I take it all back

You guys, it's finished. The edge has been undone and redone. (The whole blanket was knit with size 10 needles; I ended up doing the edge row in size 15 needles. And it worked beautifully.)

It can now be packaged up and sent off to its new owners, and fulfill its blankety destiny in whatever way they see fit. It's about 64" in diameter, all told. (If I hold it up to the top of my head, the other side hits the floor, so it's even wider than 64" if it's stretched a bit.) It'd probably look better on a bed, but I have not an appropriate bed for this sort of thing. (It's a twin. And pushed up against the wall. This blanket wants a bigger bed, I think.)

I hope the recipients like it. And I hope they don't tell me if they don't. :-) All I know is, I'm quite satisfied, and feeling a lot better about life than I did last night. Sometimes it's worth it to put in several more hours of work on something that's finished but not up to standards. Anything worth doing is worth doing well, right?

Mmm. I love finished products. (Except when they're disappointing finished products...)