FO Baudelaire!
I have several items of good news tonight, one of which is the completion of the Baudelaire sock. But let's back up to yesterday afternoon. When we pulled in the garage from our afternoon outing, Sophie was sound asleep
and Julie was wide awake.
Yes, that's a very blurry picture, but Julie just wasn't standing still, so it's an accurate representation. While Julie played, I made my best attempt at taking an artistic knitting-blog picture. See the tiny little buds sprouting out on the ugly bush in my yard?
I was so close to finished, and I fully intended to post about it last night, but I just got too caught up in the knitting and before I knew it, it was quarter after midnight and Sophie was crying, so I gave up on that idea and headed to bed.
I did manage to finish off the last bit during stolen moments today, and now we have this:
And here is is posing with tonight's purchase while I was at the store teaching my class. It still needs blocking to tame the bind-off edge at the cuff, but I am very happy with the results.
In other good news, I got a package in the mail today from my reader-friend Cindy. I had mailed her the other two skeins of this yarn that I originally purchased a few years ago thinking of making a little sweater for Julie. That sweater never materialized, and I had given two of the skeins to Cindy to make socks for her daughter. Karly has tiny feet, so I knew she had quite a bit left over. It turned out that I needed a bit more than two skeins for this pair of socks, and Cindy was generous enough to send her leftovers back to me. It's the yarn that keeps on giving! Thanks, Cindy!
In best of news, Sophie took her first independent steps last night. We all know she's been cruising the furniture and walls for what seems like forever. Last night as we were getting the girls ready for bed, Joe was playing with the girls and he got Julie to stand a few feet away from him and Sophie. Sophie took her first steps towards Julie, and Joe and I both got to be there to see it. She took a few steps towards me a few minutes later, and none since. But we're going to have another toddler any minute now.
Now, I'm off to start Pomotomus before bed.
and Julie was wide awake.
Yes, that's a very blurry picture, but Julie just wasn't standing still, so it's an accurate representation. While Julie played, I made my best attempt at taking an artistic knitting-blog picture. See the tiny little buds sprouting out on the ugly bush in my yard?
I was so close to finished, and I fully intended to post about it last night, but I just got too caught up in the knitting and before I knew it, it was quarter after midnight and Sophie was crying, so I gave up on that idea and headed to bed.
I did manage to finish off the last bit during stolen moments today, and now we have this:
And here is is posing with tonight's purchase while I was at the store teaching my class. It still needs blocking to tame the bind-off edge at the cuff, but I am very happy with the results.
In other good news, I got a package in the mail today from my reader-friend Cindy. I had mailed her the other two skeins of this yarn that I originally purchased a few years ago thinking of making a little sweater for Julie. That sweater never materialized, and I had given two of the skeins to Cindy to make socks for her daughter. Karly has tiny feet, so I knew she had quite a bit left over. It turned out that I needed a bit more than two skeins for this pair of socks, and Cindy was generous enough to send her leftovers back to me. It's the yarn that keeps on giving! Thanks, Cindy!
In best of news, Sophie took her first independent steps last night. We all know she's been cruising the furniture and walls for what seems like forever. Last night as we were getting the girls ready for bed, Joe was playing with the girls and he got Julie to stand a few feet away from him and Sophie. Sophie took her first steps towards Julie, and Joe and I both got to be there to see it. She took a few steps towards me a few minutes later, and none since. But we're going to have another toddler any minute now.
Now, I'm off to start Pomotomus before bed.
posted by Shelly Kang at 10:29 PM
2 Comments:
Those girls are so sweet!!!
I love seeing tangible signs of spring! I can endure if I know that the end of winter is in sight.
The socks are gorgeous and an inspiration - I'm going to make a concerted effort to get out of my st.st. sock thing.
Yay for first steps! We're still working hard on that over here.
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