Going Slowly

So...you might remember that before Christmas, I was crocheting. I had used a book and some online tutorials to teach myself how to crochet, and I managed to make a couple of scarves. Two of them are now sitting in my closet, and two of them were sent out as Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, that is the extent of my finished crochet projects.

However, I really do have good intentions of continuing to crochet! I think my current problem is that I chose a project that is going to take quite a long time, and I tend to do my crocheting in spurts. I might spend a few hours working on it one night, and then I won't pick it up again for a week. This week, I have been trying to do a little more crocheting and a little less reading. (What I really need, I think, is audiobooks that I could listen to while I'm crocheting...I need to think about that a little more.)

So what is this project I've been slowly working on since sometime in early January? It's a blanket. Here is what I have so far:

As you can see, it's a very simple blanket. Not really much of a pattern...just lots and lots of raspberry colored yarn. In case you can't get an idea of the scale, I could probably stop soon and have a decent-sized baby blanket. But I want to make it something that Shawn and I could actually use when we want to snuggle up on the couch and watch TV. As of right now, it's definitely still wider than it is long, so I still have quite a bit of work ahead of me. Once I finish with the raspberry color, it will get trimmed in a different color, using a different stitch.