37.5 weeks

This may my last post for a while since David and I are supposed to be moving on Thursday! I have to admit I overexerted myself on Saturday and I think I still look overtired today in this photo. I got excited for moving and spent too much time packing and going up and down stairs. I guess I need to take it easy from now on!

So, to take it easier I decided to keep knitting. Here is a hat that matches the scarf I made last week. I'm plowing through my stash!

Hopefully I'll be able to keep posting new pictures as these last couple of weeks go by. If anything I can go online at Panera and eat some broccoli cheddar soup at the same time. mmmm

37 Weeks

For those of you not accustomed to measuring a pregnancy in weeks, I have about three weeks left. 40 weeks means that technically a woman is pregnant for 10 months instead of 9 and that "extra" month is a lot of work!

Though this last month has been especially uncomfortable, I have focused a lot of energy (perhaps too much?) on completing knitting projects. I made the above pink angora scarf in a couple of days last week. Now that I am on winter break from work I have also finished the following projects.



I started this sweater some time in January and completed it on Sunday. I followed a pattern from Sally Melville's Purl, though my gauge was significantly smaller than hers recommended.


It was supposed to be a hugely oversized boxy sweater coat but since my gauge was so much smaller (intentionally so) it is just a minorly oversized boxy sweater coat that I can actually wear right now.

These felted, stackable boxes are from Mason-Dixon Knitting. I made them using yarn leftover from my bulky Thanksgiving sweater. The pattern said to double the strand of yarn but I used only a single strand because I wanted to make sure I would have enough yarn for the set.

These boxes are not very sturdy. The largest one is 6"x6" so I guess you can't put too much in it anyway.

I made this scarf following a pattern for the Airy Scarf in Last Minute Knitted Gifts.

I made it a couple days ago for a friend who likes pretty, sparkly things. It's hard to tell from this picture but the scarf is both pretty and sparkly, and not to mention quite airy with its eyelet rows.

36 Weeks

I had a lovely weekend filled with baby showering by my friends and fellow dancers. I had such a fun time that I temporarily forgot how big I feel and how hard it is to move around. It has actually become difficult to remain seated comfortably. I supposedly have four weeks left and one of them is a winter vacation week from work that I am so looking forward to.

My mother made this blanket for Baby.

Maybe I can use it for awhile?

I'm the one on the left, with the 41.5" belly.

It never occurred to me that my shadow has grown.

Good thing I won't be playing shadow tag anytime soon.

35 Weeks

A sunny, yet cold afternoon.

Yes, that's right folks. I lounge after work. Look at me, lounging on the sofa, basking in the glowing sun, sipping a glass of chianti...wait a minute. I'm not lounging. I'm struggling to stay vertical, becoming slightly overheated in the sun and desiring to change out of my work clothes, watching a Friends rerun and going back to the kitchen for more snacks at commercial breaks and sipping nothing but getting thirsty for some orange juice or maybe milk. Ahhh, the pregnant life.

Oh, yeah. I'm knitting, too. I finished this square yesterday. All the dancers in the group I'm in decided to knit or crochet squares to sew together into a quilt for one of our fellow dancers. I found the following pattern in Vogue Knitting and it's called the Tree of Life.

Note to knitters: this photo was taken pre-blocking.

I'm currently knitting stackable felted boxes out of left over yarn from my Thanksgiving sweater. They may be ready for viewing next week.

In other news, I've been quite uncomfortable lately- mostly when I sit for a long time or stand for a short time. So my days are filled with a constant up and down reminiscent of Sunday services. Dancing was fun last night, and walking is generally pleasant. Yoga is relaxing, and sleeping was, until last night, mostly uninterrupted. I'm starting to think that waking up in the middle of the night is Nature's way of training me to wake up for infant care.

Baby's legs poke out my right side and it's so fun to see them bump my clothes that I forget all my discomfort and sleeplessness.