Grateful

Mel from Purling Plans asked what we are grateful for and since my last attempts on sewing were so uhm crooked, that I won't show it (I just added a warm layer to a bunting bag for the twins and it's more "special" than good.)

O.k. here it comes:

• My husband. Without him I would not manage at the moment. He is my rock and he helps so much. I love him so dearly for just beeing like he is.
• The twins, of course :) (although I would not mind a bit more sleep. But both have a cold, so sleeping is a bit hard for them at the moment...)
• Family. Couldn't do without them.
• Warm autumn weather. I'm outside a lot and I love the warmer autumn weather. The smell of the fallen leaves and of fresh apples. I adore the smell of fresh apples. I so wish I could be in New England during Fall again one day!
• Friends. Receiving emails and comments is so nice when you are at home the whole day. I also appreciate, that my friends understand if I can't reply immediatly. I often read the messages with a sleeping baby in my arm :)
• My midwife, who helps me getting better and more confident.
• Knitting. I think, without my knitting I would go mad. I promise to show pictures soon (of the one project I'm working on....)

Parting shot:

The twins and me

Too fat

me, that is. Apparently.
Actually I'm still less than I was before the pregnancy.
Seem that I'm still too fat...
... at least for the 3mm wooden Knitpicks/Knitpro tip, that I sat on yesterday....

it's broken

wwwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

I need that tip for the shrug I'm working on (I guess I'm 75% done). I used 3 shorter 3mm circulars yesterday evening since I don't have any spare 3mm tips (I just bought a set but it starts at 3.5 mm.... *whine*)

I glued the tip back onto the screw-thingy (where it broke off) and I hope it will work now, since a trip to ANY yarn store with the huge stroller is out of question and somehow I refuse to pay shipping for 2 tips....

WHAAAAAAAAAA

unorginell

Hi there,

life is pretty busy around here. The twins were ill (just a cold) and ate very badly (they aren't good eaters in the first place), which totally stressed me out. Let's just say, that there was a lot of crying on my side involved.... And to be honest, I'm not thru it yet. At least the kids are back to their old level of eating, which is good I guess.

So, again no sewing at casa tini but in the two hours I have every evening, after the kids are in bed (during the day, they tend to sleep at different times and if they are both asleep I try to eat or do some chores like laundry or just taking a shower...) I manage to get a bit of knitting done.

First: Leftover socks for me

pattern: Upstream Master Pattern from Cat Bordhi's "New pathway for sockknitters" I'm in the process of knitting each of Cat's sockitechtures :) So far I made 5 different socks from the book. That makes it the book from which I knit the most patterns so far.
yarn: odds and ends from my stash
needles 2,5mm metal circs from Knitpicks/Knitpro
I really like the way the socks are constructed. They fit my fit really really well, so I guess I will knit more upstream socks

I also completed another project with my handspun.

Pattern: an Unoriginal hat by the yarn harlot (free pattern :) )




(the second picture does show the colour of the yarn better. My husband is not really fond of my camera...)

yarn: My own handspun, held double to get gauge.
needles: 7mm ciruclars but not from Knitpro or Addi turbo. They were so blunt, that it was a real pita to knit the hat. So annoying, that I ordered a big set of Knitpro needles :)

I'm currently working on a shrug but I don't have a picture to show yet.