I finished up the Pebble Vest for my baby boy. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out.
I do still need to find some buttons for it. That’s always the hardest part for me to find, for some reason I am really picky about buttons.
It’s got buttonholes going down one side and on one strap, so I don’t have to pull anything over his head. I am thinking maybe wooden buttons to go on it? I think it’d be hard to match any of the blues/greens that are going on in this vest. What do you think?
Ok, can I show you guys something? Remember a few days ago where I was showing you all of the different projects that I had going, and that I was saying how I shouldn’t start anymore, at least not until I get some other things finished? Well… I just got so excited about the Aidez sweater that I had to get started on it. I DID however, finish the vest and the Purple Lemon Curd hat, so I felt a bit more justified in casting on.
So… are you ready? I’m really excited about this.(I just cast this on on Saturday afternoon and I’ve already got over 1/2 of the back done.)
Ok, just so you know, the lighting in my kitchen is all wonky right now and the color is not nearly that orange. Seriously, that looks like a pumpkin and it’s definitely not that color. It’s much softer. It really is a pretty color, I swear.
I just wanted to show you guys my progress. I pretty much spent the majority of yesterday knitting this. It was a pretty decent weekend, to tell you the truth. And I had my first honest-to-goodness pregnancy craving yesterday. I needed Jo-Jo’s in a bad way. I don’t know if everyone calls them Jo-Jo’s or if that’s just a Gronewold thing, but either way they’re just seasoned potato wedges and when dipped in ranch dressing are really, really yummy. But back to knitting…
So, we’ll see if I keep on being obsessed with knitting this, if so it should be finished by sometime next week. (Juuuust kidding) My goal is just to have it done by the time the baby is born, and that gives me a bit more than 3 months to finish it. It’s going to be my ‘lounging around the house’ sweater. And it doesn’t even need to fit perfectly because there are no buttons, snaps or closures in the front, it’s just nice and loose, so I won’t be freaking out that it won’t fit immediately after giving birth.
So, um… ta-da? What do you think?
So, for my birthday my momma took me to Yellow House Yarns (the cutest little yarn store I’ve EVER seen!) and told me to pick out something I liked. Talk about pressure. Strolling through an entire room filled floor to ceiling with delicious Cascade yarns, in every color of the rainbow. Not even kidding. It was overwhelming. Erika and I pawed around at the yarns deciding what to get and after much deliberation I still didn’t know what I wanted to get, so I just eventually grabbed some colors that looked good and decided that I’ll figure out what I want to make with them when I got home. So, without further ado, here is my loot!
Some Cascade 220 in Gray.
I am thinking that with this, I will make the Baby Sophisticate (Picture below, property of Ravelry.com). Maybe. Or maybe not. I can’t decide.
And next I got some Cascade 220 Sport in Pumpkin. Delicious, no? Just perfect for my fall baby, right?
At first I was thinking all kinds of fun thoughts of knitting my son a pumpkin outfit for Halloween, but the more I thought about it I decided that was probably a silly idea and I have no idea how to knit a pumpkin costume anyway. So I think I’ll make him the Simple Hooded Cardigan which I’ve made for a few other people and really loved. (Picture property of Lion Brand Yarn)
And last but not least I got some Cascade 220 Heathers, in this beautiful soft blue. I am thinking I’ll make something for myself out of this one.
Now, what to make, what to make… I’ve got some ideas floating around in my head. See, I COULD get some more of it and make that into my Aidez sweater.. that would be gorgeous, right? Or maybe I will make this Little Ruffle scarf. I think that the Heather yarn will make for a really pretty scarf.(Photo from Ravelry.com)
But you know, my mind changes all the time and I’ll probably end up making something completely different with all of them, who knows! If you have any great project ideas for me, I’d LOVE to hear them.
Also, thanks for all of the feedback on the last post. Many of you wondered what shade of mustard I would be working with to do the Aidez sweater, and it is actually called Butternut Squash, I believe. This is the color:
What do you think? Too bright of a color, or would it work ok for the Aidez sweater?
I am having a ‘blah’ sort of day… I think it’s that weird getting back into your regular schedule after coming off of a long vacation, you know? Also I’ve been having extremely weird and vivid dreams. Most of the time my dreams are kind of scary (I’m usually being chased by someone who wants to hurt me) and I think that they’re real the entire time that I am asleep and when I wake up I am all freaked out. But last nights dream was especially real and strange. I dreamed that my baby was born really premature and tiny, and I got a very clear picture of what I thought Togglebuttons is going to look like. (If you were wondering, in my imagination he looked a lot like Paul with curly brown hair and blue eyes) It was a very vivid dream that went on for what felt like hours. Anyway, I’ve just been trying to catch up on housework and things that haven’t gotten done since we were gone for a week and a half. I’ve already gotten the laundry done (AND folded, AND put away. A new record for me!) now just the kitchen and bathroom need to be scrubbed and that’s my goal for today.
As far as crafty stuff goes, I’ve got my needles and hooks in a lot of different projects right now… so many, in fact, that I am needing to put a few of the more non-urgent ones away so that I can make sure to get some of the other ones (orders and such) finished within a reasonable amount of time. For instance, I am making this vest for my baby boy, but it’s a 6-9 month size, so it’s pretty obvious that I don’t need to be working on this one urgently.
Also, I am working on this Granny Stripe Blanket, (also for Togglebuttons) and it’s just so fun to work on that I can’t put it down. I love doing Granny Squares, Granny Stripes, you name it, I love doing it. it’s so nice to not have to count ripples or stitches and just be able to mindlessly crochet while watching a movie or something. It’s not the greatest picture ever, but I’ll get a better one when I do the big reveal.
And a few more custom orders for Lemon Curd Hats, this time in dark purple and dark green. I do love making these hats, because I’ve made so many of them now I don’t need to look at my pattern or anything, and they’re on the smaller end (as opposed to a blanket or something) which makes them nice and portable!
And there’s several more that I won’t bother to take pictures of, like the quilt that is 1/3 done, or the mobile which is currently just a stack of yarn waiting to be made into something, and another baby hoodie which hasn’t gotten to a point worth taking a picture of yet.
Oh, and I can’t wait to show you all of my lovely birthday presents, too! (Most of it includes yarn! Woo!) and of course I’ll pop in tomorrow to do the weekly “You Knit What?!”, so stay tuned!
*Edit* Apparently this pattern isnt very well written and a lot of people are having issues with it. So I am taking it down until I have a chance to look it over and re-write it. I apologize for the inconvenience.
This past weekend my baby brother got hitched! It was a beautiful ceremony.
Aaron and his new bride, Cynthia!
My brothers and my dad.
Aaron and Cynthia, just after getting married! Aren’t they adorable?
Erika and Ezra, right before the wedding.
Me, Paul and baby Toggle-buttons. (23 weeks and counting!)
Aaron and Cynthia’s first dance!
Youngest sister, Heidi, getting ready to send off the happy couple.
On their way to Santa Cruz!
Isn’t she the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?!
We’re so beyond happy for you, Aaron and Cynthia! Congratulations!
In other exciting news, my bestie Autumn had her baby on my BIRTHDAY! How exciting is that? The best birthday present ever! Welcome to the world, Ezra William!
Isn’t he just a perfect little bundle of cuteness? I got a chance to snuggle him and get my baby quota for the month.
We’re going to take advantage of the rest of our vacation and do a little shopping! Hope you all had a grand weekend and Mother’s Day!
It’s my birthday today (the big 25!), and on the eve of my birthday I got a birthday present. I got to look at my cute little baby for an hour!
So that’s not my newest ultrasound picture, because I didn’t get around to scanning them quite yet because I’ve been busy packing for our trip to Tacoma! I am so excited because my baby brother is getting married on Saturday and then the weekend afterward Paul’s friend Eric is getting married in Portland, so we are just making a week of it and heading out of town. I am so excited to be getting out of Moscow for a bit! And I haven’t seen my friends in what feels like ages (It’s really only been about 3 months, but it feels like forever, plus I’ve pretty much doubled in size since then!)
Speaking of doubling in size… apparently my baby is huge. He is measuring 2 weeks above his gestational age. The ultrasound tech told me that babies his age are typically around the 13-14 ounce mark, where mine was measuring nearly a pound and a half! She said if he keeps growing at this rate we might end up with a 12-13 pounder. Eek. Although, I have heard of that happening to several people and by the time 40 weeks rolls around they are average 7-8 pound babies, so I am trying not to freak out about having a giant baby! (But Paul’s mom has mentioned a few times that Tongs apparently just have big babies…) But also in good news, he’s perfectly healthy and it took a long time to get a good picture of him because he was super active! The tech said she hasn’t ever seen a baby quite as active as Togglebuttons, at least not this early in the pregnancy. He was dancing and squirming around in there so much that it was making me laugh, which in turn made him dance around all the more!
Well, we are off, so blogging might be a bit light around here for the next week as we will be enjoying some vacation time (and Paul will be done with school for the summer, and I’ll get my husband back!) I’m so excited! (but not super excited to spend 6 hours in a car… I’m thinking there will be a lot of bathroom breaks!) I’ll try to come back and post some pictures of the lovely wedding later this week. Have a great weekend!
I finished another project today. A ripple blanket in fun, retro colors.
Ok, that was just a little teaser for you… the whole thing makes me a bit dizzy, so I thought I would just show you a bit of it. Are you ready?
Hmm, looking at it now it looks like the top right grew a little faster than the rest of it, but pretend you don’t see it, ok?
Mmm, how I love the soothing crocheting motion of making the ripples.
It’s quite big, for a ripple blanket. Bigger than the rest I’ve made, at least.
And I am so glad that it’s finished. It’s been taking up the corner of my couch for way too long.
Ok, so I actually finished something! Huzzah, huzzah!
Um, don’t mind all of the broken capillaries all over my face. I spent the better part of yesterday curled up on the bathroom floor, which was totally awesome… but luckily I have an amazing husband who is at my beck and call. Guys, that man is just amazing, let me tell you. I know if someone was throwing up in my bathroom I would be as far away as I could, but he stands there, holds my hair back, gets me glasses of water and carries me back to bed. What a guy, I tell you.
So, what I need from YOU is to help me name it. As you know I am not super creative with naming and I want to have a good name for this hat, and I’ll be sharing the pattern with you all really soon, too!
It’s been a while since I wrote up a pattern for you guys, so I am excited about this. I love getting feedback on them and I absolutely LOVE it when people send me pictures of the things that they’ve made with my patterns. Seriously, it’s so fun to see them, so if you have made any of them let me know and send me pictures! I love love love it.
So pretty please, let me know of a cool name for this hat pattern and maybe you will get something special. Just maybe. I can’t guarantee anything since I’ve got a several custom orders in the works right now, but maybe you’ll get lucky and get your own little Knittybutton handmade item.
Ok, so I need to get off my keister and get to work cleaning my house (because that sort of thing takes a backseat when you are sick, you know.) and start getting things in order for our vacation at the end of this week. Woo! This weekend for my brothers wedding in Tacoma on Saturday and then on Wednesday we are headed down to Portland area for ANOTHER wedding that Paul is in for one of his good friends so I am really looking forward to 9 days of NOT being in Moscow. That’s right, we’re getting the heck outta Dodge!
So I am almost at the 22 Week mark! Sleeping has been getting a bit harder, especially since I have always been a stomach sleeper, which obviously doesn’t really work when your belly is sticking out so far.
I’m still choosing to do the black and white pictures since my skin hasn’t been really very pretty lately…
I’ve even started waddling a little bit. It’s kind of embarrassing, but you gotta do what you gotta do. It’s not because my stomach is so big, it’s just because of the pressure pushing on my lower back. I know it makes people look at me funny, but you know, pregnant women just kind of get to do what they want, right?
Sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately, other things have been taking priority. I think I’ve started the ‘nesting phase’ this week… This morning I did the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed the house, scrubbed the bathroom, folded laundry, cleaned our bedroom, sorted my fabric, cleaned the craft room and tidied up Paul’s study area, and that was all before Paul got home for his lunch break, so I think that was a pretty productive day. So now I have to run some errands and pick up some extra guitar picks for my husband because he’s playing at an Open Mic night tonight. Sadly I still have no voice because I’ve been sick for the past week, or else I’d be singing alongside him… maybe next week.
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