I made my first pair of mittens. He has been asking for about a year for me to make them. I finally attempted and got them done.
I traveled along to take some cows to the sale barn. I figured the 4 hour drive was a perfect excuse to sit and knit. I was right. I finished the second one before we got home.
They turned out better than I thought. They are extra big because he wanted to wear them over his gloves.
We ended up not going in to town today. Therefore no grocery shopping for me. I am currently completely out of milk, bread, juice, and a couple other essentials.
Needless to say my son takes his lunch everyday and it is always the same. So what else am I to do, but bake bread. It turned out wonderful.
It just came out of the oven at 9pm and along with it brought my son out of bed for just a taste. Well several slices later and teeth are brushed again and hopefully sleep will find him soon.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/6788/amish-white-bread/
I saw this pattern on a knitting group. It turned out so lovely, I decided to give it a try. So here is my first Ombre hat. I plan to make a few more. This picture was made before blocking. I think it turned out pretty well
I just love knitting hats. However my family only has so many heads. I decided to open an Etsy shop.
Please check it out at etsy.com
I made this pattern for my son with Alpaca yarn. I just loved the snowflakes, so I decided to make one for my daughter in a light purple and cream
I saw that someone had made one with border collies, so I had to do it also. Loved it.
Tonight I got to spend time with the most amazing little girl. She snuggled tightly against me and I got to remember what it was like to hold a baby. She is now 3 1/2 weeks old and it just seems unimaginable that she is already advancing toward the one month mark.
It seems so long ago when I held my babies fresh from the hospital. So tiny and they seemed so breakable. I was so in awe of who they would become and what they would look like. Better yet would I do a good job, was I capable of doing a job as well as my own mom.
All the insecurities surrounded me. Then they grew. Each day it seemed milestones were reached. They learned as I learned. We became no longer a lady with a new baby, but a family. Dependent on each other. We rely on the unity of working as a team for reassurance during dark times, encouragement during times of doubt, and even recognition of goals reached and jobs well done. This signifies to me that it has truly worked. We have made mistakes but we have done a pretty darn good job with these two slippery babies we brought home so many years ago.
As I watched my friend tonight I noticed the changes. She is well into transitioning into being a mommy. Calm and relaxed she new the noises and she understood the grunts. It’s amazing how moms become moms. Is it not?
The days will count by So quickly, Quicker than we would like, but ticks by it will. I can’t wait to see this little girl grow but I hate to see how fast it will happen. I’m sure my mom felt the same and her mom before her.
This was a lot of fun to knit. It is on ravelry as Baable Hat.
