Tour de Fleece - Stage 3

 

Tour de Fleece - Stage 2

 

Tour de Fleece - Stage 1

 

Quick update

Hi all,

Things got a little hectic, what with a demanding little Bubs, a 4 day work week and an unexpected trip to Texas...

By now, we're already there!

Everything is bigger here, including wasps and mosquito bites....

I'll leave the trip for another post because another event is going on just now.
You may have guessed, but with the start of the Tour de France, we've started the Tour de Fleece as well. Being in Texas, where cycling isn't big to begin, baseball and Nascar are watched, but not the tour. I'll try to catch up watched internet tv, hoping the connection will let me watch at least a little.
As you can imagine, between family visits and a 5 month old being 5 months old, not a lot of spinning gets done. Obviously I wasn't able to bring my wheel, so a spindle it is....

Anyway, you are warned, the Tour de Fleece posting will commence shortly!

It's okay to keep casting on

But if it is not, I don't want to be right!

Due to a broken laptop fan and some difficulty writing a blog post, which is currently still a draft, it has been a bit quiet.

Not so much on the crafting front, so I have a few things to share! As I'm writing this on the phone, I'm not certain how the pictures will line up, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure out which is which.

First up, a sock yarn sweater, design by Hannah Fettig of knitbot fame. I'm already not looking forward to knitting the tiny sleeves, but otherwise it's a very satisfying tv knit, great for mommy brain moments!

Another one is the Wendy Blanket, which is crochet (I know, insane, I don't crochet, in fact, I do, but not often) and is starting to feel a bit daunting... The next section has 40 (40!) granny squares, and then it needs at least another granny square section. I want this blanket to last Luke a long time, so it needs to be large enough for when he starts filling out his bed.

Another thing I'm working on is writing down the pattern of the kerchief I knit out of some hand dyed sock yarn by Helen of Ripples Crafts fame. I love wild skeins and I also love not losing a shawl to grabby Bubs, and I'm hoping at least one of you does as well (your own Bubs, obviously)
The next one is already taking shape in my head, but with the speed of new Bubs related items appearing on my needles, it might take a while...

Not shown here is a vanilla sock, or another sock yarn sweater, as a cardigan in a linen/cotton blend which I cast on this afternoon. Or the Baby Sophisticate which is intended for next autumn. Neither is the small amount of spinning I've finally managed to do with Bubs in his wrap...

I figure that as long as I have needles, it's okay to keep casting on!

A few things that came off the needles...

Tiny socks!

A colourful pullover 

Edwardian Boating Socks (not quite off the needles yet)

A sock

Pièce de Resistance

Not pictured in this post: Gigantic kilt hose for the Photographer, which we failed to photograph before he had to return home. I know, mommybrain. They were handspun even. Another not-pictured-here: a lovely cardigan. It's waiting to be washed now, being the victim of a vicious milk attack.

Amongst things that never came off the needles, except for to frog: a few cardigans for Bubs, who has either outgrown them before they were finished, or no longer has any need for, due to his furnace-like nature. 

The boy glows in the dark.

Trying to get back...

Gosh, hello,

it's been a while again, hasn't it?
During my pregnancy and my new life as a mum writing has turned into something I used to do, rather than something I enjoyed doing. It may have something to do with not wanting any of the happy escape from our little cocoon, or maybe it's just my language centre having a rough time...

Either way, writing a regular blog post seemed like a chore. A bit like having to do homework when there isn't even a deadline. As I'm forced to leave this little bubble of happiness soon (far too soon, who ever thought 12 weeks was enough time to recover?)* I figured I'd start with something I used to enjoy.

These last 11 weeks have been a roller coaster ride with Bubs. A healthy, strong boy with a temperament to match can get himself in all kinds of trouble... It's been a steep learning curve for all of us to say the least!

Luckily there has been some time to craft and even attend a craft fair.
After making Bubs a warm Shetland wool blanket it appears he won't need it for too long now, so I've started on a cotton blanket. I'm crocheting for the first time in a while, granny squares!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go feed the hungry. I promise not to be so long next time!

*the horror...