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Sunday, July 31, 2005
 

Pink Lemonade

I finished my tie one on apron just under the wire. I actually had big plans to do some embroidery, but I just ran out of time. I kind of like it simple like this, though. I [heart] the trim--I couldn't believe how perfect it was when I spotted it at Yardage Town (I think it's practically vintage, like a lot of their dusty notions).

Anyway, the gallery should be up some time on Monday (along with the August theme), so be sure to check it out. I can't wait!

edited to add: the pink lemonade gallery is up here.


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Saturday, July 30, 2005
 
Recycled t-shirt diapers

So a few weeks ago I was going through my closet and doing a bit of organizing (and putting away those maternity clothes). I decided I should also go through my huge pile of t-shirts and get rid of some--naturally I still have some that are from college and some ugly free ones. I decided it would be fun to recycle some of them into diapers for king Henry.

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Thursday, July 28, 2005
 

Fun mail day

Look what I got in the mail yesterday! The 2 skeins on the bottom are what I ordered from furry yarns--one skein of sock yarn in 'sunflower' (uh, for socks) and one skein of worsted wool (in 'aegean') for a soaker. On top are 2 skeins of fingering weight merino in 'lemondrop' (natually dyed!) from Copper moth (Norma made me do it). I'm not sure what this will be yet, but it's my favorite color and I love it!


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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
 
Christmas in July

Have you started thinking about Christmas knitting yet? I have. Mainly because I like knitting socks, I have tons of sock yarn in my stash, many of my friends and relatives in cold climates love my wool socks, and socks are about the only thing that I have the time/concentration for right now. Uh, can you guess what everyone is getting for Christmas yet? Ok, not everyone. But so far I know the following:

1. Dh's cousin--Opal tiger
2. sister's bf--Regia brasil in browns/blues (sister picked the yarn from my stash while she was here).
3. sister--Friday Harbor socks from Knitting on the Road


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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
 
No time to blog or knit. I'm busy with this


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Monday, July 25, 2005
 

A few small FOs

1) A new soaker for Henry. I used a vintage pattern from one friend and some wool (brown sheep naturespun sport in brick) from another friend. I started this months ago, but for some reason never got around to finishing it. It looks like it will be a bit big on Henry at the moment which is good since I made a lot of newborn soakers that are already starting to get too small!
2) Wee socks for Henry. I used this pattern and some leftover Regia cotton blend sock yarn. They are already a bit small!

3) My second exchange dishcloth


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Saturday, July 23, 2005
 
Henry is enjoying spending time with auntie Kerri. I am enjoying having auntie Kerri around (tonight DH and I have a dinner date)! I finished a few small ufos and started a new pair of socks. I ordered some Opal Rodeo cotton blend from eBay and I think they will be for my mom. I'm not crazy about the colors in person, but I think she will like them.


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Friday, July 22, 2005
 
Two months old!


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Tuesday, July 19, 2005
 

So, I joined an exchange that requires me to knit (or crochet) 2 dishcloths to send to 2 different people. I grabbed a ball of kitchen cotton in my stash and made this one using this pattern. I'm currently about halfway through this one (using the same yarn). These are actually pretty good projects for me right now since I'd like to be knitting lace (like my garden shawl, my creatures of the reef shawl, or my feather and fan baby blanket), but I'm just so tired it's hard to concentrate. It's also hard to find a decent chunk of time (sometimes those rows can get really long). But hey, it's the summer of lace and I'm doing my part.


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Monday, July 18, 2005
 

Yay! Yesterday was another fun Sunday. Karen drove down from L.A. just to meet Henry! And she brought me a big box of chocolates--how sweet is that?? Luckily when she arrived he was just finishing a bottle so he was pretty alert and content. After visiting for a while, we headed off to SnB at the Whistlestop. Karen worked on some cute baby socks for her upcoming website (I'll keep you posted) and I worked on an ancient UFO (some socks, picture later). Unfortunatley the socks aren't totally mindless, so I had trouble talking and knitting at the same time (and don't blame the beer--mine was non-alcoholic)!


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Saturday, July 16, 2005
 
Hurrah! I finished my sister's socks with time to spare.

yarn: Regia Jubilee Color 5469 (Alaska).
pattern: basic st st, 64 sts on US 1 needles


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Thursday, July 14, 2005
 
Knitting? Hmmmm. Well, I'm working on my sister's regia socks. I've decided that I would indeed like to finish them to give them as a birthday gift. Her birthday is the 25th, but she's flying in for a visit on the 19th so they really need to be done before then. We'll see. If they don't get done, I do have other gifts for her. But I'm trying to stay away from other knitting projects in the meantime.

In other news, I'm tired and stressed. But Henry is great. And thank goodness the all-star break is over so we have a Padres game to watch tonight.


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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
 

Henry had his 6-8 week checkup yesterday and he is doing great! Would you believe that he weighed in at 8lbs 10oz?


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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
 


Baby tees

I embellished some plain white t-shirts for Henry. I used some Heat-N-Bond Lite and then zigzaged around (idea stolen from Karen). The 2 on the right are newborn size and the 2 on the left are 12 months. The ones on the left have appliques on the back as well.


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Monday, July 11, 2005
 
Aahhhhh

I have a swell husband. On the weekends he goes out of his way to make sure I get out of the house and get a break from Henry. Yesterday was doubly good cuz I got to get out of the house while my in-laws were visiting. I drove down the road to Starbucks and plopped down for a couple of hours with a frapuccino and some lace knitting (the feather and fan baby blanket I started several months ago). There was air conditioning and classical musical. Bliss. Seriously. It helped recharge my batteries (and not just because of the caffeine and sugar. ahem).

Oh. I did frog the rib and cable socks. They were indeed going to be too small and I love this yarn so much that I want to keep whatever socks I make from it! I'm still thinking about what I want to do now (maybe just Alison's basic cabled socks)?


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Saturday, July 09, 2005
 
Not a whole lot of crafting going on 'round here

Last night I did get to knit a little bit on my rib and cable socks. I'm making the leg a bit shorter than she calls for in the pattern and I just started the heel last night. I keep trying them on and thinking that they're going to be too tight on me, but they should be ok. If not, my sister has skinnier legs and feet than me.

I did a tiny bit of sewing yesterday, but I made a gift so I can't show it to you. This morning I went to Yardage Town (which is a weird place, but that's another post altogether). I did find some cool stuff for my apron for tie one on. Now to find the time to make it!

Here's Henry relaxing yesterday



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Friday, July 08, 2005
 
Being a Mom is hard work!

Duh, right? Well, at least I did get a chance to start some new socks. I'm making the rib and cable socks from the latest IK using the yummy handspun that Melinda sent me. Seriously, this yarn is addictive. It's so soft and purty and I love seeing how it's going to knit up next. Yay!



Speaking of socks, here's a new-to-me online store that sells lots of fun sock yarn. The yarn-enabler in me will mention that they have Regia for 40% off. And here's a cute sock pattern that I just printed out.

P.S. I can't believe that today was supposed to be Henry's due date!!


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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
 
This N That

So, did I order anything from the furry yarns sale, you ask? Well, duh! Buy one get one free, plus only $2.95 shipping, plus they take paypal. I didn't do too much damage, though. I just ordered one skein of sock yarn in sunflower and one skein of worsted wool in Aegean (to make a soaker, of course). Note that this is my first time ordering from them and I just happened to read about their sale on another blog. Always happy to be a yarn enabler, though.

Sewing. With DH around for the 3-day weekend I finally managed to finish the nursing nightgown I started about 2 weeks ago. I've found that nursing clothes are often ugly and always expensive. This isn't the sexiest thing going, but it's practical and the fabric makes me smile (I guess you can't really see it in the pic, but it has Hello Kitty and cherries)! The pattern is Butterick 6886.



Also, I've decided I want to make an apron for tie one on. This month's theme is pink lemonade and I'm still doing some planning in my head.

Knitting. Here's Henry modeling the latest wool soaker from this pattern



the yarn is Cascade 220. It's still a bit big, but that's fine cuz some of his cloth diapers are bulkier than others. This was a pretty nice pattern. The only other thing I'm working on at the moment--my sister's Regia socks. I even managed to make it to the Whistlestop for SnB on Sunday. Yay!


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Monday, July 04, 2005
 
Happy fourth of July!



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Sunday, July 03, 2005
 
Look--a fun, free cabled sock pattern!


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Saturday, July 02, 2005
 
A fourth of July yarn sale!


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