Moths and knitters block

First post in quite some time, I had a fight with a blanket and have been away from knitting for months. I should really try following patterns rather than just making it up since I'm not really experienced enough to know what works and what doesn't! I was trying to make a mitred square like a envelope kind of pattern with square stripes. I roughly followed a pattern I found on another blog http://resipsaknit.blogspot.com/2006/07/circular-mitred-square-blanket.html which has sort of worked but not quite! But then I only sort of followed the pattern. I tried it about 4 times in various different ways so got really fed up of restarting. After getting really hacked off with the blanket and taking a break for a month or so I was appalled to find a moth infestation in my knitting basket! :( Had to throw out my lovely crochet japanese cat :( . This meant I have been basically to sad to go near wool for months and months until this week. I have now got the blanket about 2/3 finished and although its not perfect it'll be cosy. Probably won't give it as a gift after all though as its going to be kinda lumpy! Glad to be back to it though.