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I'm working on this sweater for Georgia and I was hoping to have it finished

before Phoenix gets here.  We'll see if that happens or not ;)

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I finally got Nixie's blanket finished!  So happy with the outcome.

It is incredibly pillowy and soft.

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Georgia knows exactly where I keep Phoenix's blanket that I'm knitting, and she knows

she's not allowed to take it out of the bag.  So she just goes over and sits there with her hand

in the bag, playing with Nixie's blanket while sucking her thumb.

I love making things for friends.  Can't wait to share that finished project on the blog soon!

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Having fun testing out a simple pattern!  Fall is coming!!!

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Remember me working on a sweater for Phoenix's little friend?  Well that's

it pictured above!  With Georgia's current favorite book.  That was our gift

to bring for Leah's baby shower.  I love personal gifts, and seeing as I made

the sweater, and that's G's favorite book, this one felt very personal and it

meant a lot that Leah liked it!

Leah's baby is due just 15 days before Phoenix, that's why I call her Phoenix's

little friend :D it's so fun to be pregnant with a friend!  I've been blessed with

someone close in due date through both of my pregnancies.

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Do you ever make stupid, rookie mistakes when you know better?

Such as, not checking your gauge?

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I tried a couple new-to-me techniques and I guess I was so excited

about them that I forgot to check my gauge.  I put a bunch of time into

this project - a baby bonnet - and then I realized it would barely even fit

Georgia's doll.  Not cool!  You can bet I won't be making that mistake again.

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Meet Pumpkin!  Georgia's "big sister" bunny.

You can see more details on our regular blog here!

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I am always amazed by how much Georgia loves yarn.

She'll beg me for the skein of yarn sitting on the table, and the

moment I give it to her she's snuggling it and usually goes to sit

down and suck her thumb.  She truly finds comfort in it!

I've decided to make her a "big sister" gift for when Phoenix

arrives.  I searched and searched for the right pattern and finally

found it.  I wanted to make this gorgeous octopus, but figured

I just didn't have the time to focus on it before October.  So, my

next favorite animal that I found was this Big Cuddly Bunny.

I really think Georgia will love it.  So far it is turning out well

and I haven't had any problems with it (we'll see how I do when

I get to the ears).  It's knitting up rather quickly and easily! :)

I'm using a lightweight ring as my stitch marker since I don't

have any jumbo stitch markers.  Hey... you do what you gotta

do... and it works!

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Knitting... knitting... knitting...

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This is what happens when I let Georgia carry around a hank of yarn for a week.

A tangled mess, I tell ya.  Although, I'm getting pretty good at untangling yarn ;)

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Finishing up Baby Lynn's sweater.  I'm not sure why I always

avoided things with buttons... they're not hard at all!  These pins

are marking the spots where buttons needed to go :)

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Another sweater in the works!  This one is for Phoenix's friend that's

due 2 weeks before her :)  It's knitting up quicker than Nixie's, I think

mainly because I'm familiar with the pattern and don't have to think

about it nearly as much.  I can just knit away!  :D

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Finally got Phoenix's name picture on her blanket :)

The blanket's not done yet (I'm just working on it here

and there) but it's coming along!  I'm loving this yarn.

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I finished Phoenix's sweater on Sunday!  I posted about it here.

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Have I ever mentioned how much I love cats and knitting?

I guess I'm a Grandma at heart ;)

Apparently sometimes, it can be difficult to keep your butt

on the couch.

I've really been enjoying knitting some things for Phoenix!

Here are her blanket and sweater, both a work in progress.

I can't wait to show her off with the finished products!  :D

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Just a chill Sunday afternoon.  Knitting for my little one in utero

with my favorite female cat :)

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Here is Cove's blanket!  I'll post more pictures on our family blog soon (and

link to them here, once they're posted).

She is a girl after my own heart.  Thoroughly enjoying the Knit Picks catalog.

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"Aah?" meaning "on" or "off" (you just have to decide for yourself which one

she's asking for).  She can't quite reach the switch, but she'll bring things over

to stand on if you won't come over to switch the light for her.

This is a peak at a baby blanket I just made for Ben's cousin's baby (due this month)!

I'll post more pictures in a minute.  I finished it at night and didn't have good lighting

to get full on shots of it.  I took it outside the next day :)

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YARN!

I received a Knit Picks order in the mail today!  I love getting yarn!  I love yarn!

The first photo is black and white because there is yarn in there to make a gift, and

it's a surprise.  But the second picture, that beautiful yarn is going to be turned into

a sweet little sweater for Theo*!  Yippee!  Seriously, so excited here.  Even Georgia

was excited.  She is a girl after my own heart.  She loves things made of yarn.  She

once had her aunties' baby doll who was wearing a sweater, and she came over to

me mumbling something, trying to ask me to do something.  So I thought, "Oh, she

wants the sweater off." so I took the sweater off and gave her the baby.  She dropped

the baby and reached for the sweater.  She just wanted the sweater... not the baby.

She also pushes her blankets around in her stroller more often than babies or animals.

edit: *Now that we've discovered we're expecting a girl and not a boy, I will most
likely save that yarn for a future boy's baby sweater! :)

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And it's finished!  Other than a tiny (super easy) mouse, I think

that's the quickest I've ever completed a knitting project :)

This is obviously small too, but it was more complicated than

the little mouse.  I'm really beginning to love knitting with

double pointed needles!

I hope the little baby I knitted this for enjoys it!