Happy New Year!

Now that Christmas presents have been given and happily received, I can share some projects. Here is a picture of the cardigan I knitted for my mother. Technically it took me 13 months from start to finish, but I didn't work on it for about 10 of those months.

Here is a close-up so you can all appreciate my fine work.

This pattern is from Hot Knits by Melissa Leapman, and the pattern is called "Marnie".

Although I didn't make the following items, they are definitely worth sharing.


My mom's friend Diane knitted and felted (beautifully, I might add) this baby bottle bolster. It's just precious! Or at least good for some laughs, and definitely some bolstering. The pattern is from some magazine and I can find out which one if someone wishes to make their very own felted baby bottle bolster.

And yes, that is me with my 38" waist! I think all the Christmas goodies had only a little to do with that. I now require several pillows to sleep effectively, something that the Christmas goodies also help with.

My mother knitted David a sweater.

From the front, it's "Beau" by Kim Hargreaves, found in Vintage Knits.


From the back, it's a coolboysknit.com design by Ryan Marnell. Look closely, the skull is a ball of yarn, and the crossbones? Yep, that's right, a pair of knitting needles.





Hopefully I have given credit where credit is due, both to the designers, and of course the knitters.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

David and I drove to Michigan in just under 11 hours. That's including two stops and a short wait at the border crossing back in to the U.S. Considering my inability to remain seated for long periods of time, I managed to nap through much of the drive and thus didn't notice my discomfort.

Merry Christmas! This picture was taken on Christmas Eve, prior to an evening of enjoying a lovely dinner (and dessert fest) at the cousins' home.

I have had some requests for more frequent posts with more pictures in them. I'll see what I can do!

Getting There

I'm getting there! With six months under my belt, I have no more notches left on my belts, which is ok because I never used to wear them anyway.

We're going to Michigan this weekend and hopefully we'll be getting there in a timely manner. My car is tuned and ready to go and at this writing I have only a few days of work before break, which means I only have a few more days to keep knitting. My projects are getting there as well, but I realize it has been quite some time since I have posted pictures of my knitting progress. I suppose I have had more pressing things to do.


I still haven't gotten used to having to pull the tape measure so far out of its case to measure my belly but it now measures 37 3/4 inches which requires about three separate pulls of the tape. A quick scroll down this page reminds me of a time when getting up off of the couch required only my abdominal strength and not my biceps, hands, and groans. Ditto for getting in or out of the car. I'm getting there, but I still have three months of growing to go.

Mmmm...

I just had pancakes for dinner... my second dinner. Yesterday I had two breakfasts. If my appetite continues to increase double meals could become an expensive habit! To my credit, they were homemade buttermilk pancakes and dinner number one was spanakopita. I haven't raided any fast food joints yet so I suppose things could be much worse.

With a belly full of two dinners, I currently measure 37.5" and it is now getting to be much more difficult to remove myself from the sofa. Especially when I'm knitting.

Baby Tae Bo

I think the horizontal stripes in this outfit accentuate my 36.5" waist nicely. (Thanks, Heidi!)



I had a couple performances last weekend and as much as Baby likes to kick, I think my dancing has a calming effect that put Baby to sleep. Instead, Baby likes to save the kicks for mini Tae-Bo sessions throughout the day. Although it is getting a little bit harder for me to move at this point I do hope to continue dancing for as long as I can.