Latest Knitting Progress

I thought I would share my latest knitting progress, in this case, the Prepster Sweater from The Yarn Girls' Guide to Knitting for Babies and Toddlers. Since Amelia will soon size out of the cute patterns in this book, I decided to eke one more usage out before I shelve the book for future baby gifts.

I have knitted several other items from this book and I love the simple but attractive patterns. The instructions are easy to follow and many of them are bulky yarns, which make for quick projects. This sweater is a plain, V-neck with ribbing on the bottom and the cuffs. It uses Noro Kureyon in color 175. I love, love, love this yarn. I have finished the front and back and almost done with the first sleeve.

As it is now in the 70s during the day here, she may not get to wear this before next fall. However, she is now keenly aware when I am knitting something for her. She comes by and asks, "Are you knitting me a sweater, Mommy?" I tell her yes. She says, "Oh, thank you, Mommy!" Wow.

Although I am sad that Amelia will not get to wear all of the cute sweaters and hats in this book, I am grateful that the Yarn Girls have come out with another book (which I already own), The Yarn Girls' Guide to Older Kids. Yay!

Funny Amelia Quotes

I overheard Amelia pretending to call her aunts on the toy phone tonight. She had dh and I both talk to the aunts, then she took the phone back and told them, "That was my dad. He's a really good man and she's a really good lady."

The other morning I caught her pushing buttons, trying to get the computer to come on. She told me, "Wait, Mommy, Dot Com is coming on!"

I was baking muffins and showed her the tin with the batter in it. As I placed it in the oven, she cried, "Hey, what are you doing with my muffins!?"

Update

That's pretty much it!
I finished one Inside Out sock from STR Sock Club. I had to modify the leg because once I tried to do the cable pattern, it wouldn't go on my foot at all. It is, however, a very comfy sock.

I frogged the Amelia sweater because my gauge was too loose and it was HUGE. She's growing, but not THAT fast. I plan to restart it soon. I may make myself a little sockie for my ipod (very little, because it's a Nano) as a break.

Shameless Plug for Sympathy

Wah!
I have pneumonia! Off to rest, knit and cough (in that order).

Bye!

Less Than Two Months Until Maryland Sheep and Wool

I had better start saving money, because going there unable to spend is torturous. Just look at the vendor list! Koigu, Tess, Ernst, Green Mountain, oh my!

I am plugging away at my STR sock, although using size 0s makes it seem interminable. You knit and knit and get a half inch! Woo hoo! I did myself a favor and transferred the stitches to 2 circulars and it makes it much easier. Thanks, Knit Picks!

We're Early For Once

Amelia is very proud of the Easter Eggs we dyed!

The Underappreciated Felines Get a Pic

Here they are, Simon and Zing, holding down the area rug in the computer room:

I Officially Have a Life! Whee!

It’s been alleged that if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up, figure out whether you’ve got a life or not, and post it.

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
() Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(X) Airplane
(X) The Princess Bride
() AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( x) White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
( ) Harry Potter 1
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
() The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
() Finding Nemo
( x) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
( x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
() Robots
() Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
() Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
() Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(X) Joe Dirt
( x) King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
( ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( x) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
( x) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
(x ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
() Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( x) I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
() The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
( ) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
() Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
() Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
() Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(X) E.T.
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
() Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She’s All That
() Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
() Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( x) The Terminator
( x) The Terminator 2
( x) The Terminator 3
() X-Men
() X-2
() X3
( ) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
(X) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
() K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
(x ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin
( ) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
() Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
() Elf
() Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( x) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
( ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( x) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
() Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
() Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
() Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
() Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
() Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
() Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
() The Matrix
() The Matrix: Reloaded
() The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
( ) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Wow. I've only seen 40 of these, so I officially have a life. At what point do I not have a life because I need to see more movies? Do I get extra points if I own the movie? If I got credit for seeing a movie multiple times I would not have a life because between Shrek, Shrek 2 and Wizard of Oz that is at least 200 viewings right there. Well, this is not scientific stuff.

Knitting update: Several failed starts to projects. My jaywalkers were too big with size 1 needles and I just stubbornly refused to go to 0. Yesterday, my STR Club Kit arrived with the most gorgeous yarn and pattern! I did a gauge swatch with 0 needles and so I've surrenderred to the fact that my gauge is going to require what seems to be way too small a needle.

I managed to wind the ball and finish a neat toe pocket using short rows that seems to be the right size with the 0 size needles. Oh, well, you do what you have to do.

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