Yesterday was a lovely day. It was mother’s day, and I got to spend hours hanging out at the yarn store, knitting and gabbing. The group that was there decided that next year there should be an event with chocolate and knitting on Mother’s Day. We discussed, among other things, that being a mom is a 24/7 thing and while we love the little people in our lives, time spent being a woman without the extra appendage of an infant or the cries of a toddler yelling “wipe me” from the bathroom, is truly a lovely Mother’s day gift. It was a great time, and my husband brought my daughter to the park, and then came back to get me. Here is my wonderful baby girl, hanging out with the ladies (and dad) at the yarn store on Mother’s Day! I hope you had a nice day, too!
A long time ago (January-ish) I started infant socks for a friend who had a baby in February. Well, I have another Friend, Sara, due in September who started the same socks, and we were both at the toe, and she needed help. So tonight we finished our socks together. i should have taken a picture of them together before she left, but didn’t think to. i do have a picture of mine. It will be a single sock, as I did not enjoy making this one, and there is no way I shall be convinced to start a second. Sara plans on making another one. I give her much credit!
I am done the knitting on Tangelo, but need to work the crochet. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough yarn, so I must buy a new skein to finish it off, which I’ll do tomorrow. I’ll have to think of some little project to do with the nearly full skein I’ll have remaining. I doubt I’ll use more than a few yards of the new skein.
Since I’m basically done Tangelo, i decided to swatch the pillow I’m making next. The Pillow of Sei Shonagon by Larissa Brown caught my eye while looking through Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together. This was just such a fabulous idea. The pattern calls for Louet Euroflax Originals, which my local yarn store doesn’t carry, but I found some not too far away. It’s pretty fun to knit with, very stiff though. The pattern is an eyelet stitch, and you then weave strips of muslin through the eyelets. You can write poems and such on the muslin before weaving. I’m going to write out the lyrics to Amazing Grace. Since my baby was born, my husband and I have sung that song to her every night when putting her to bed. I’m thinking this will be a lovely heirloom style pillow, that she will hopefully cherish and pass on to the next generation.
The swatch looks great. I am excited to get started on it.
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Could you just give your sock to Sarah so then there is a pair?
We thought of that, but she’s having a boy…not sure about the fact it’s pink. But it was discussed.