Me Me Me! A Blanket for ME!

In my post, Not Necessarily Resolutions, I said that for 2012, I would do selfish crochet and knitting.  Then right after I showed you a WIP baby blanket that was not for me.  Now that is finished (I think I'm going to make you wait until Friday), I can finally start a blanket for me!

I showed you the start of my Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino stash way back in October, here. 

This was my first order:

Then, I got a few more, slowly:

And I realized I had an issue with two colors:

They are so similar that I've made the decision that I'm going to treat them as the same color.  Since I am going for random stripes I can make sure that these two are far apart.  

So far, these four are my favorite:

I got a few more colors in my Christmas Swap:

This past weekend, I finally took some pictures of all of the colors I have.  The sun was playing tricks on me.  My skylight was going from semi-cloudy:

to fully cloudy, in a matter of seconds:

Here's the yarn you've been waiting for:

The two dark colors that are hard to see are Forest Green and Navy Blue.  I was trying everything for those colors to show how they really are.  I finally figured it out.  I upped the exposure on my phone (I'm finding out my new phone is pretty nifty) and the colors showed more how I thought I was seeing them.

Can you see them a little better?  I think I can at least tell one is green and the other is blue.

Even though they are dark, I think I am keeping both of them in.  I can't wait to start this blanket.  Every stitch I will think, "This is for me!"

I must admit I have started a blanket for myself before.  It was the other blanket in the post I showed you above.  I haven't forgotten about it, but I'm in love with this yarn right now, so this one is my priority.

Filled with excitement,

Sam :-D