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Knitting on baby time

By on November 14, 2012 in Knits and Crochet

Life is not easy when you are in love with a two month old insomniac, no it isn’t but when they come in a super cute package complete with dimpled cheeks and a million dollar toothless smile, you cope!

This is only compounded by the realization that Christmas is right around the corner (you didn’t realize it either?) and your Christmas present making list is longer than your attention span.  I also just found out that my Momma (who rarely reads this blog) is leaving to NYC for Christmas and while I am sad for me I am so happy for her. (MOM, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, STOP NOW) After all, how could I not be happy for her to go home.  I realized that I just lost another 2 weeks of working time since her gift needs to be mailed to her for her to be able to use it.

After going through my entire list of Ravelry inspiration I decided that as usual *because knitting patterns still kinda scare me* I will just make something up myself.  If you were reading this blog lately, you might have caught my confession of breaking my Stash challenge and buying new yarn.  Am I regretful?  Um, no!  I love this hand dyed yarn and I can stop anytime I want to.

I am almost done with the hat and the scarf needs to be stretched open and blocked and I need to put buttons on it.  Oh, did I forget to tell you that the scarf buttons around your neck?  Yes, it does so I need to add those buttons.

I am hoping to share the pattern if anyone likes the finished product but I need to figure out how to write out a knitting pattern since I am so used to writing crochet patterns and they are totally different.  Next on my list, something for my Daddy.  Hmm maybe something matchy but not girly?

so, I will enjoy my baby and hopefully make lots of progress but mostly just enjoy the baby.  This by the way, is my favorite way to knit right now.

I hope to see some of you tomorrow here for my Stash Bash.  Hopefully you did not fall off the wagon also but if you did I would love to see what you just couldn’t pass up.

Playing along with Nicole and Ginny again this week.

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Martinmas

By on November 12, 2012 in Handmade Holidays and Celebrations, Knits and Crochet

Once again Martinmas is upon us.  I had not planned to do much but as the morning went on I felt more and more guilty that we would miss it.

I told the kids that Momma was tired and we might not do anything special and just have a nice walk since our beloved lantern that we usually use for walks was broken this summer.  They took it well but I could see that they still felt badly about breaking my lantern so without telling them I got working on some new lanterns.  These crocheted up really fast and to make our walk fun, I pulled out an old wool coat I have been saving for something and sewed up a cloak for one of the little ones to wear as Saint Martin did.

For those of you who are not familiar with Martinmas, it is the day we celebrate the Feast of Saint Martin de Tours.  He was a Roman soldier who was riding down a road on his horse when he came up to a poor begger, shivering in the cold and asking for help.  No one stopped to help him but Saint Martin.  He drew his sword and ripped his own cloak in half and put half of it on the beggar to keep him warm.  That night he had a dream where Christ appeared to him wearing the half cloak and said ” Martin, That which you have done for the least of your brothers, you have done unto me.”  This is our favorite quote which we keep in our laundry room next to our chart of chores and our schedule.

and I found a new lantern for our walks that is easy to replace if it should break : )  I love easy fixes and the kids feel so much better now.  Click here to see last years celebration.

The night was wonderfully cool and as we took our walk we seemed to be accompanied by an owl which we could hear every couple of minutes.  Unfortunately helicopter sized mosquitos decided to walk with us also and we had to cut our walk in half to get the baby back without him getting bit through the baby wrap he was in.

We ended the night with our lanterns on the table for a candlelit dinner and tomorrow we will take some warm coats to donate for the homeless downtown.

So sorry about the pictures.  The lack of light made for very blurry pictures but they are all I have to remember this year and I would not want to forget today.

Wishing you all the love warmth and light of Christ.

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