Since I’m, uh, one hour away from being THREE DAYS OVERDUE with this kiddo currently residing in my innards, I thought I’d take the opportunity to update Ye Olde Sparsely Updated Knitting Blog before it descends into several months of sleep-deprived radio silence in which there is milk splattered everywhere and little knitting to speak [...]
As part of ongoing new baby prep, my parents-in-law came down a couple weekends ago to help me empty out the wool room and get things ready to paint in there. As a result, I had a good opportunity to go through a bunch of stash and I’m working through some old yarns for [...]
So, I apparently only have time to update my blog every, um, several months. The shame, it burns me. So much has happened since I last posted I’m resorting to sub headers to keep everything straight(-ish).
Butt Knits
In my last entry I mentioned being thisclose to done on my Ecological Wool soaker. I’ve long since finished [...]
Hey, I finished knitting something! This almost never happens!
It’s the Confection Baby Shrug, although I did some number crunching in order to knit this up with Cascade 220 Superwash, which is a much finer gauge of yarn than the pattern calls for. I’m really glad I took the time to do the math, [...]
I’ve been meaning to post about this sweater for ages, and now that the lamb’s nearly outgrown it I can’t avoid it any longer:
For the (as yet) uninitiated of you out there in my mostly-imaginary blog audience: this sweater is knit from Elizabeth Zimmermann’s legendary Baby Sweater on Two Needles pattern, otherwise known as the [...]
Last October, I knit a super cute Jess Hutch bunny for a new relative who was still gestating at the time. [pattern | ravelry link]
Both the new baby and the bunny came out fabulously, and my cousin recently posted some photos of them together:
They look happy together, don’t you [...]
I’m taking a well-deserved detour from the Blanket of Epic Waiting–it’s a quick little thing for the Lamb’s summer wardrobe. She has a bunch of cute little dresses that don’t have much coverage on top, so when I saw the Confection Baby Shrug while poking around on Ravelry, I cast on almost immediately. [...]
The Lamb was born on October 23, at 9:04 pm, weighing in at 7lbs 12.5oz, and measuring 19 inches long.
She’s utterly perfect. We are completely agog.
In baby knitting news, we realized when we got her home that all her hats were too small for her wee newborn head, so we made her [...]
My due date was Saturday. Today is Tuesday. I feel great physically, but am sort of disappointed to discover that Frauline Fetus has already picked up poor time management skills from her parents. I skipped out on Rhinebeck for this!
Hey fetus-lady! We’re dying to meet you! You are welcome to join us at [...]
I FINISHED HIM AND HE’S WICKED CUTE!
My favorite part of him is his butt:
Mr. StringFactory made it for me, so I’m still technically a pom pom virgin. But I really like how it came out. It’s so cheeky and cute. Nice butt, Mr. Bun!
I’m still pregnant, alas. I don’t want to start a new knitting [...]
