still no peanut, in case you were all wondering. my doctor says that i'm progressing (as of when i saw him on thursday) but otherwise, it may be a few more days. i go back to the city on tuesday (if she isn't on her way by then) to get a sonogram to see how she's doing in there, then i'll know if i need to be induced or not. in the meantime, i'm getting a lot of sitting done on the couch, and of course, knitting!

speaking of which, here's the monkey socks. all done.

love them. wearing them right now! i made sure to block them when i was done with them and it really opened up the pattern. i know it's hard to tell in these pictures though. the variegation of the koigu kind of obscures it, but i love it none the less. once again, sock #2 didn't pool either!

here are the heels.

love the short rows and will probably smack them on every sock from here on out. i have a little formula for making them look all neat and pretty which i'll put after the jump.

the toes turned out nice too.

these are just the standard decrease (ssk on the right side and k2tog on the left) toe and i turned the sock inside out at the end and did a three needle bind off. very comfortable.

so, to wrap up...

yarn: koigu kpppm (don't know the colorway, but obviously, browns and oranges)
needles: 2.5mm addi turbos
pattern: monkey socks by cookie a.

i'm now on to knitting some socks for KP. i've chosen the gentleman's sock with lozenge pattern from knitting vintage socks by nancy bush using the knitpicks sock yarn that i picked up from veronique. i will probably keep the toe on these but sub out the heel for my short row do-jobbie.

i also started a few mason dixon washclothes with some light green and white sugar and cream i have lying around. if you aren't familiar with these lovely washclothes, check out the MDK knitalong. i have no photos yet.

oh, but here's some yarn porn because i know you all love it.

this is the sunshine yarn that i bought on etsy this week. top: rampage triple dyed, bottom: camo.

by the way, i'm on the lookout/prowl for leftover skeins of tahki cotton classic to make a crocheted rippled afghan. unfortunately, i've totally caught the crochet bug (damn you joy!) but thought that i could put my kyoto leftovers to good use this summer if i can get more colors. if you have some you want to get rid of, let me know. we'll work out payment on a case by case basis.

the short row heel formula after the jump.

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yep, the peanut is still in utero and it looks like she'll stay there for a bit. my due date is thursday and i have a doctor's appointment then to see how i'm doing. if i'm not progressing, i'll be induced the following wednesday. we'll see! i haven't had one contraction yet! not even braxton hicks. i'm beginning to doubt their existence. regardless, she's coming out somehow and hopefully it'll be soon.

i am glad to report that i am no longer sick! my stuffy nose broke on friday night and now it's just the regular intermittent stuffiness associated with my chronic rhinitis. nothing i can't handle. i am also entirely happy to tell you that i'm on maternity leave! my last day was friday and i think that i might have slightly pissed off my coworkers by looking so happy to go all that afternoon. it felt great to leave my "out of office" assistant on outlook and a temporary greeting on my voicemail that won't expire until august. i've got a great summer ahead of me with the peanut.

i have also been knitting, of course. i'm on a major sock kick right now (possibly inspired by sandra but definitely inspired by the sheer portability of socks) and finished the first monkey sock yesterday while watching law and order repeats on TNT.

monkey numero uno

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i'm home sick today. apparently, i can go to work sick. i can go to work pregnant. but i cannot go to work pregnant AND sick. let me tell you how impossible that is... pretty damn impossible. last week i rushed rushed rushed to get two projects finished up at work so that i could have an easy last week this week. then saturday hit and i started sneezing. i thought that it was just allergies but now that i'm still stuffy and miserable two days later, i realize that i caught a cold. i HAVE to get better before the peanut decides to show herself. can you imagine going into labor while having a cold? i'm trying not to.

so, here's a quick and mostly photographic update of the state of things before i hop in bed for a nap.

the brooklyn handspun trifecta is done.

the trifecta is complete!

yarn: brooklyn handspun superwash soft spun sock yarn in winter's calling
needles: 2.5mm addi turbos, magic loop and 3.25mm addi turbos for the hat
pattern: none for the socks and mittens. the hat i used this bonnet pattern from hello yarn

because i know that you all love the care bears, here's sunshine bear being a good sport and modeling them for us.

KP asked if i was playing dress-up. i'm glad i'm having a girl! thanks to veronique for letting me use her icord maker for the mittens!

this is how the peanut's room is looking.

progress on the peanut's room

pretty messy, but almost there. the crib (on the right) is holding lots of clothing and other assorted baby crap until i can get around to sorting and unloading it. on the floor, you'll see the flor tiles i bought. i love them! they go perfect with the room and make it feel much warmer in there. that cane rocking chair was a gift from my parents and i'm looking forward to sitting in it and looking out the window nursing the peanut. it was a little hard on the bum so i constructed a VERY simple pillow for it out of some cute bee fabric i had in the stash.

and now that i'm home sick, i've started up some new projects to keep me going.

monkey socks using some lovely koigu that sandra bought for me for my birthday last year.

monkey beginnings

they are actually much further along than this given that i've done nothing but knit, watch james bond movies, and mouth-breathe for the past 48 hours.

and my dad's mittens using leftover chocolate brown debbie bliss merino aran (no pictures yet).

ok, just a few last pictures to send you on your way. i got some lovely gifties in the mail late last week. knits for the peanut!!

a lovely hat and sock set from danielle.

and i'm pretty sure this is a baby surprise jacket and some booties from sarah (i miss you sarah!)

thanks ladies! i'm sure the peanut will look smashing in these!

and if you're a battlestar galactica fan and haven't watched last night's epsiode yet, stop reading. dude, i'm sure starbuck is a cylon. one of the final five. my vote is that she wakes up in a bath of goo by the end of the season! all of the dialog in the episode points to it. watch it again if you don't believe me. there's no way that leoban could know everything that he knows about her and then encourage her to die without knowing that she'd be reborn. she even said to lee, "they're waiting for me on the other side." uh huh. cylon. i'm loving this season!

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