Norwegian Star Hat

So I decided to take a bit of time while I'm visiting at my parents' and have access to a computer to blog a bit.

I've been doing a lot of knitting lately. My most recent projects are: fair isle mittens for me, hat for the hubs and socks for me. The hat is done. =] Mittens and socks are still WIPs (work in progress). You see, I am one of those knitters who gets the dreaded "Second Sock Syndrome" and I suppose this works with mittens too. What happens is, you make one sock, and have to desire to start the next one. So I decided to mix things up a little and make one mitten, then a sock, then the second mitten, then the second sock. Lol. I'm on the first sock now, so we'll see how it works. =]

Anyway, here's a picture of the hubs in his new hat for your viewing pleasure. =] All in all I love the way it looks on him. But after I was completely done I realized that the stars don't look quite right. I think I may have messed up the chart while I copied it down from the iPod (since I couldn't print it out.) Ehh. Contemplating frogging it and fixing it, but that makes me feel a little sad. =[ He likes it anyway. =]

No real news on the baby front. We've got less than 2 weeks till the due date. (Ohmygoodness!) We're super excited and ready to meet our little girl. I've got my new camera ready and all her diapers are here, clean and organized. =] All we need is her!

Love-hate relationship

Is what I have with my iPod touch.

See, my computer doesn't want to pick up our Internet connection, therefore forcing me to use my iPod for everything I want to do on the interwebz.

Only it can't do everything...

And blogging is one of the things that is über annoying to try to do.

I have pictures of my latest projects, I promise! But no way to upload them.

I also have a new camera. But the salesman sold me the wrong memory card and now I'm just waiting for my new one to come in the mail.

Le sigh.

Here's to hoping we can get this straightened out asap.

Ps- we got maternity photos done. Squeeeee! But obviously I can't show you. Bummer.

Sweater Pictures

Sooo it was brought to my attention that I never posted completed pictures of my sweater! Oops. I posted them on Ravelry... but I guess that's not the same. Haha. Anyway, sorry that they're a little blurry, but you know how it is taking bathroom mirror shots with no natural lighting... and if you don't know, it's hard. =P

Here's me from the front!

Annnd a bit of a side view!

I think I have some other things to blog about. But my brain isn't working right now, so maybe we'll have 2 posts in one day. =]

Alpaca Weekend

Just a few pics from the farm we visited this weekend. They had about 60 alpacas. We were able to talk to the owner and learned a lot about alpacas! I really hope someday we can invest in some and start our own little farm. =]

Sleeping babies. =]

Bella and her baby. =]

How Close Can I Cut This?

So I recently decided I wanted to make a pink, girly soaker for my little one. (See post below this one.) I grabbed a hank of pink Cascade 220 at my local yarn shop and set to it. It came out adorable, but I had quite a bit of pink leftover. So I thought to myself, "Hey, I think I could buy a hank of brown and make some cute striped longies!" So (about a week later) I went back to the yarn shop and bought a hank of brown Cascade 220. The total of these 2 items (including tax) was $13.86. I set to work on a pair of 3-6 month size longies and they came out adorable. But I still had a little bit of each color left. Braving the odds, I was able to knit up a pair of newborn sized longies with *just* enough yarn. When I had finished the rise and split for the legs, I cut my yarn and measured how much I had left. I then split it up so that each leg got 27yds of pink and 15yds of brown. The picture below shows what I had left over.


Talk about cutting it close!! And below are my finished projects! I'm so proud! Sooo... $13.86/3 = $4.62!! I feel so blessed and happy to know that I can provide comfy, woolie goodness for my child and not have to pay $25+ for each item online! (Disclaimer: I am in NO WAY implying that the ladies who get this money don't deserve it, it's hard work and time consuming!!) I'm just happy that I can provide for my child and save our family money. =]

Recent Knitting Projects

So I made a pretty darn cute soaker yesterday. I'm so excited to put it on her!! =]

And here are 3 of my sweater pieces being blocked. I'm hoping to get the whole thing put together this weekend so that I can say I made it in less than 2 weeks. =] Lol.

Wordless Wednesday