[Marielle]

I finished! I had taken the pictures and then last night had issues with our internet connection being down. Blergh. I really don't like posting just the pretty after pics with projects because I love seeing the progress pics that reassure me I'm not doing things wrong. So I took pictures of the super ripply rug before washing and then another after blocking to show the magic that is blocking even cotton. The colors are truer in the first two pictures.

Before blocking:




This one had a pretty ripply center and I was almost afraid it wouldn't be helped by any amount of blocking. Even my oldest said, "nice bowl" LOL.





But blocking did help. I just straightened out the edges by pulling out then pushed down smoothing the center to kind of suck it in like a corset.






This is what I consider the "right side" of the stitch which has more texture/definition:




and this is the smoother/flatter wrong side but I still use both sides:





Since I made it and looking at all the pretty colors makes me extremely happy I selfishly put it in front of the kitchen sink where I can sink my toes into the squishy color wonder that is my new rug. Hey I spend a quite a bit doing dishes, may as well make it comfy. The baby still yanks it and parades it up and down the kitchen but that can't be helped for now.