Since Baby A has been growing like a weed, and I have no summery clothes to fit her in my bins of little girl summer gear, I made a sweet cotton shirt for her wear on our trip. I picked this pattern because it is this adorable little hippy top that ties in the back like an apron halter.
I used the Apron top pattern from Little Turtle Knits (You need to scroll almost all the way down to find it. I love her stuff BTW) I knit it in Knit Picks Shine worsted. The color I used was Watermelon, which I'm not really diggin'. The problem with the watermelon is that it isn't quite orange and it isn't quite pink. This neither-here-nor-there quality is sort of disconcerting and I'm worried this top won't go with anything without looking strange, probably hideous.
Buuuutttt, even though the color is Fug, I love the top itself and it was fun to knit. Also, it's super cute on Baby A, with her little baby chub rolls showing in the back where you tie it. I even was able to do the crochet border with little emotional anguish, which is a big deal for me.
I just got a surprise birth announcment in the mail from a college friend. She had a little girl last month. I am thrilled for her and her DH, and thought all day about what to make for Baby Megan. I have some pink shine worsted and I think I will use it to make the apron top for her baby. The pink color was named "Snapdragon" and seemed like it would be a purple-ish color but it was straight up pink on face to face inspection.
It was a total downer to get that yarn envelope. It was the same one containing the Fug watermelon and all the colors were funky shades that didn't agree with me. And, the WPI yarn weight measuring tool that I really want for figuring out my yarn from my deconstructed sweaters was backordered. Wah. I just checked my shopping basket at Knit Picks though and it's empty so it must have shipped. Woohoo, good mail is comin'.
Anyway, back to the topic. I am not a huge fan of the pinkety pink snapdragon so this will be a good use of that yarn. I think I will try to either embroider a flower on the front, or knit a flower from Nicky Epstein's Knitted Flowers to make it extra cute. I am also going to get her a delicious bunny from the Indigo onion. I got one for Baby A and it is just the most cute, luscious baby lovey. I want one for myself!
Here is A with her sweet bunny.
Pam, the woman who owns Indigo Onion, is a friend of my friend Alison and makes these organic velour bunnies in a rainbow of colors. I know these bunnies are not knitting related but I have to give props to my WAHMs out there.
Speaking of Alison, it is her birthday tomorrow. I have been especially thrilled recently because she has started to knit. Prior to her taking up knitting, she has been one of my fabric hoarding sisters who sews beautiful things (More WAHM props). Now, our friendship has taken on a whole new dimension - yarn obsession. It is so fun. The family and I are going to a farm tomorrow to see the lambing. When we were there last year, they had lots of beautiful yarns, roving, and sheepskins ( See the picture with the bunny!) for sale and I am planning on getting some nice yarn for Alison's birthday present. I imagine I will be buying for myself too, since that is the way of things with yarn. Fun. My next plan with her is to get her to start running with me LOL.
My plan tonight is to bust a move on my LTK flirty skirty skirt and undersoaker. I need to finish it for Baby A in time for our trip and it has been taking me so darn long to finish it. Yikes.
Focus, focus, focus. I haven't been getting any knitting done because I have been spending my time blogging about knitting. Oy what is up with that?
--Erika
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