I've just come back from two weeks of school holidays, or "Mummy and WonderBoy time" as we term it at home. I've made the most of his continuing to nap for around two hours every afternoon, using the time to rest my increasing girth stretched out on the lounge, knitting away like a madwoman. It's quite interesting, really; it doesn't matter how frenzied the knitting gets, it's still a calming exercise.
Here's the first finished object. It's Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's 'Baby Mine', something I am exceedingly proud of completing. I bought it from Blue Moon Fibre Arts, along with two skeins of 'Socks That Rock' mediumweight the day after Stephanie mentioned casually on her blog that the pattern was available for sale.
Tell me that lace pattern isn't beautiful...The pattern is just so well-written, easy to follow and understand. All this, plus the fact that there are no seams to sew, to complete it. None at all! *Sigh*. Stephanie, you're marvellous!
I loved the colourway, Pebbles, as soon as I saw it. I wasn't in love with the idea of knitting it in solid cream, green or yellow (all the 'safe' colours!), but when I saw Pebbles, I jumped. Looking at it now, I do have the odd concern that maybe it isn't quite as non-girly or neutral as maybe it should be. Pete thinks maybe he feels this one might be a girl, but we will have to find out the old fashioned way...
The next finished object is a facewasher for WonderBoy. Lately he's been into using the facewasher in the shower to pretend to be different things. When he scrunches the washer up and places it in a ball on his head, he says "Look Mummy, I'm a potato!"... Surreal. He then wraps it around his neck and tells me he's "a man". When I asked him how he's a man, he explained to me that the washer is his 'black tie'. I think he got this one from The Wiggles, bless them... The last pretending is with the washer around his neck again. This time, he tells me it's his stethoscope, which he then uses to listen to my stomach. He tells me "I can hear the baby knocking, Mummy!" and pretends to be my GP checking up on his new baby brother or sister...
I chose the design, 'Luv Bug' for WonderBoy's washer, and he watched the progress of the knitting with great interest as I completed it over a couple of days...Next up, a baby blanket for Little One! Stay tuned...
