Amelia got put in time out today for pushing another kid around! My little one who is so sweet and loving! I guess I can say she’s reached her terrible twos stage. ha!
Monthly Archives: August 2008
A Snake
The crocheted snake I did for Amelia. Not perfect and my crochet skills are seriously lacking, but it’s cute and she likes it. That’s what matters. And it used up some stash yarn. 
Posted in Hobbies
Slacking Once Again
I’ve been slacking in the blog posting department again. I guess motherhood and work has been keeping me busy. Actually, that’s not true. Motherhood and knitting has been keeping me busy. But that doesn’t mean there’s been knitting content posted over on the knitting blog either. Sadly. Lately, my internet time has been spent on Facebook and Ravelry.
The AB mommies kept sending me invites to Facebook, so I finally took the plunge and joined. I didn’t realize how many of my friends were there. Within a few days I had over 20 friends and that’s a lot for me. A lot of my cousins are there as well, plus friends I’ve lost touch with for one reason or another. So it has been so much fun reconnecting with everyone. Then my husband joined and he’s totally addicted to the flair. LOL!
Besides Facebook, I’ve been obsessed with Ravelry. And in conjunction with the Summer Olympics in Beijing, we’ve been doing our own knitting version…the First International Ravelympics. It’s been great fun trying to knit as many projects as possible or just one challenging project during the summer games. So lots of knitting and spinning has been going on the past 2 weeks.
Amelia has been keeping me busy. What’s going on with her? A lot. She got her playhouse at the beginning of August. My Father-in-law came up and he and my husband put it together for her. It’s a 6×6 foot playhouse with 3 windows, a door, a 2ft front porch and cedar shingles. Pretty sweet little crib for a 2 year old. So we bought her a play kitchen that looks like Cinderella’s castle and a bunch of accessories for it, so she can cook up some delicious meals for us.
She’s talking to much now, it’s sometimes frustrating trying to figure out what she’s saying. But we’re slowing learning her language. She tries to dress herself and last night managed to put her shoes on all by herself. Of course they were on backwards, but it was adorable.
And the biggest news of late…she’s teething. She’s got the two bottom molars coming in, plus one if not two teeth coming in at the top (neighbors to the front teeth). So she’s been miserable lately. Cranky, clingy, fussy. on top of that she has some sort of cold that keeps her coughing. And the poor thing smashed her fingers in the door at daycare this week. I cringe every time I picture her crying and hurting and I wasn’t there to cuddle her. It hurts me that I wasn’t there when she needed me. Thankfully she has wonderful teachers that cuddled her in my place and rocked her to sleep at nap time. But it’s never the same as mommy. So we’ve been giving her extra cuddles lately as she deals with these mean, painful teeth. I’ll be glad when they finally break through and give her a bit of peace.
Posted in Life and Family, Motherhood
Lacey stuff
I finished my Little Arrowhead Shawl last night. It’s not blocked yet since I cast off just before 11:30pm, but I did get a few pics anyway.
Yarn is Classic Elite Miracle (alpaca/tencel single-ply DK weight) and I used US7 needles, but because I tend to bind off somewhat tight, I used US9 for the bind off. I’m definitely interested to see how much it grows with blocking because right now it looks a bit small.
And today I officially began working on the Adamas Shawl for the Beginner’s Lace August KAL on Ravelry. It’s my first project working with laceweight yarn. I cast on numerous times with Baruffa Cashwool and it was a mess! I had such a tangle of thread. I even went down a few needle sizes hoping it would help. I got to discussing this with some folks in the KAL and one lady suggested that my yarn was probably an extra-fine laceweight and that I should try a thicker one first. I had read somewhere previously that Cashwool is more cobweb than regular laceweight, so I ordered some Knit Picks Shadow and tried again. Success! I made it through the first 6 rows and Chart 1 without needing to frog or use my lifeline. And it looks so pretty! I plan to get pics of my progress to share with the ladies on Ravelry. I’ll try to remember to post here as well, in case anyone is interested.
Blunt
Every time I hear a James Blunt song I just picture a movie. Most of his songs are perfect for background music in a song. You know, the scenes that they are just dramatic moments in the storyline with no dialog.
Minimalist is Done!
I’ve finished the Minimalist Cardigan and I actually wore it to work. My thoughts about it are this:
It’s a bit small. A bit tight in the armholes, and a bit snug around the bust and midsection. The reason for this is not because my gauge was off. My gauge was perfect and the garment came out to the exact dimensions I was expecting when I swatched. The reason for the size issue is even more idiotic than bad swatching. It’s because I was not thinking straight when I was trying to figure out what size to make and didn’t consider that I’d be wearing this over a shirt. Duh! I was so concerned with getting gauge and making sure to knit the size for the gauge I was getting, that I totally forgot that little important factor.
But besides that, it fits pretty well and I like it. It’s warm and stylish and I made it. I love the color and I love the fabric made by the moss stitch and I love how the moss stitch looks in tweed. So overall, I’m quite pleased with this, and can definitely see me making another one (in a larger size).
