believe it or not, i have had time to knit but almost no time to blog. you see, i really need my faculties in order to write up a post. i can't just jump on and whip up a quickie to keep you all in the loop. that's not my style. so the blog has sat pretty useless these past few weeks and for that, i apologize.
a quick peanut update: she's sleeping much better these days. after my last blog post, she, of course, bucked all that good sleep in favor of late nights and early mornings but now we're back on track. she's only waking once each night for a feeding and sometimes will sleep as late as 7:30 (but usually she's up between 6:30 and 7:00 which is god awful early as far as i'm concerned.) i'm hoping that with time, she'll sleep later. she goes to bed around 9:00PM so the hubby and i have about an hour and a half each night to enjoy the peace. i usually spend it knitting or returning email.
her gastrointestinal issues are also getting better now that i know what bothers her. i can't eat dairy which sucks big time. i really miss my morning coffee and ice cream. i've also realized that i can't eat chickpeas which is a weird one but they really do give her bad gas. bummer. no hummus for me!
anyway, she's really turning into a full-fledged baby! she bats at things with her hands now and interacts more with her environment. it's pretty amazing.
here she is loving her new mobile.
wow! a mobile!
some rings...
practicing hand/eye coordination
the giggle ball...
this ball is silly!
and her gymini.
yawn
oops, she looks a little tired in that photo! more in the gallery.
ok, now onto knitting. i've decided to make a mitered square blanket (i can thank cara for this one.) i figured that each square is a small accomplishment in and of itself and gives me something to achieve that's reachable. i got a grab bag of tahki cotton classic on ebay and bought some elann sonata in white as well (these two yarns are almost identical.)
these are the colors i've chosen. originally i wasn't keen on the light purple but now i kind of like it so i'll go with it.
my first try with US6 needles was too loose which i find strange. i did knit kyoto last year on US6s with great results. i guess i'm becoming a more relaxed knitter! so these two squares will not be used in the final blanket. i also decided, after looking at these, that i will always use white as the stripes (color B) and the tahki color yarns as my background. should be fun!
here are the first two squares i've knit and am going to keep. the stitches are much tighter, as are the decreases. perfect. gonna move onto a new color now so that i don't get totally bored though i'm pretty sure i'm going to knit four squares with each color i have picked out.
i also started a pair of socks for the peanut much like the pair that i made for her in february but now that i'm almost to the toe of the first one, i realize that i should make them bigger for her for the fall. so i'm going to rip out this first one and cast on more stitches.
KP's socks are hibernating. i started them before the peanut was born and now i don't like the pattern that i chose. i'm thinking, actually, about making charade in a man's size for him. whaddya think?
one more thing, ravlery is kicking ass. whenever i have a hand free while feeding the peanut, i'm on there surfing patterns, adding them to my queue. or looking at the yarn in my stash and seeing what other people are making with it. it's really addictive. i have to stop! especially since i have a secret project of my own that i was working on heavily before the peanut was born and now haven't touched in two months. crap. i've gotta get back on it so that i can have it live by the fall. please send good working vibes my way. i need them. i can't seem to concentrate.
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