3 posts tagged “knitting”
A quick post tonight. It's been busy with work and knitting and cooking and kids. I'm trying to photograph along the way. Here are some recent photos.
Here's some knitting. I finished this a while ago and finally took a photo. It's a very simple garter stitch scarf for Gunnar that I made from Socks that Rock lightweight in Titania's Revenge. He claimed it as his own. There's a matching hat that has a stripe of green in the middle because I needed to stretch the yarn a little. Right now I'm working on a blanket for Jeff. I'll take progress shots this weekend. I also finished the Argosy scarf. Must blog before mailing. Oh, and the Clapotis from Sundara yarn Silky Merino Sport Weight. I just ordered more yarn from her - the sport weight merino in Grass over Lime. It's going to become Wicked. I can't wait to get it.
It's my boy. He was enjoying the sunshine and I stole a photo. He looks so majestic here. Love. This. Dog. We watched the dog show and no dog compares to my Jakey. Or to Luna. We'll blog her next time. Right now she's still on my list for stealing 4 raw hamburgers that Jeff foolishly left on the counter while he started the grill.
Gunnar is mixing rainwater (yes! rain in Phoenix!) and leaves and stuff to make outdoor soup. Pumpkina also met an untimely death in this process. Farewell Pumpkina. It was nice while it lasted.
Annika has quite the fashion sense. Not sure what else to say, other than I'm glad she has limited this look to the back yard. I think she's ready for it to be swimming weather.
Yummm... We made homemade lasagne and macaroni and cheese for dinner last weekend. Lasagne for Lindsay and mac-n-cheese for Gunnar and Annika. It was lotsa home cookin' that weekend. This weekend we're making jambalaya, crawfish boil, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce for our reborn Mardi Gras party. Hurricanes will also be served. Stay tuned for the report.
I think that's it from here. I'd just like to mention that it is now 62 weeks until Jeff finishes law school. Not that I'm counting....
Gunnar is mixing rainwater (yes! rain in Phoenix!) and leaves and stuff to make outdoor soup. Pumpkina also met an untimely death in this process. Farewell Pumpkina. It was nice while it lasted.
Annika has quite the fashion sense. Not sure what else to say, other than I'm glad she has limited this look to the back yard. I think she's ready for it to be swimming weather.
Yummm... We made homemade lasagne and macaroni and cheese for dinner last weekend. Lasagne for Lindsay and mac-n-cheese for Gunnar and Annika. It was lotsa home cookin' that weekend. This weekend we're making jambalaya, crawfish boil, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce for our reborn Mardi Gras party. Hurricanes will also be served. Stay tuned for the report.
I think that's it from here. I'd just like to mention that it is now 62 weeks until Jeff finishes law school. Not that I'm counting....
The kids and I spent yesterday preparing for Valentine's Day - early for a change! Usually we have a mad dash at the end to make cards and it's a huge disaster. This year, in all our wisdom, we created the cards early so we just have to put names on them and sign them before delivery. Gunnar's valentines are shown above. Here are Annika's (yes, made by Mommy - she will decorate them):
There are a few of them stacked together. We made red and pink. She'll color the hearts and add the names. We had much fun with our Valentine production line. Now I have to figure out how to use all of the punched out hearts. Ideas?
The second photo above shows our seasonal display on the buffet in the entry. It shares many elements with the Christmas display, since the red Swedish candelabra and the white hobnail dishes work for both holidays. We bought the hearts on the garland at Ikea for 99 cents per box of 4. They're supposed to be for Christmas, but I think they're perfect for the Valentine decor. Here's another look.
The next project that was started this weekend (but not finished) was an Argosy scarf in the red yarn on the swift. It's Sweet Georgia Speed Demon sock yarn in Merlot. It's a beautiful, rich color of red that will be perfect for its mystery recipient. Here's a close up of the yarn. Progress shots later.
Last on the crafting front (so far - it's only 1:45 on Sunday!) is a skirt for Annika. She has decided that she hates jeans and she hates cords and she will only wear skirts. I put her in a really cute pair of jeans that I bought her for Christmas and she had a huge tantrum. "I look like a rock star in these jeans and that is NOT cool!!!!" Sigh. Being too lazy to go look for patterns, I broke out the measuring tape and the butcher paper and made a 2 piece pattern for an elastic waist A-line skirt. We found some white twill in the cupboard
that was left over from some Ikea curtains 3 years ago that we used for the practice skirt. I didn't want to screw up fabric that I care about. A little bit of cutting, a little bit of sewing, and ta daaaa....
It's a little white skirt! I trimmed the hem with a pink white and green grosgrain ribbon so it wasn't so boring. I'm pretty pleased with the result, but next time I'll make it a little wider at the hem - this is a little on the narrow side for serious running and tree climbing. Of course, it's also white, so tree climbing would be a bad idea. I'm sure it'll be trashed in no time, but I'm happy with it as my first try. Now I need to do the same thing for me. You want to see another look or two? Okay, if you insist.
I hope everyone else had a productive weekend too.
The second photo above shows our seasonal display on the buffet in the entry. It shares many elements with the Christmas display, since the red Swedish candelabra and the white hobnail dishes work for both holidays. We bought the hearts on the garland at Ikea for 99 cents per box of 4. They're supposed to be for Christmas, but I think they're perfect for the Valentine decor. Here's another look.
that was left over from some Ikea curtains 3 years ago that we used for the practice skirt. I didn't want to screw up fabric that I care about. A little bit of cutting, a little bit of sewing, and ta daaaa....
I hope everyone else had a productive weekend too.
I guess it's time to jump onto the blogging bandwagon. I read so many blogs for inspiration and I'm anxious to share everything that I've been working on in my photography and in my crafting life. I'll start with a happy picture of the family.
