sissy says

slow

that it is.  today at work.  the bad part?  i'm bored.  when i'm bored, i like to eat.  i've eaten almost everything in my stash drawer.  it gets worse.  i'm still hungry!  that sucks.

new projects

it's hard to get back into the swing of blogging.  i SO want to blog regularly, but i SO have little time to craft. lazy?  maybe.  tired?  always.  but life is good.  i ain't gonna complain.  noah will be 14 mos. soon and he's babbling a lot more.  his favorite word is "cah" - which he uses for car, train, boat, airplane, motorcycles - anything that moves.  here we are at the sf zoo playing with the goats.  he looks a little scared but he really had a good time! 

and his first merry-go-round ride with c

noah LOVED this ride.  A LOT.  he cried when he got off almost all the way to the car! 

i do have a FO to show...kinda.

not the greatest picture, but it's a skirt i made a few months ago.  the pattern is from sew u by wendy mullin.  it's a simple skirt with a lining and some biased tape along the waist.  it wasn't too hard (being that there were only 2 pieces, well, 4 including the front and back for the lining), but it took me forever to finish.  i don't have a good picture with me wearing the skirt - i'll have to get c to help me out with that.  you can't really tell from the picture, but i really like it and it fits pretty good!  next project - pajama pants.  i need to make another trip to the fabric store.

and...on the needles...

on your toes socks by ann bud from interweave knits, summer 2007.  hopefully i can get this pair done by the fall!

finally!

c's socks are finally finished.  all the ends are weaved, and washed and are hanging to dry.  this project only took me a year and a half to finish!  only...yeah.  i started these when i was still pregnant!  anyway, i'm glad to finally have them done.  i was tired of looking at that striped blue yarn in my knitting basket. 

"i like your socks daddy!!

i have nothing new on the needles - i haven't now for some time, but i have started sewing.  c bought me a sewing machine for xmas and i've been practicing every now and then on small projects.  i made a corduroy skirt but i haven't taken any pictures of it.  i'm working on the same skirt pattern, but this skirt will have a lining.  oooohhh...the challenge! 

and now

i suck at blogging.  i'm much better at raisin' this little guy.

yup.  he loves me. 

lately

i've been busy.  c laughs at me when i say that (since i'm not working these days), but really i am.  the days pass so quickly and i have been busy!  the boy and i are involved in a few morning activities.  we're taking a movement exploration activities class, which he loves. 

here he is playing with his new buddies.  it's nice to see him interact with other kids.  well, not much interacting, but a lot of staring and trying to touch the other kids.  we have lots of fun!

i can tell he does because he's passed out in the car by the time we get home - it's less than a 10 minute drive.  aside from this class, we have lapsit days at the library and also our mommy and me yoga class on fridays.  heheh...the yoga is more for me.  thankfully the instructor loves the boy - she holds him during class so i can get a decent workout. 

'07 and anniversaries

happy 2007! 

well looks like the new year has rolled on in and we are already half way through january.  i guess better late than never.  a quick recap of the holiday...

christmas was drawn out over a few days - making sure we were with both sides of the family.  we celebrated xmas with my immediate family friday night, xmas eve with c's family and xmas day with my mom's side of the family.  tiring.  it was a little rough on the boy - staying out late, being around so many people.  he never wanted to nap because there were so many people around.  plus the late night rides back home...guh.  (left - right:  me n the sistahs, the family picture, the boy and his cousins).

new years came and went.  i had the boy in bed while c and i struggled to stay awake flippin' back channels. we made it past midnight...barely.

and now...here i am finally making my first post of the year.  i decided not to make any new years resolutions because i always end up breaking them - then i feel like a big loser, so no more! 

a few weeks ago my oldest sister celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary.  schmoly.  25 years!  i am so happy for her!  not only did she make her own dress, but she made mostly all the fits for her wedding party!  here she is with my parents and her kids and her granddaughter! :D  she's crafty!  congrats manang ei!

we had an afternoon cruising the sf bay.  it was chilly (being january and all), but clear skies throughout.  it was beautiful!

my sister wasn't the only one celebrating her anniversary...me and c celebrated too!  it's been two years!  on our actually anniversary we stayed low key and ordered some japanese take out and popped in a movie.  here's to another year c!  :D

the sock.

yes, just a sock.  not even a finished sock.  it's a sock for c i started over a year ago and this is all i've got...

it's all but the toe.  initially i started this with ribbing, but i didn't like the way it looked.  i ripped and went back to do a regular stockinette stitch.  i would have finished this one sock sooner, but i didn't make it long enough for c's foot.  it fit me perfectly, heheh...but when he tried it on, his toes were scrunched.  i'll eventually finish it...someday. :-]

here's the boy rockin' his new beanie.  it's knit with filatura de crosa, miliefili fine in black.  it took me a while to finish because i used sz 2 needles.  it's a pretty simple beanie knit with some extra thickness around the crown to keep the boy's head nice and toasty. 

specs
pattern:  snug from rowan babies
yarn:  filta de crosa millifili fine in black
needles:  size 2

that's so fall 2004.

how sad, i know.  i've finally jumped on the wagon and made on of these.  can you tell by looking at this picture?

it's my very own clapotis!  i bought the yarn awhile ago and it just sat in my stash for over a year!  sad.  it's taken me much longer to complete since my knitting time has been cut down to the boy's nap times and maybe an hour after i put him down for the evening.  but...i really like it! 

i know it's hard to tell that i really like it since i'm not smiling in the picture (and it's blurry...sorry!).  i forgot how hard it is to take self portraits without looking like a dork.  so there it is.  another finished knit just in time for the cold weather.

specs
pattern:  clapotis by Kate Gilbert
yarn:  lorna's lace lion and lamb in brick
needles:  denise US10

do over.

can i get one of those?  a do over?  for the longest time i've been wanting to start blogging again.  i've been lagging.  been busy with "the boy" (his nickname given by the fam).

plus my computer has been wacky since moving back from japan.  finally downloaded the pictures onto the laptop and i think i'm ready to get back into the groove of things!  i also haven't updated because there wasn't a lot of knitting going on for the first couple of months after giving birth. 

the boy used to do a lot of this

now he's doing a lot more of this...

he's sticking everything in his mouth!  including his feet which he just found a few days ago!  he's much more interactive now!  smiles when i say his name and has full on whole body belly laughs!  the best. 

so what else.  there really isn't much else.  a little knitting here and there.  not much time during the day except during naps and a little time in the evenings.  the latest knit is a sweater for the boy from the debbie bliss baby knits book. 

it's a little big, but here is the finished sweater on the boy.  :-D

specs:  4 balls of rowan handknit cotton in grey
             size 6 and 7 denise interchangable needles
            pattern from baby knits for beginners by debbie bliss

3 days and counting

3 more days.  i can't believe it!  i've been told it's rare that women do give birth on the actual due date.  my doc says it probably won't happen until a few days after.  i am progressing - 1 cm dilated since my last appointment.  it's getting a little hard to maneuver around these days - probably because i'm looking like this...

taken a few weeks ago.  i've already dropped and geez - look at my belly stickin' out of my shirt!  this last month has been the hardest.  heartburn, pelvic pain, middle of the night trips to the bathroom - it'll all be over soon.  but of course, the best part of it all...is feelin' him move around in my tummy.  he's got his own little schedule (well kinda...).  i can tell when he's awake and active and also when he's got hiccups!  i love to hear his heartbeat when i'm at the doctors.  i can't wait to meet him! 

i forgot to mention in the last post that i was working on another project.  i was able to finish this blanket.  i've been working on it on and off since i found out i was pregnant. 

my progress about a week ago...

and here it is finished

a patchwork blanket from debbie bliss' baby knits for beginners.  i used cashmerino aran in five different colors; wine, teal, purple, lt. blue, and lt. gray.  i tell ya...i'm WAY tired of knitting squares - and all the ends i had to darn...lordy.  what a pain.

my next project are socks for c.  this is my second try at knitting him socks.  i tried a few months ago, but he didn't like the ribbed pattern.  this one is a basic men's sock with slight calf shaping.