Knittin' and Lovin' It

Cuteness Overload!

I couldn't wait for the sweater to be washed and blocked to take pics.



The sweater fits her great with enough length in the arms and body for growth.

I also got a box in from my mom this morning. She sent me two books, The Great American Afghan and Knit Noel...looks like Knit Noel is not in stock anywhere. She also sent me a crochet Monkey pattern from Caron's yarn. It's one of the freebie patterns you get out of the store.

I'm hoping to start the Great American Afghan some time after the first of the year. I'm probably going to go with Cascade 220 but haven't decided on a color. I'm not going to go with the traditional cream/off white color.

Yarn & Cute Baby

I made my very first purchase with BMFA this afternoon.  My order was not super sized, though I could have put 4-5 skeins in my cart, I only bought one skein.....but I'm sure there will be more in my future.   This time I decided to go with Tide Pool.
Now on to the cute baby part of the post.  This is what I saw this morning when I opened Bree's door.

The girl is slippin' out of her jammies again.....this isn't the first time.  :~)



Baby in Jail.  I just love the look.

 

Mail, Socks and Such

My wonderful mailman was kind enough to bring me my box from Knit Picks....WooHoo!  So you all can probably guess what I'll be knitting on constantly....yup you guessed it Monkey socks.  I've been holding out on the Monkey socks for my Knit Picks DPN's.  The only ones I had that are pointy are 8" long and that's too long for sock knitting, at least for me.

Last night I finished up the first plain jane socks for myself.  It fits great.  Doesn't Skitz make a lovely background for sock pictures?  This would make for an interesting entry into Sheri's photo gallery "Socks On Trees (and such).  I think this one would fall into the and such part....lol.  Now that I have my needles in these socks will have to sit to the side for now.  I need to get the Monkey socks done first.

Well I'm off to go get Bree down for a nap, get something to eat, finish the laundry, squeeze in some knitting time, perform surgery on Hello Kitty's foot, etc, etc, etc.  My list would go on and on.  A mom's work is never done.  :~)  Of course if you ask Kaity the only think important is to get her Hello Kitty sewed up.  The poor Kitty has a 2 inch hole in one of her feet.  This is the Hello Kitty Build-A-Bear stuffed animal that Kaity and Shawn made a special trip to Boise for.  She bought it with her B-day money my parents sent her.

And now I leave you with a cutie pic of Firefighter Bree.  Kaity had a Daisy Scout field trip to the fire station here on base and she brought an extra hat home for her sis.  Doesn't she look so serious?  :~)