Perhaps this month, my knitting and crocheting purpose is to serve as a warning to others.

I started on a speed blanket (my 4th, mind you) and happily measured that it would be 29 inches wide. I worked on it a little bit and was happy with the yarn. Then, I flattened it out for a group of crocheters and onlookers and said, “that looks too skinny to me, does that look too skinny to you?” and they all agreed that it should be wider. I measure it and sure enough….it is about 23 inches wide, which is MUCH too narrow.
So, I will rip it out and start again and this time, I think I will start with 35 inches wide in case standard deviation strikes again.