Eternal dislikes:
Recently acquired dislikes:
So thanks for your kind thoughts and stuff. Pregnancy sux, so far, and niceness goes a long ways with me these days. Makes me all teary, even. I got a little care package in the mail from a friend and bust into tears because it was just so thoughtful.
I was all set to come home from work and tell you about Sheep & Wool and my anniversary gift from Matt, but now I’m all tired and shit. Instead, I offer you this: you know those little trash cans in the stalls of ladies rooms? Today, at work, there was an empty coke can shoved in there. Nice.
I’m pregnant, due in mid-November. We haven’t gotten much else yet, but the stroller (a Zooper Twist) was available at a good price (half the list price) at Costco. It’s been sitting quietly in the living room, occasionally playing host to Toaster who seems to find it quite comfy. It came with all sorts of accessories too: a rain cover, bug/sun screen cover, and an insulated foot muff thingy. Fancy.
This is all very exciting, but I’m afraid the first trimester has been dire. Think too nauseous to knit dire. And my poor sweaters… Even though I haven’t grown much elsewhere yet, my bust has already expanded by 2 inches. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that someday, somewhere, I’ll be able to wear them.
This weekend is Maryland Sheep & Wool, and I’ll be there looking for baby-friendly yarns bright and early on Saturday morning. Matt has already promised to come along to carry things, so hopefully I’ll last long enought to make the Saturday Ravelry meetup.
So our sweet nephew turned 1 in early March. Not only did I make him a teddy bear, but I also helped his Mama make his cake:
He liked the cake, and had all sorts of fun at the party:
Weather got warm and I decided that since I won’t be able to wear it until next Winter, that I should just go ahead and start on a
Cropped Cardigan with Leaf Ties
using some Springy Cotton Ease in Terracotta. I had a tough time choosing a size, since the neckline may meet at your boobs or underneath them, depending on your height and boob location.
And I finally frogged the ugly, ugly Monkey socks and got to work on something much simpler:
I don’t think this yarn colorway would work on anything more complicated than simple stockinette. This is the ballband sock pattern that came with the yarn (Colinette Jitterbug), except with a modified round toe.
So that’s where things stand for the moment. Note that both cardigans have been banished to the “bad knitting” corner, for reasons entirely unrelated to the items themselves. Well, kinda related. I’ve got a few other things in the works that I’ll share with you anon.
