Sweater for Bug

Well, i've finished it. Sort of. That is, i thought i'd finished it. But when i tried it on Bug, his little belly stuck out from under the ribbing... so i took another look at the pattern & realized that i'd inadvertently left off 20 rows of the body by counting the repetitions of the wrong cable! Sooooooooooooo... here is the finished project, until i get up the guts to try to add an extension onto the bottom.

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February Goals

Well, my goals for January didn't go as expected... but even so, I'm on-track for the 101 in 1001, with 4 projects completed & 9 projects in progress over the last 35 days...

Here's what i'm currently working on:

• Online brioche knitting class
•  Hubster's Socks
• Aran sweater for Bug
• Weight loss
• Cleaning/Organizing the nursery, laundry room, & basement closet
• Blogging regularly
• Reading Agatha Christie's The Thirteen Problems (#96)

AND here are the other things i hope to accomplish this month:

• Write up pattern for Braille Baby Blanket squares
• Aran sweater for Ducky
• Owl for Baby Mastropietro
• Present for Baby Lee
• Organize files in filing cabinet

It does seem like a lot, especially for a short month, but i like setting a high bar for myself... more than likely i'll finish one or two of the first list & one or two of the second list, & then something (or a few somethings) not on the list ;)

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January 101 in 1001 Review

Things have been going well on the crafting front, thanks to the crazy number of snow days we've had...
below is the annotated list of goals i'd set for myself for January:

from the "Crafting" section:

- Afghan square -- COMPLETED

- Braille blanket chart -- NEXT ON MY LIST

- Flower hair pins for Margo -- COMPLETED

from the "Health/Fitness" section:

- Go to bed before 11pm for 7 consecutive days -- NOPE (whoops!)

from the "Around the House" section:

- Finish nursery -- IN PROGRESS

- Organize filing cabinet -- NOPE (whoops!)

from the "Other" section:

- blog my progress (at least twice) -- IN PROGRESS (going well!)

I've also worked on The♥Hubster's socks, completed the 10-stitch project (it turned into a lapghan/"hug-from-afar" for one of my long-time friends) & completed the Socktopus for my coworker's daughter (see below): 

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Fastest 3 months. Ever.

Happy 3mo to our littlest guy!

first in a series of quarterly laundry basket photos (like we did for big brother)

#4: done & done.

Spent a couple hours yesterday & today knocking out some flowers to make into hair clips for the woman who runs my sons' daycare. I really love the pattern i used for the teal flower -- i will definitely be making that one again in the future -- even though it involves seaming 6 different pieces... i wonder if there's a way to do all of the petals at once...

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A Socktopus for Miss Eliza :)

Yesterday i put the finishing touches on a plush toy for a coworker's daughter. I'm really pleased with how it turned out (& especially excited that i remembered to take a couple pictures of this one before i sent it away!!)

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101 in 1001 update

Sunday night I completed another craft project from my 101 in 1001 list. It is a lapghan for my long-time friend Emily, who gets chilly at work. The squares, which i think have a log-cabin-quilt feel to them, are made from the 10-Stitch Blanket pattern, but rather than knit one large piece, i chose to do a modular version, for ease of transportation.

Pardon the picture, this thing needs to be blocked badly!

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