Moving right along

(For some reason images aren't showing up in IE when I upload them through blogger. This means I have to do it the hard way -- give me a couple of days to get everything in the right place, pretty please.)


Well, I did (sort of) finish the Wild Baby sweater. The front, back, and sleeves are done, so all it needs is to be sewn together and a collar thrown on. This is as done as it's going to be until I get Sam finished. It was not done by the time I went to bed Sunday night because I misplaced (and by "misplaced" I mean "deliberately put somewhere so I could find it and then promptly forgot where") the third ball of yarn. But it's all better now.



So Mexicali #1 (there will be three. Two in this colorway



and one in a blue/purpely one. I gotta plan my pictures better.) is now my mindless knitting (I'm almost done with the sleeve -- pic tomorrow!) and I continue to work on Sam. I get the most work done on Sam on the train, but this morning I took a break and made this.

(again, I am not prepared with a picture. The IE thing sort of threw me for a loop. Tomorrow, I promise. Today, look instead upon the Beckmeister. Yes, Firefly fans, that is indeed a fighting elves onesie. It is Rebecca Jayne after all.)



Well, okay, technically it was already woven, but had been hanging around in my studio (aka, The Pit of Despair) waiting to be sewn up. I decided it would be the perfect knitting-while-walking bag (and indeed, it holds exactly one ball of yarn and a smallish bit of knitting), so I crocheted it together on the train. Things I learned from this:
1. I crochet very slowly
2. I cannot read and crochet at the same time
3. Crochet makes my wrist hurt. I'm doing something weird when I tension the yarn to cause this, but if I don't do it, no tension.
4. Crochet is a really pretty way to sew up a woven bag

In other news, Becky continues to be jealous of the yarn. She did sleep a bit better last night -- up a couple of times but back to sleep quickly. Hopefully she'll be back to sleeping through the night soon. Daddy's going to put her to bed tonight for the first time so she gets used to it, since I'll be back at work late hours beginning Sept. 13. I'm going to miss putting her to bed, but at least I'll get to spend a few hours with her in the mornings.

posted by Laura Y. @ 2:25 PM