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Homestretch knitting… one more baby hat before labor day

By on August 29, 2012 in Knits and Crochet

The room which I will call a nursery is done.  Now I just have to make it look like one. I’m so excited, I have not had a “nursery” for about 13 years!!  Today will be full of building, painting and organizing.

Yesterday, my midwife came over and we laughed as she checked on the baby and we discussed everything going on right now…a baby very soon, a bridal shower for my daughter on Saturday (here at my house), my parents coming to stay on Friday and a wedding in a few weeks.

I am working all the time trying to get everything done before all the balls in the air fall down one by one.  When I lay down in bed to rest my hands are still itching to do something so I started one last project for the baby, a long tailed baby hat for his pictures.  I never knew what to do with sock yarn until I learned to knit and this yarn self stripes which I had never used before either.  I could not find a pattern that was free so I have been knitting it my way and keeping notes in case it comes out well and any of you want to make one.

I am still hoping to be pregnant for another week though I should have 2 more to go.  I don’t want to jinx myself but I am free to go on the 3rd because the shower is the 1st and Alex has her engagement photographs on the 2nd.  Then I am “allowed” to go into labor but if nothing happens by the 8th I have to lay in bed and cross my fingers because that day is her bachelorette party and she has prohibited me from going into labor hee hee.  I feel like a ticking time bomb with dates.

Hoping to spend some down time today visiting all the wonderful knitters and crocheters over at Small Things and maybe add a few more lines to my little ones hat….but for now, its back to work.  Oh and don’t forget to come back tomorrow for Stash Bash, I would love to see what you have made this week!!

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Stash Bash

By on August 23, 2012 in Knits and Crochet, Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash. 

Wow, I can’t believe its been a whole week since I have been here.  Compared to last week where I shared three projects, you would think I had fallen off the planet.  You might also think it might have something to do with the baby (thanks for all the emails but I’m still here and still prego) and I guess it does directly indirectly.

Let me quickly explain before this mornings worker shows up at my door.  In the last week we figured out I have at best three weeks till labor day and probably more like 1-2 weeks.  As I have said before, I would love to get to the end of my pregnancy which would be 3 weeks but I am walking around like I should have a walker and an AARP card hee hee.  So we have switched into frantically prepare for baby mode.  This inlcludes redoing our kitchen (new countertops, new sink yada yada, more on that later when its is completed), moving a sink in my bathroom out of a dressing area which will give me a perfect little nursery right off my bedroom to put little one in and all the projects that will end up in the new nursery.  All this while trying not to “do too much” and stay as rested as possible.

I have been shopping for all the items in the homebirth supply list (its long) and am trying to figure out what I have and what I really need to get for this little ones first few weeks when I pretty much hibernate in my cave of newborn bliss. I did have an episode of highish blood pressure (go figure, I always have low blood pressure) on the one morning that my midwife shows up to my house for a visit.  I am contending with a terribly painful pinched nerve for which I am seeing my wonderful chiropractor.  So you see….I have a good excuse for totally being absent from here this week.

That does not mean I have no stash bashing project to share with you though.  This week I completed another little hat out of sock yarn.  I made it up as I went along (though I did write up the pattern as I went) and I love the variations in color.  I need to weave in the ends and hand wash it. 

So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?     

P.S.  Its so nice to hear from other stash bashers so if you visit some of the links don’t forget to leave them a quick little comment.

If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or follow me by email at the top right hand of the screen to have future posts sent to you. Tricia (Crunchy Catholic Momma)

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