aster, who inspired me to make a blanket last week, already donated the grey that started me off. The rest i had already, or i have bought since.