A New Project!

Another baby has arrived! On Thursday, a new little cousin made it (finally) into the world, female to boot!

After checking my supply of any pink yarn and finding it woefully lacking (WHAT?), I naturally had to immediately race off to Three Bags Full (my first time) and purchase, not one kind, but two different yarns because I couldn't make a decision. I got Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in the loveliest pale purple. The color dyelot is 30. I also picked up Blue Sky Cotton in a gorgeous creamy pink. I am not sure which I will choose (if not both); the cashmerino is so beautiful to work with and knits up quick, but you do have to hand wash the finished product I think, or at least air dry it. The cotton is so deliciously soft that I think I want to make myself a sweater out of it! But not until I finish that other one! I still need to get to the knitting group and seek help with the circular knitting thing.

Anyway, that's the update for now - went out last night with the girls and am tired and mildly hungover. Joy.

Knitting Angst

Okay, I now have four garments on the go. One is still the sweater for my daughter. She will be too big for it by the time I finish it. Two is a one piece outfit for my son, turning out really weird and I am disappointed with it, so have abandoned it temporarily. Three is a self-created baby shrug for my son for sleeping in, not done yet because it was repetitious and now the boy has pulled the needle out and I have to pick up all of the stitches. Four is my most current project that I was going great guns on, a sweater for myself - I have reached the part where you join the back and fronts and knit in the round and I am flummoxed by it. It does not look right no matter what I do with it. Can it be this hard? ARGH!