42 down, 6 to go. I think. I'll make 3 more squares of green and buy another ball of pink to make up another 3 - then I'll have 6 squares of each of the 8 colours. And have I have 2 balls of yellow and 2.5 balls of green left for the sewing up and borders.
Spot the big fat mistake?
When I learnt that she had told her that there was a 50% Rowan sale, it was a lucky thing that it only involved a short drive from where we were when I got the text.
So when I got there, I was overwhelmed. Rowan! 50%! Why didn't she tell me on Wednesday! I could have been there on Wednesday! And got Felted Tweed! Because um, muffle muffle balls just aren't enough.
Anyway, once I got there, I asked her whether there was anything she wanted, tee hee. She only wanted 9 balls.
Me, I have 3 gift blanket projects I've been trying desperately to work out yarn/design details for. So now I've enough for one adult sized and two mini-me sized blankets. That would be 18+12 balls of Wool Cotton, 22+9 balls of Purelife Organic Cotton. Oh, and 3 balls of Kidsilk Haze in Blood, just for me.
Pics once the light is better. I'd better get back to this current blanket. Unfortunately I can't mix colours - the gauges of the cottons are just a bit off, grr. I'm tempted, but it would probably annoy me to no end.
Am feeling better, despite this ghastly cough, so we now have 17 squares.
I'm not sure whether or not to add the pink, green and yellow in the mix, though.
I have no energy. I've been sick since Wednesday (I think) and I thought I was getting better but I got worse on Saturday night. I say I think because WB has been sick and I didn't have time to realise just how bad my chest cold was/is.
My poor little man got his first fever on Wednesday night and was completely listless in my arms for about half an hour before I rang the Dr. I normally wouldn't have been so worried, but he'd just had his 12 month vaccinations on the Tuesday and I wanted to make sure everything was ok. Good thing too, as it turns out he's got an ear infection. He seems all better now, bar a really gluggy nose, but boy feeding him his antibiotics every 8 hours is a pain. 830pm and 430am are not sensible times to feed a sleeping baby. Luckily he quite likes the stuff now and will open up quite willingly, but still.
I've been too unwell even to knit much. Since Saturday I've crocheted 5 granny squares. The Sublime organic cotton that I bought in a sale has just been sitting there mocking me whilst I struggled to find a project for it. Good old granny squares. I'm hoping the colours go together better than they did in the Moderne Blankie I attempted a while back. I don't want to have to buy more yarn to finish off sale yarn.
This was intended to be a gift, only a few things went wrong. I should have used a 5mm rather than 4.5mm hook, I didn't have enough yarn, and I believed the washing instructions which said 'machine washable'. Yeah, if you want to shrink and felt it! Anyway, the felted feel of it is lovely and heavy, but it's a bit small for an engagement/wedding gift. So I'm going to have to make something else, something big enough for two.
Yep. Me. Today. After this freezing weather we've been having.
Today was a crazy but productive day. I didn't realise just how crazy messy the ducted heating installation would be. Cutting through the slate resulted in a comprehensive layer of dust over EVERYTHING in the kitchen and lounge. It paralysed me. I couldn't see how I could clean it and make sure WB was sectioned off safely before we turned the heating on so it didn't blow the dust around. Luckily BD was able to come home at lunch to help me out. We also had an electrician, blinds fitter and locksmith. And a quote for finishing the floorboards.
Whilst all the tradies were doing their work, WB and I sat on our balcony out back in the beautiful sunshine and pondered our view whilst we waited for BD to come to our rescue.
Later on in the afternoon, we went for a walk to the park and WB fell asleep on the way home. I pushed the pram out onto the balcony and he slept there for the next hour. Bliss.
So anyway, I'm now a bit burnt but I don't care, the ducted heating is on and I'm WARM.
It's become increasingly difficult to get a non-blurry photo of this boy lately - he just doesn't stop! So here he is strapped in and enjoying his sushi roll.
We met our new MCH Nurse yesterday, and she was just great. She says he's doing everything he should be doing. He turned on the charm and she was enchanted. We're going back in 3 months time so she can check on how we're settling in, isn't that nice?
For those interested in stats, his growth in the last 4 months
Weight: 9638g (+1073g) just over 25th percentile
Height: 75.5cm (4.5cm) 75th percentile
Head circumference: 46.5cm (+1.3cm) just over 50th percentile
Teeth: 8 (+3)
Did I tell you he's walking now? It started with 4 steps the day we moved into our new home and then a few days after that it became a lot of steps. I wasn't looking forward to the walking stage, but now that he's got so heavy, I've changed my mind. Plus who can begrudge him anything, really?
We went shoe shopping for him today, just some soft-soled ones that provide a bit more protection when we're on difficult or wet surfaces. Baby shoes are expensive, I tell you! WB enjoyed it though. He loves it when people play with his feet, so he just loved having his feet measured and shoes put on his feet. I'm raising a boy with a foot fetish.
I've worked out my problem. I want to crochet. A tweedy aran baby blanket. It just ain't gonna work. So I'm mulling over it whilst I knit more washcloths. And watching Spooks on iView.
I spent most of today thinking about knitting. But I didn't actually do any knitting.
I want to knit tweed. I want to knit baby blanket. I want to knit stash yarn.
My conclusion? These things just don't go together.
What to do? I need to stop thinking and actually knit. But what? And with what?
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