Welcomed Home

Last night I was welcomed home from a week away with work to a plethora of congratulations.  Thanks so much for the excitement you share with me!

Today will be a day spent in my 'Summer Studio" working on a new pattern.


Just me, my baby (who started making it's presence known with little kicks just this week), and a few balls of yarn. 

Hope you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend!

Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun...

...especially when I am the one who has to keep them!  For the past few months I have been keeping a pretty big secret from all of my readers.  I think it's finally time to come clean.

Some of you have actually caught on.  Maybe this tipped you off:



Maybe it was this:


Maybe it's because you are wondering why I never give any updates on my basement renovation(seems I haven't been working on it too much, hmmm... )


Or maybe it was the fact that my blogging efforts in April and May were severely lacking. It's true, I wasn't feeling so well, and as you have probably guessed by now, we are expecting our first baby in November!

We are beyond excited, and I'm so glad to finally be sharing the news.  I am currently 17 weeks along, and a little baby bump did start showing in the past few days:



Ok, I know, it's not much- but it's a start!

The delay on telling was mostly due to the fact that I didn't tell work until this week.  I don't see everyone I work with all the time, but this week I am away at our National meeting and finally letting the cat out of the bag!  I figured I would be showing a little more by this time, and I would have to tell them.  Either way, I think it's about time!

Eye-less and Ear-less

Many of you were able to spot Elijah right away from my group WIP photo.  You may have noticed that, although almost finished he wasn't quite there.  Now, two weeks later- there is nothing new to show, except a picture of Elijah by himself, in all of his ear-less and eye-less glory.


Elijah will have to be done by this weekend, as he's a gift for a friend whose baby came early.

More info on the pattern:
Yarn:  not quite sure, grabbed it from my stash because it was the right color.  I know it's just from Jo-Ann's a while ago, I believe it may be Spa

On the Needles- Cabled Companion

Last week when I returned from vacation, I posted this picture and promised more info on my WIPS:

Yes, sometimes I get a little side-tracked, but I really felt my readers needed to be a part of my KitchenAid felting adventure :)

To kick things off, I will tell you a bit about my Cabled Companion.  A while back, I was contacted by Charlene, aka Keppygirl on Ravelry.  Charlene has been a big help on the forums of the French Press Knits group on Ravelry.  I have a hard time keeping count, but I think by now she has made at least 30 pairs of French Press Felted Slippers (and they're all beautiful, you should check out her projects!).  

Charlene contacted me and asked me to test knit a pattern she was developing.  At the time, I was working feverishly to get the 3-in-1 Felted Baby Booties published, and let her know I would probably not have a chance before publication.  Soon after the baby booties came out, I got to work on the Cabled Companion. Right now, it looks like this:




Kinda reminds me of a big octopus again- just like my Girasole on the needles.


Remember?

The Cabled Companion is a great project, and a great break from the other things I am working on.  I am using it as my 'cleansing knit' because all the others I need to think so much about (probably because I am designing them as I go and constantly changing things).   If things go as planned,  I should soon have a new bag that looks something like this:


Beautiful, yes?