Thursday, September 18th, 2008
As many of you know, southeast Texas just got hit by a hurricane. I live in Houston, so my family and I “hunkered down” at my aunt’s house. Power went out before midnight, Friday evening, and isn’t predicted to come back on until after next Monday. That’s going to be a whole 10 days and 11 nights without power. They actually said it may be later, so who knows. Fortunately, my mother-in-law got her power back on Sunday afternoon. We’ve been here since Sunday evening. The boys and I only had to spend 2 nights in hot sticky weather. We are so thankful! My heart goes out to all those who lost their homes and/or loved ones as a result of the storm. Everyone in this area–be well!
Anywho…I brought 2 projects with me for hurricane fun. I sewed the buttons on the BSJ the first night. The next day, when the power was out, I brought out my embroidery project only to discover my embroidery floss had been chopped in various places. Guess who did that. Nathan! I remember the other day, finding my scissors where I never leave them (under my chair!). He must have climbed on the desk and fished them out of their container and tried to “cut” things. the floss is a mess and not salvageable. It’s in little hanks, so one cut makes like 30 pieces of string or something.
I can’t wait for more fall-like weather, so Andrew can wear his new sweater!
coconut buttons!
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
TrashTies just may be what can bring my hair out of the slump it’s been diving into. Sweet Life in the Valley is giving away a set this week (contest midnight Thursday, Sept. 11). Enter the contest here!
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Thanks to all the awesome photos in the English Paper-Piecing Flickr group, I started a hexagon quilt on Sunday. I bought a set of coordinating fat quarters (there were a lot, in a cute little tin) and decided on a cute pattern to put them in. I’m using freezer paper to stick my hexagons to my fabric. I’ve attached seven together so far. I got antsy and just sewed up my 7 lonely hexagons. I’ll make more later this week and perhaps photograph my progress.
I still haven’t finished the dodecahedron I started weeks ago. Using worsted weight yarn with small needles really makes my hands ache, so I’m giving it a rest for a while. This hand-sewing is fun. I hope I can finish it and not get unmotivated after a few days. I need to make a lot of hexagons, so that I get to a point where there’s no lookin’ back.
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
dyed using low water immersion technique.
my baby is 12 weeks old, now! he’s getting SO big. he’s wearing a size 6-9 month onesie. :-O
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Celestine in progress.
lots of baking.
pretty, new shoes.
Friday, July 11th, 2008
I’m at a loss. I just finished knitting and seaming and weaving on the BSJ#2 and am now thinking about buttons. It’s so colorful, so I can’t imagine the perfect buttons! I’m leaning toward something earthy, like maybe wood. I’m going to have to visit some craft stores this weekend to look for some.
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
With an infant (7 weeks as of Tuesday morning, 6:39am) getting all my attention and a toddler doing crazy things to try and get my attention, I hardly have any time to sit and knit (or do other things..). I usually leave most of my own personal desires for the night time. Right now, the toddler is fast asleep and the baby just nursed himself into oblivion, so I have free hands!
One of the major perks of breastfeeding is the fact that I can knit while I do so! For the past week or so, I’ve been working on BSJ #2. At the rate Andy is growing, I’m highly doubtful he will fit into BSJ #1, so I started a new one. I wanted something a tad bit more colorful than the last one, so I chose to knit it in Noro Kureyon! I’m about 60-70% finished with it. I didn’t work on it at all on Tuesday, but I did get a chance to take a photo of it while baby slept.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Today, the boys and I tagged along with Jason to Fry’s. I nursed Andrew before we left, so he was totally into his nap by the time we got there. I packed my mei tai carrier with me, so he slept the entire time we (Jason) was shopping.
At checkout, a woman came up and remarked about how cool the carrier was and asked about how much weight it can sustain. I explained that I still carry my toddler, Nathan, in it on my back and he’s 3 weighing 35 lbs. She said it was really cool and that she wanted one. Then she asked what it was called and where she could get one. I told her to search online for “mei-tai carrier” but I pronounced it “my-tie” because it was only a few weeks ago that I discovered it was pronounced “may-tie.” I really hope she googles it and finds one! I’m making this post with hopes that she finds it if she googles MY TIE CARRIER or MY-TYE etcetc.
