Wee mittens to go with the wee hat

p=. !http://static.flickr.com/30/91493219_07df4ba6a5_m.jpg(wee mittens and hat for kamryn)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/91493219/ I had extra Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino left over and I couldn’t resist! I still have some – I wonder if I could get socks/booties out of the leftovers…..hmmmm….. And a bit of progress on the koigu socks: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/14/91493220_bb608dcc81_m.jpg(koigu socks progress)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/91493220/ I had better get on it…

SP7 Questionnaire

How embarrassing! I typed this up a couple of weeks ago and never took it out of draft status into Live- Sorry SP! *1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand?* I prefer natural fibers, but I knit a bit of…

Finished Hat and Good Baby News

Last night I finished the “Seed Stitch and Cables”:http://purlywhites.typepad.com/purly_whites/2005/09/free_pattern.html in a modified closer-to-preemie size, minus the little stem on top: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/42/91131016_41afffddfd_m.jpg(baby kamryn hat)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/91131016/ p{font-size:small}. (p.s. there is my SP7′s card on the side in the photo- thanks “G”!) And the good news is that her mommy (Jill) was finally able to hold her today!!!!…

Secrets, secrets

I’m good at figuring out secrets – have I said that here before? Well, I am. Everyone has a hard time surprising me – I usually figure things out. I just don’t like not knowing things, if that makes sense, it really bugs me! I realized today, that I had forgotten to mention that I…

Baby Kamryn Lily

I am asking for anyone that can/will/chooses – please send up good thoughts/prayers/love for baby Kamryn Lily, who at just under 2 lbs, born almost 3 months early, is suffering from an infection right now. She needs all that she can get, too. So could her mom – my dear Canadian friend, Jill. I started…

Sock-a-month 2006 and New Baby

I just joined the “Sock-a-month 2006 knitalong.”:http://knittinmom.blogspot.com/2006/01/sock-month-knitalong.html I figure I could use the accountability and encouragement since I have so many socks I want to knit. I still have my koigu pair on the needles and have done a few more rows, but not much more than pictured in the previous entry. And I’m not…

NN1 Shrug modeled and socks have heels

So here is Angel modeling Niece No. 1′s finished shrug: Front p=. !http://static.flickr.com/43/85731667_2ecc10f395_m.jpg(front of nn1 shrug)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/85731667/ Back p=. !http://static.flickr.com/42/85731665_c9d2b1e251_m.jpg(nn1 shrug back)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/85731665/ Angel’s not really hiding her face, she’s blocking her eyes from the GORGEOUS sun we are having today! And then here are my koigu socks with heels: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/40/85737728_2669e15ed7_m.jpg(koigu socks just past heels)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/85737728/ Here…