Our Baby has Arrived!
Our baby girl has finally arrived! She was born September 21, 2005 at 6:14 pm. She decided she was ready (and so was I) one week before my scheduled c-section. It took us a few days in the hospital, but we finally named her! Her name is Taylor Callista Myers. She weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz. at birth and was 18.5 inches long. A very small little girl, but she is feisty! Needless to say, now that she is here I won’t be getting much sewing or knitting done, but maybe again soon. I hope that you enjoy the pictures!
Filed under News | Comment (0)Baby Ball Rattle
We found the ball! It was hiding in the only spot under the bed that I didn’t look. Anyway, it isn’t very round, and I probably should have stuffed it a little more, but it is cute and it rattles and it is fun to toss around the house. This is a really quick easy project and I plan to make lots more as gifts and to sell. Hope you enjoy!
Getting There
It seems as my c-section date approaches, I get less and less done! I am currently working on 3 knitting projects and have a huge stack of sewing projects to start. I haven’t been spending as much time as I was on any of it though. I am too busy staring at baby toys and clothes and getting the house ready for a new baby :) I am certainly ready now to have her home with us and really she could come anytime! Kristopher was born at 36 weeks, which I have already passed this time. If I haven’t said before, my c-section is scheduled for September 28, which is only a little over 2 weeks away now.
Since this website is for all the things I have made, I guess I should talk a little about those! I added 3 new posts today and will add one more as soon as I find the missing ball. Suzie taught me how to increase a couple of days ago and I finished my first baby rattle/ball yesterday. Kristopher has already hidden it. He was having lots of fun playing with it yesterday afternoon and now it is nowhere to be found (which is usually how things work around here ;) ) I added 3 hats that have actually been done for awhile, they have just been stacked in a corner until today! Hopefully everyone will see something they like…
I am currently working on my rose colored baby blanket (yes, still) and am almost halfway through with it. Maybe it will be done by the time it is cold enough to use it. I also am working on a grape colored mohair blend ribbed scarf, which I think it really pretty. It is not very far along yet, but I love the yarn! I also am working on an 80% wool sportweight hat. It is a multi colored yarn in nice autumn earthtones. The hat is the adult size ribbed hat found in Great Knitted Gifts (the book I can’t stop talking about.) Both of these items will most likely be for sale when I finish them, so if anyone is interested check back or let me know.
Speaking of selling things; my ebay auctions have been going really great lately and I have cleared out a lot of things that we no longer needed! I have put all of my selling on hold until after the baby is born, so that no one else has to mess with it while I am in the hospital. After we are back home, I should be able to start selling again. Check the auctions out again in October :)
I don’t have any other news today. Keep checking all of our websites. As soon as our baby girl is born we should have some pictures up on the family photo gallery. Everyone have a great week!
Filed under News | Comment (0)Kristopher’s Ribbed Hat
This was the second project out of my new book (Great Knitted Gifts). It is a smaller version of the ribbed hat in the book, because I thought it would be a cute hat for him. It is not made with wool, since I didn’t have the wool yet when I started it! I used worsted weight acrylic (the Caron Simply Soft that I like). It turned out really pretty and he loves it. I didn’t make it long enough to flip the brim up, but I like it better this way on him! In the pictures it doesn’t have a pompom on the top as in the book either, but I am going to add one. Kristopher wants ‘a ball on top’. I am working on the actual pattern size with sportweight wool right now and hopefully will be able to post that hat in the next month or two. Let me know what you think!
Filed under Creations, Knitting | Comment (0)Peach Top Knot Hat
I was very excited about this hat! It is the first project that I tried out of my new knitting book. I didn’t use wool like it called for, but a very thin acrylic. It is peach colored and has a sparkly thread running through. The hat is toddler or young child sized and is very cute! I did make the topknot too long though, so it is tied twice. The brim rolls up when it is on, or you can leave it down. The book also has the size for an adult and I might make one of those soon, since it was not very hard to make. Hope everyone likes it!