Monthly Archives: December 2006

I can hardly believe how fast this year has flown by. Last time at this year, I was on bedrest, cranking out the baby knits and hoping all those early contractions would slow down so I could just get up. … Continue reading →

Christmas was lovely… Little Man was thrilled, Knittybaby was teething yet thrilled nontheless, and Molly the cat only hissed at me once in five days: We had such a nice visit with my parents, grandparents, and brother, and Knittybaby’s first … Continue reading →

This is making it hard to stay motivated: Rain and mud in Minnesota three days before Christmas is just wrong. I’ve got gingerbread men and fudge to make, laundry to do and a house to clean. Plus gifts to wrap … Continue reading →

Most of you, like myself, are feeling a bit frazzled right now. We’ve got just a week until Christmas Eve. Even if, like me, you chose to not to try and knit every present to save some of your sanity, … Continue reading →

The boy’s Christmas sweaters still are not blocked. I was just about to do it this afternoon when I decided to give it a second try with Little Man. Here’s how it went: KM: Can you try your sweater on … Continue reading →

First, the good…. Although I shouldn’t just say good, I should say incredibly generous and absolutely wonderful!!My coffeeswap partner, Lia, sent me an incredible package! (Notice those little fingers getting in there?) Look at all the amazing stuff she sent! … Continue reading →

It’s taken nearly a week, but I finally feel like we’ve decorated. Usually the first Sunday in December is decorating day for us and although we started on Sunday, it took me all week just to get to this point, … Continue reading →

First, I took a trip to Borealis and left with these beauties: Four skeins of Atacama and a skein of Lucy Neatby’s fingering weight yarn. Once again I’m stuck taking evening pictures so the colors just don’t look as vivid … Continue reading →

I wanted to take pictures of all the lovely yarn that came home with me this weekend, but Knittybaby is in one of his “I will only sleep on your lap” moods which means all the goodies are out of … Continue reading →

Gee, do you think everyone who’s made these used the same title on their blog when they finished these babies? Details (terribly incomplete due to the sleeping baby on my lap):Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 in rust and Knitpicks alpaca/silk in … Continue reading →