Quick drop in

Just stopping in for a quick post to show you that I have not been neglecting my knitting :)

Life around here has been crazy; with all the dr's appointments, house work, and fencing in our backyard I feel that I have had no time lately. So as I fished through my knitting basket I noticed that I really did have time at least to start some projects for our new baby:

 

This will soon be a pair of red booties

 

Wicked Witch Booties

 

This is going to be a baby blanket if all the garter stitch does not kill me first

So yeah, lots to finish up before I start anything new. Well at least that is the plan :)

- A

Long time away

Okay so some of you might have noticed that I have fallen off the face of the earth. It is all for a very good reason I must admit.

My husband and I are very excited to announce that we are expecting our first child September 15th!!

Over the last almost 4 months I have been absolutely exhausted and felt no desire what so ever to do any knitting. I have been looking at patterns and craving some yarn shopping but that's it. I am hoping I have gotten the itch to stitch again as I have just started a neutral garter stitch baby blanket as I do not yet know the sex of our baby.

I really think once I know what this 'bean' is I will be full blown knitting and sharing lots of pictures with you all!

Stay tuned!

- A

p.s. now off to catch up on my blog reading :)

My friday :)

So I started the day off with making some cinnamon swirl bread in my new bread machine; it smells so wonderful

Then I took the boys for a walk since it was so nice a crisp out after the snowfall last night,

 Then it was time for Maverick to take his nap in the usual place ...

... while I did some selfish knitting

What have you done today?

- A

Done and Done :)

So the quilt is done and I am so happy with how it turned out!

 

Not too bad for my first quilt!  Thank you to all the bolgs and you tube videos I watched for tips :)

- A

Quilting Puzzle

Time to put the pieces together!

Step one: Sew rectangles into strips and arrange on floor

 Step two: Sew strips together

Strips all sewn together!

Step three: Find out what is next!!

- A

Quilting Fun

So I have had a sewing machine for quite awhile now but I have been intimidated by the thought. It took me, my husband, and some help from you tube to get a bobbin wound, machine threaded, and everything ready to go!

I follow 'Luvinthemommyhood' blog and was inspired by her quilt here.

The pattern tutorial is found her on Polkadot Chair blog.

I then ventured to Walmart to get some fabric (mine has these cute fat quarters pre-bundled) then came home to cut them up into my rectangles.

Stay tuned to see what happened next!

- A

Wahoo!!!! Merry Christmas to ME!

I am so excited! I got my own Jordana Paige Knitting Bag :)

Thanks to my brothers wonderful Christmas gift of a gift card to my LYS I was able to go and pick out a knitting bag.

Look what I found hiding in the corner!!

For more info on the bag click here

Want to see another one of Jordana's bags in use check out Luvinthemommyhood's blog post about her Rio Bag!

I am so excited, I cannot wait to fill it with all my things :)

- A