I'm a lucky woman. I had to go back to being a chiropractor 8 weeks after my sweet Ruby was born. For the first year of my daughters life, she was lucky enough to be with her daddy during the hours I was at the office. Then, we realized that two afternoons working from home was a little to stressful for daddy's schedule, so we started searching for someone to take care of Ruby on Mondays. We ended up with an awesome child care provider who is worth every penny we pay her. I wanted to knit her something sweet for the holidays... but if course I didn't get around to it. Thankfully, she's as forgiving as she is amazing with my kid. So... I looked for a pattern that was perfect for her.. cute, quirky, fun... and here it is! The Daisy Stitch Hand Warmers! I'm using Debbie Bliss Rialto.... soft yarn to knit with but a bit spiltty (like most DB yarns, I'm afraid). The pattern is fun, easy and the look is adorable. I hope to finish them by the time we see her on monday!
January 2008
January 10, 2008
January 01, 2008
FO in review... or something like that
Oh it's been a slow year in the world of string and sticks, my friends. I started 2007 with a goal to knit through my stash, and I did.. a little. I only bought new yarn when it was for a project, but I also started many projects and didn't use up all of my stash. I did however us a lot of it and that feels good!
FO for 2007 include
1. A pilot hat for Ru 
2. a flirty skirty for Ru 
3. a dress for Katie and one for Ru 
4. a sweater for Grey that he outgrew in 5 minutes
5. another flirty skirty for Ruby
6. a pumkin hat for Ru 
7. Briar Rose (again, guess who that was for!
8. a Bolero for Ru 
9. a farily easy fair isle for ME! (it still needs buttons and to be washed)
10. some new wrist warmers for me (no pix yet)
11. and many many cotton string bags for holiday gifts. and a dozen or so squares for the yet to be finished afghans. More squares are being knit, and I think they will come together nicely.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot.. I knit an udder... who doesn't love a hand knit udder?
I'm sure I am missing a few things, but that's the major things I did this past year. Not my best year as far as FO goes, but I have a sweet girl who doesn't sleep all that much, or regularly, so knitting time is sparse and split with cooking and cleaning time. (and sleeping time)
OTN now...
1. My so called scarf for me
2. A clapotis for kelcie that was supposed to be for her birthday in November. Hopefully it will be done by her NEXT birthday. 
3. I still need to make a couple of string bags for holiday gifts, but we won't be seeing that side of the family till mid Jan, so I'll wait on them.
4. More and more afghan squares. I was trying to do one a night, but some nights I just don't get to it, so I'm shooting for a couple a week. I guess I need to lay out what I have and see how many more I need!
SO my needles aren't completely full, but I have several projects that need to get started. New longies for RU, as she's about to out grow the few pairs she has, and some slippers for her ....
and me.
funny how fast they wear out! My next pair will have to have leather bottoms. ;)
After these few necessities, we'll move on to a sweater for ryan, and maybe another for me. Ruby is rolling in sweaters, since Aunt mary keeps her well stocked in cute, but i do have a couple of plans for spring sweaters for her. I'm hoping for more time to craft and knit in 2008, but only time (and napping) will tell.
