SPINNING FIBER

Central park hoodie

I know im behind on the times and every knit one about a year ago, I decided to knit one also. So I had a little bit of a hard time in the beggining but it all came together, i decided to do it all in one piece sides and back. I got so confused I wanted to scream. But all is well now and Im half way through the body. I think this is gong to be one of my favorites for a long time. Next up Rogue.

SPINNING !

Ok so I know it's been a while but this time I really have a good excuse. I have been spinning, Yes spinning. it is the best feeling in the world to just sit and spin. Some of my old friends made fun of me and said they cant believe it, But I dont care. But I didnt stop there.I started to dye my own. The reward is these pictures. So i figured I add some stuff to etsy and see wht happens and so far I got 2 sales. "exciting" I really love the dyeing process its so much fun when you see the end result of your creativity. its so rewarding andI get to share it with everyone else out there in the spinning world. MY etsy shop is ceereese1.etsy.com come and visit and see the beautiful colors.
Knitting is great. I just finished Mr green jeans from knitty not to happy with the yarn I thought it draped too much. I use debbie bliss cashmerino. I started yesterday central park hoodie with jo sharp silk road aran. i love the color it's purple blue very deep shade of both can wait to finish this one it's going to be beautiful.
I will keep you posted.

Sock crazy.

I know I said I wasn't a big fan a few weeks ago, Well lied. I was looking through my draws and pulled out so many sock that I have knit throughout the years and wow I love them all. Sooooo !!!! I ran to the yarn shop and picked up some noro sock yarn and knit with this absolute beautiful yarn, A pair was born in two days. love it love it love it ! But the picture is not the noro, It is STR that I had in stash. Bought it as the MSWF way back. Im not crazy about the color orange but its nice when knit up. I have to think of someone to give these to. The bag was given to me by a wonderful person that was my SP, also long ago. Thanks Wendy? I still use it.

So on the personal level I need more hours at work so I am going to a temp agencies on wed. I'm not worried about finding work its just now that having a child seems like your looked down upon that your all of a sudden you are the unreliable one god forbid something goes wrong at the sitter or at home and you have to run. I do understand from the employee stance but at least give the person a chance. I can tell you on interviews in the past one of the first questions is do you have children? Why should that matter ! I could go on about this but I wont. I have to go and feed the child one of my stay at home duties. I don't stay at home all the time I do have a part time job, I need to make more money to get the personal bills down.

Knitting Crazed

Ok So lately ive been knitting till my fingers bleed. It's so weird I couldn't pick up needles when i was pregnant, I wasn't that into it throughout all of last year, I guess moving was a big part. I was working around the house getting every thing together but Lately I can't put them down and when it gets closer to finishing one project im looking for the next on line. So what im getting at is I was looking through my stash and I came across Socks that Rocks That i purchased at MSWF when i went long ago with fellow knitters Dani and Mary. Im not a huge sock knitter and I wanted to do something different with this beautiful yarn, now that im knitting with it I wish I were more into knitting socks. the indoor picture does it no justice I should take a picture during the day. I love the interlock pattern so Im on a roll. I normally don't like doing the same pattern for a scarf but now that I know it so well after I did the first one I could watch TV and knit put it down and not forget my place.

Crying on Santa's lap

Classic santa picture. My friend Lisa and I went to NYC to see the christmas spectacular, and it was truly spectacular, so we walked around and spend the day in the city. it was a long day.

Me n my Baby.

We took a trip to the city and walked through central park and strawberry fields, thought there would be more to it, but it was cool to be there.

Lost In stitiches

HOLY.. It's Been how long?

I can't believe it. time flies when your so busy with an almost 2 year old. Life is good. The little one is so much fun not so terrible as of yet but im sure she will be there soon. I do miss being able to just get out and sit at knit night at panera but work gets in the way, so for me as of now knitting on my couch is all I can get. Which is fine I am content. I have been knitting, a few hats for little miss and dad. I made another noro throw its beautiful. and a great interlock scarf in a great cotton I found in stash storage. I have to take a picture of it and post. I have to make this short not sure who's gonna read this it's been so long, I miss all my knitting friends and want to see them again soon. one day soon I hope. Hope everyone has great holidays, and a happy healthy new year.

Ok, I cannot believe it's been almost a year.time flys when your busy taking care of a child.
Life has been so great. So much has changed we decided not to move to Arizona. We bought a home in NY, It's all so crazy I know. we were both gun ho on going out west but I don't know what happened I guess our hearts are here and hey if we can do it without pulling out our hair so be it.
Baby its great she walks like a pro. She started at 11 months and now she runs around the house yay for her run run mom for me.

she is so smart, The whole vaccination thing just worries me so much I cant sleep, but she seems to be ok so far not sure about that MMR though. That's the one im loosing sleep over. I really think its every thing the children ingest and all the toys all the crap they are subjected to. I really do hope they find out what the hell is causing it al,l im wishing it was years ago they had a clue on it all.

Knitting. I have been knitting like crazy so many blankets due to all my friends having children. I have a shower tomorrow, one in April and one in May. I dont know where I get the time to do all this knitting but when you are a true knitter you find the smallest amount of time even if you lose sleep. Not sure that anyone will care to what I have to say these days but for those of you that do thanks for reading.

Shawl-Collared Jacket.

I finished this Pattern in no time. I used the extra Rowan Calmer that I had for another project, I love Debbie bliss patterns all you have to do is follow exactly what the patterns says and you'll be alright. I love knitting clothes for the little one they are so much fun Im on another project already it's taking a little longer to knit, im using sz 3 needles I seem to be going no where fast.

Well the Balloon fest started this weekend and Mark is on this weekend which sucks I'm gonna have to get used to his schedule ever other weekend. I just might go today although yesterday would have been the better day to go today will be more humid YUCK! I can't wait for the fall I am so done with summer. I need to find someone to go with But everyone is doing they're own thing.
Have a great rest of the weekend.

Where have I been..

So Ive been busy busy, I cant believe it's been this long. But I have been peeking at everyone else blogs when I get the chance late at night. The little one is growing so fast, I do want another one sooner than later. But I don't see it in the card any time soon. So the little one is sitting up on her own and not sleeping through the night she gets up and entertains herself in her crib and then falls back to sleep and does it again every 2-3 hours it's crazy it seems like she just napping throughout the night and im up all that time listening to her just in case she cry's I cant sleep while she is up, I am a zombie throughout the day because she only naps for 20 mins a clip so it give me no time to even shower, and I feel bad leaving her in her stationary play seat for a little while when I do things around the house and get myself ready to get the heck out of the house. But it's all worth it when I look at her little smile. She is really good when we take her out like in restaurants she just sits there and watches everything that goes on around her, we can go anywhere with her and not a peep. She will be 5 months on Saturday and don't ask me where the time went. I am having so much fun with her I love her so much I can eat her up.

I do have finished projects as you can see Im so happy that Im home and able to knock out few projects ive been knitting like crazy, I started a few things and actually finished them the dress came out so nice and I took a look at on the Debbie Bliss Baby knits for beginners And I got the itch to knit a few jacket for her. The green is for the collared jacket a very quick knit it's knit with an Aran weight. I used Calmer from rowan. I had extra and I figured I would use it for this pattern. So now that I updated all on whats going on I have to tend to the little one she just got up.

By far the best picture so far

So I recently had to take her to the doctor for an emergency visit because she was very irritable and started the not eating thing and I knew something was wrong, I was getting a little nervous so I called the doctor and they told me to come right in, I knew she was teething but I just wanted to make sure and I was right. The only thing that worried me was her ears were mild to moderately red the doctor said that it's all connected that usually happens. So I had to give her antibiotics and she felt better right away thank god. But all in all she is a very happy baby and I love to pieces. I really can't imagine our life without her and I know that feeling will stronger as the years go by.

I swear I have knitting content !!

What a great weekend. It started on Thursday all the way through till Monday. The little one was so good all weekend I thought I was going to be a basket case because of the heat it was very hot and humid and YUCKIE !!!! she fussed a little when we got to the big party on Saturday so I stripped her down to her onesee and she was fine after that. I have to say this weekend went very quick I hate that. Im happy the summer is here but I really hate to sticky days when you feel like your clothes are sticking to you. I really have to take photos of some of the knitting I've been doing Im so bad with taking pictures of my knitting when theres a baby in the house your camera automatically focuses on the little one.

Cutiepie

messy eater

Time is flying.

I cant believe she is 10 1/2 weeks already. She is getting cuter by the day. This morning we experimented with a little rice cereal and she loved it, I should have taken a picture of that but the camera was too far to reach and I was having so much fun feeding her. I was really surprised how well she did with it I cant wait till the next feeding and I will have the camera on hand this time.

On the knitting front im still working on the little dress for the little one, and I picked up the noro blanket and added a few more squares to it, I never finished it in the first place because I knew it was too short and not wide enough. I shall have new pictures of the project in the next post.

New knitting project

Im having so much fun knitting this dress for my little one. It's the same one as Efrat made in green for little miss M just a bigger size so she can wear it when shes two years old. I also started on a sweater out of this book a while ago and never finished what else is new. I absolutely love shine sport from knit picks it's so delightful to knit with you all must try it, I put off ordering it for a while I don't know why I did I cant wait to finish this cute little thing.
So my little baby is doing great she growing so fast she 2 months already and starting to smile and coo. This is the fun part coming up I cant wait till I hear that little giggle she already cracks me up when she tries talking back to me she just too cute I want to eat her up. I Love being mom so much there is not enough words to explain my world today. Oh and by the way we didn't pose her finger like that, When Mark turned around and looked at her he ran to take a picture of her like that we were hysterical laughing.