Quick Knitting Post before 4Cs

I haven't posted about knitting in a while, but boy, have I been doing a lot of it. I recently finished a cushion cover with this cuddly-soft plush yarn; this photo doesn't do it justice:

But it has been getting some use, at least:






Now I'm working on a baby blanket. I just used up a skein of the blue yarn and am now starting a pink stripe:



After this one, though, I'm going to start making bright-colored baby blankets. I'm done with pastels! I have some very soft bright acrylic/wool blend yarn that I just bought, and I think that in addition to the blankets I'll try my hand at knitting baby hats. I saw a very cute yellow one in Stitch'n'Bitch, Debbie Stoller's fantastic knitting handbook.


UPDATE: Tonight I learned how to do the double cast-on! When I first learned, I was taught the knitting on method, so I'm excited. Since lurking on the knitting communities on Orkut, I've noticed that there are a lot of yarn snobs (I mean it affectionately!). Acrylic yarn is the most maligned, particularly the Red Heart Super Saver variety. I happen to have a big skein of just that, and in my shame I'm going to use it as practice yarn. Everyone should have that, right? I want to practice my seed stitch, which looks like this (this is not mine, by the way! It's from about.com):



I'm not getting the hang of it yet.