Knitting Update

After all the promotion of the puppy fabric and quilts lately, it is fun to be able to post about something else!  I have been getting a little knitting done – mostly while I follow Carter around outside as he is exploring.  He doesn’t really like to sit still and play at something with me.  He prefers to go from one thing another, always so interested in what is around the next corner.  To keep from getting bored, I carry around a small knitting project and work on it here and there.  Sometimes it is only a row or two, but every little bit can build up when the projects are small.  I am focusing on enjoying these last few days with just the two of us and spending lots of time with him.  He has been in a really good mood, so I am really enjoying how happy he is.  (I think that molar that was bugging him is now all the way through.  What a difference that makes!)

The first knitting project I am going to share, is a sweater vest that I knit for Carter’s 2 year pictures.  I mentioned that he wouldn’t sit still or smile for the pictures, but you can check out the vest anyways.

 

 

In this post (and my last one), the professional shots were taken by Laura Jill Photograph.  (See her Facebook page here)

 

The pattern is Pembroke Vest, by Kirsten Kapur.

I have already made one of these for Carter (link here),   but he was really little and I used one of the other cable options.  I can hardly remember him being this small!

I have decided that I prefer the cable on the second Pembroke, so I am glad I changed that.

The yarn is Cascade’s Ultra Pima in the color tangerine.  The yarn is very soft and has a nice sheen to it.  My only complaint would be that it doesn’t bloom (not sure if that is the right word) and fill in the cables.  I feel like you see the individual stitches, rather than the cables.

 

I think you can see what I mean when you compare it to the yarn on the first one – I really don’t notice the individual stitches on the green one.

 

Once it is on Carter, I don’t really notice it all that much.  You mostly notice the punch of color!  Love that tangerine . .

 

If you need any more info, you can find my Ravelry link to the project here.  I’ll be back with a few new baby knits shortly. . . . well, depending on when this baby decides to make an appearance.

 

 

Carter’s 2 Year Pictures

The first order of business is announcing the winner of this fat quarter pack from my last post –

The randomly selected winner is:

Deborah A Manning, who commented on July 28th at 8:01 pm

Please email your shipping address to me at:  hmulder@wecnet.com and I will ship your fat quarter pack out right away!

 

I am so behind on blogging that I have yet to share Carter’s 2 year pictures or even show a baby bump picture!  Carter is already 25 1/2 months, so we will start with that first.  A few of you have been asking for an update and I am more than happy to oblige!  (I will also make a few comments here and there – just so I can refer back and remember what he was all up to at this age).

 

Carter turned 2 on June 13th.  I was so busy thinking about planning a party for each side of the family that I totally forgot it was also our Anniversary!

 

One of Carter’s favorite things to do is be outside.

 

Much of the time outside includes water.  Early this summer, we just had the water table to play in, but that didn’t stop him from getting completely drenched each time we went outside.  I think we average about 2-3 outfits per day.

 

Now that the lake has warmed up and the water levels are down, he is spending a lot of time in the lake.  (We had the coldest winter in 30 years, followed by the second wettest June on record.  That meant that lake season really didn’t start until July)

(BTW – did you see how huge Romy has gotten?)

 

He also loves boat rides – especially sitting in Dad’s lap and trying to drive.

 

He is obsessed with driving and keys.  Not fake keys, only the real ones and not play cars, but real ones.  We spend hours and hours every week sitting in the car while Carter pretends to drive to Grandma’s, the zoo, or go grocery shopping.  Did you know that you don’t have to start the car to be able to put it in neutral?  All you need is a 2-year-old, sitting in a truck, playing with the keys.  It all seems pretty harmless until you see the trunk with your precious 2-year-old in it roll a few feet into the garage door.  Somehow he had gotten the correct key in the ignition, depressed the brake pedal, while pulling the truck into neutral.   We were standing right there and no one was hurt, so we were lucky.  All the keys are now kept on top of the fridge.  He asks for them constantly and knows which keys go with which of our vehicles.   Lord help me.

He is also obsessed with this hat, as you can see in many of his pictures.  Substitutions with that have also failed.  Have I mentioned that he really, really, really, really knows what he wants?

 

He also loves rough housing with Dad.  Everything is Dad’s.  Dad’s boat, Dad’s truck, Dad’s this and Dad’s that.  The main thing Carter and I have in common is our love of chocolate.  I’m just kidding – but not about the loving chocolate part.  We both really love chocolate.  (I read yesterday that what a woman eats a lot of in her third trimester is often a food the kid loves.  Let’s just say this next baby might have an even stronger chocolate addiction than Carter).

 

His other favorite thing is still letters.  Now he is obsessed with all the sounds.  many times a day, I hear him say “Yetters make sounds”.  We are constantly drawing him letters or rolling his Play-Doh into letter shapes so he can tell us what sound it makes and what words start with that sound.   As my husband says, “I think he is going to be a nerd.”  (He’s definitely not going to be an athlete.  When you ask him to jump, the only thing that goes up are his arms).

 

Two things that Carter hates are: not getting his way and cameras. We tried having family pictures a week ago and I am still recovering.  He wouldn’t smile at all or even sit still for the pictures.  There were so many bratty moments that I just didn’t even know what to do with him.  Despite all his cute moments, he can be quite the challenge.  I will show you a couple of those pictures anyways –

 

And a bigger bump shot for you –

 

And the only one with Carter smiling –

I am about 3 1/2 weeks from my due date.  So far everything is going well, though I am definitely feeling my age and being pregnant.  On Wednesday I had a check up and found that I am already dilated to a 4 and thought – “Well that explains a few things”.  Maybe it’s not just my age after all 😉  So do ya think I better get that hospital bag packed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Love Puppies has Arrived!

I’m just popping in quickly to tell you the new Puppy fabrics have finally arrived and are arriving in stores now!

 

I always give away the first fat quarter pack – so if you are interested in this pack and want to be entered into the drawing, please leave me a comment!  I will draw a name later on this week, so be sure to stop back and see if you are the winner.

 

I am working on getting the kits cut up and shipped out, for those of you who have already ordered.  If you missed the posts with the kits, here is what I have made up with the fabrics, cut to show you how the fabrics look made up into a quilt.

Sweet Dreams – link here.

 

Oh Baby – link here.

 

Puppy Love – link here.

 

Building Blocks – link here.

 

The free pattern offered by Henry Glass – link here to the download and link here to the kit.

 

And lastly, the link to the yardage and fat quarter packs.  We also want to encourage you to support your local quilt shop by purchasing the fabric from them, if they have it.  We offer a very limited number of kits and packs, just for those who can’t find it at their local shop or favorite online store.

 

In the meantime, don’t forget to enter your name into the drawing for the fat quarter pack.  Any comment will do – or feel free to tell me what you would make with it or who the quilt would be for.