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14 Jan 2011
Ladybugs • Ninjas

Foto Friday

New mom here. Heh heh…

So, there’s been a bit of a gap in time since my last post.  Oops. Not a good start to the new blog or the new year, but it’s certainly not for lack of material to blog about.

I’ve been knitting and tinking and knitting and frogging and knitting much to the dismay of my sanity on the Smaug socks.  I feel like I will be 75% done these socks for the rest of my life! My reason for all of that craziness has been that I was picking these socks back up mid pattern and it took some trial an error to figure out where I was in the pattern notes.  Having figured that out, I proceeded to misread the pattern several times, then question what I was reading, and then finally I watched Dr Who and got a little distracted, thus erroring out on the socks yet again.  The socks are currently having a time out as a result.

Instead I finished up this little project.  All I had to finish on this guy was his eyes, and assembly including the mouth embroidery.  I can now send him off to his new home and the arms of one of DB’s first buddies.

Pattern: Frederick the Frog Prince ( from Knitted Toy Tales by Laura Long)

Yarn: Estelle South Pacific

Needles: 4mm DPNS

Status: DONE! Another WIP turned FO!

In the meantime, there hasn’t been a lot of time to knit as the three of us ended up with a doozy of a cold.  Poor DB had his first cold and while he’s not the first baby to get one, it broke my heart to watch him sniffling and rubbing his eyes.  There have been a few nights with less sleep than usual but we’re doing better after our week or so of suffering.  I’m happy to report that DB is currently back to his usual sunny disposition again.

Next, if you are a new parent and love your tech gadgets and apps, I’ll have something next week for you, so stay tuned!  I plan to review a great little App that was recommended to me via a Twitter contact and I think you’ll find it handy. #Rimshot

As for today, I’ve dubbed Friday: Foto Friday, so before you kick back for the weekend here’s a shot from my photoshoot with DB to celebrate his 4 Month-aversary last week.  (I really hope this kid doesn’t develop any animal fiber allergies, cause these shoots are too much fun!)

Happy weekend, everyone!

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04 Jan 2011
Ladybugs • Ninjas • Robots • Zombies

New Year, New Blog

Since the amazing little creature that is my Dragon Boy (henceforth dubbed DB…) was born this past September, I’ve found it easier and easier to find time for knitting.  Mind you, it really isn’t my highest priority right now given that my days are entirely devoted to his care and feeding.  Well, that and he’s so damned adorable that I can’t stop staring at him.

Normally the act of putting my knitting in a firm second place like this might warrant a few gasps amongst fiber enthusiasts, possibly even a few utterances of “blasphemy” or “weirdo” in hushed tones behind cupped hands were it not for the fact that it’s the direct result of the introduction of a baby to our lives.  If you still think me crazy, I implore you to look into those eyes…go ahead…just LOOK at them. Try not to get hypnotized by teh cute. I triple dog dare you.

See? I knew you’d see it my way.

So, the knitting comes in second.  Yes, that little bundle of joy snuggled in to all of that yarn up there is our little guy.  I took that photo when he was only a few weeks old.  He is an endless wonder to us, changing daily as you might expect a baby to do, and we dote on him with reckless abandon.  I also fully expect him to learn to knit.  That’s just how it goes in this house, you see.

At any rate, I did worry when DB was first born that I might never knit again.  It was a fleeting thought, mind you.  Knitting was a distant memory in the beginning, to be honest.  After the initial chaos of New Mom-hood had settled, I just wanted to stare. all. day. at this tiny creature that needed everything I had to give. I  have spent whole days sitting in my rocking chair with a lullabye loaded ipod dock and cordless phone on my left, glass of water and some food on the table in front of me, laptop and books on my right hand side and a snuggly, warm little baby either feeding or sleeping on my chest.

Absolute. Pure. Bliss. Knitless bliss, though? Could such a thing exist?

After a while, the urges to knit would tickle at my thoughts like a stray hair on the back of my neck.  The desire for sticks and string increased as DB started to fall into sleep and feeding routines, but the frequency of both of these things kept me from needing tasks to fill idle time. There simply wasn’t any time.  We were fortunate to not have a colicky baby. He fussed, but only because he needed the things that babies need.  And still I spent so much time staring at those little hands, those tiny toes, the dark little pools of eyes… I took so many photos!

He’s just about 4 months now, and currently he’s down for a nap which has afforded me the time to finally start this blog up.  When I’m done this post, I’m going to pour another coffee, pick up a pair of socks that I started back in August of 2009 and complete the first of many FO’s that I hope to see this year.  I turned the heel on the second sock last night after DB had gone to bed and my husband and I caught up on Dr. Who. (Weeping Angels episode…super creepy.) We have time like that now.  The more DB grows, the more our new lives find their old routines, take them by the hand and start a new path.

My knitting is finding it’s way back into my life again, and even though the income reduction that comes with EI is encouraging me to spend this year finishing the plethora of WIPS sitting in my Ravelry projects page, when those are done, I’ll knit from stash.  There are worse things to have to worry about, aren’t there?

There will be knitting, I know this.  I am relishing the thought of all the things I will knit for my little boy as he grows.

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