Thanks for following me over to my digs – I’m still unpacking and trying to find places for everything but I do have some knitting appetizers for your first visit.
First off, I finished the lace cat paw socks for my friend Annette. Her feet are so small I felt like I was knitting for an [...]
This post is dedicated to hubby in honor of our third (is there something with the number 3?)anniversary – it’s been an interesting ride!!!!!
Our Story
I came back to Michigan from Arizona to deal with some family issues (read – dysfunction) and my priorities were both securing employment (that was at least an hour away from [...]
Last Saturday, friends, neighbors, and family gathered to throw us a couples shower/cook out for my official send-off to house arrest. My experiences with baby showers usually emit these images of finger sandwiches with the crusts cut off, cheesy games (want to really piss off a pregnant woman? Play the measure the mother’s belly game!), [...]
Trying to avoid the “mommy likes _______ more than me!” since blogger wouldn’t let me add Chili to my last post – here he is weighing in at 9 ounces (also the one who chose to not reveal himself until later in the game sending his parents-to-be in a state of shock – I [...]
Thanks to everyone for your well wishes – they worked! Our level 2 intensive ultrasound was a smashing success and all boys are right where they need to be and all their parts are perfect! I didn’t think it would start this early but they are all very proud of their penis’ (peni?) ’cause they [...]
Before:
and after:
Although I may not be holding any pretty princess parties or furnishing a barbie dreamhouse anytime soon, I can certainly wear my pretty pink Cinderella slippers with a sparkling tiara and a matching even more sparkly wand while I enjoy the splendors of house arrest – t minus 1 week and counting….
Something about these [...]
The final baby tunic is fini and I had no idea that we had even more modeling critters in the fam:Here it is on our backyard hammock in all its glory, I don’t think I have ever knit anything red before and man, it’s one bright sweater but looks well with the others:
Baby Tunic #3
Vitals
Pattern: [...]
Well the pieces knit up pretty quick, seaming was a snap (but I think on the next one, I’m gonna go out on my own and try to knit the parts on dpns so I can skip the seaming – “going out on my own” usually equals disaster so if you never here it mentioned [...]
While Otis is forced into a modeling hiatus due to outsizing, I discovered that Maslow is a perfect size 18 months!
So far this has been my favorite sweater to date and it knit up in a couple days – the seaming was a little work and dicey in the neck region but that may have [...]
