I can knit!

It's official, at 2:30 this morning I finished my first ever kitting project. I am not apparently the fastest knitter in the world as one little hat occupied all my spare time for a week. And there are a few tiny mistakes in it, which is to be expected I think.


The pattern is an interesting one. The skulls and crossbones are well executed, but the other X and line shaped blobs I think are supposed to be swords (the theme of the hat was pirates) but they didn't look much like swords either in the chart or in the final product. I do like that it is reversible, so you get 2 looks for your efforts.

Neither Hobby Lobby nor Michaels had the exact yarn recommended in the pattern, so I had to take a guess at what I figured would be closest and was pleasantly surprised when it fit.


If I were to attempt this pattern again in the future (and I might since I was only able to get charcoal, not black, and I might want something other than red) I would get rid of anything that wasn't a skull and crossbones and I would add 2 more lines so it went a little further over my ears. I'm also toying with the idea of making a scaled-down one for Georgia. Overall though I think I'd like to call this one a success.

Yesterday, to reward my near-completion of this project, I picked up yarn for my next 2 projects and a stash of wonderfully soft alpaca blend (it's blended with acrylic which is unfortunate, but I'm thinking of making SCA stuff out of it, so being washable is good). I don't have exact plans for the alpaca yet, but I'm about to start on project 2. Yet again I couldn't find the exact yarn requested, so this will be another crap-shoot and hope I guessed correctly. Eventually I should seek out a yarn shop so I can have access to the nicer things not carried by mainstream, big box stores.

And thus begins the "knitting" tag and a whole new fiber arts addiction. As if I needed another one.

Baby's best friend

I'm lying on the ground with Georgia enjoying tummy time, when Anna decides she needs to get in on the action. The little attention whore squeezed into the tiny space between Georgia and I and rolled over on her back. Georgia turned, fascinated and grabbed a handful of fur. Anna returned the favour by licking her on every piece of exposed skin she could reach. They both seemed pretty happy with the interaction so I grabbed the camera to capture the moment.









This isn't the first time Anna has curled up next to the baby, but it's the first time she's done it in a room where I had the camera easily at hand. This was also the first time Georgia grabbed the fur. She stuck her fingers in Anna's mouth and grabbed teeth and lips and everything she could get her little fingers on. Anna just wagged and licked the whole time. I'm lucky to have such a tolerant, trustworthy dog when it comes to kids.

Yesterday while we were working on sitting on the floor Georgia watched Anna's wagging tail with great fascination. It's fun seeing her paying more and more attention to her surroundings. Jason also reports that she seems to be developing a preference for certain music. Of all the classical music he played for her while I was at derby practice, she responded most to Mozart. When it comes to children's songs she likes Jason singing the alphabet song, but she prefers Itsy Bitsy Spider from me. She also seems to like it when I sing Britney Spears songs. Yes, I know lyrics to several Britney songs.