Tomorrow

I get to meet my new niece or nephew....


Tomorrow I get to sniff a soft little head and coo into a baby's ear.


Tomorrow I get expand the list of cousin names when I say prayers with Punky.


Tomorrow I get to wrap a new little soul in this...


Tomorrow can't come soon enough.

In preparation

As you can tell from our last few posts, we here at Baad Medicine Inc. are anxiously awaiting the arrival of better weather. It is currently 0.1 degree Celsius (that's 32 degrees Fahrenheit). The snow that fell yesterday is gone, but it is anticipated we'll get some more today. I'm trying not to complain, just stating the facts.

Having said all that, summer will arrive. At some point.

In preparation for that, I completed my first summer knitting project.


It's a February Lady Sweater a la Teri. I added a button flap as I wanted it just nice and swingy for summer.


The button is from Robin (same place J. got hers....).

The forecast is hopeful for the weekend and so am I.

The Never-ending Button Dilemma- The Finale

You may recall that I was having a button dilemma regarding a finished baby sweater. I dove into my button bin and pulled out some options, but I wasn't convinced about any of them to be honest.

I lucked out on a trip to a LYS in Calgary a few weeks ago. Button, button, who's got the button? Well Pudding Yarns does.

Check out these.....
They are little shell-like buttons with a purple hue. Perfect.

I also picked up these.....


and this one....


When you find good buttons, you can't pass them up.

The Never-ending Button Dilemma

A baby is due to arrive in our family (extended family, that is). The baby sweater is done and quite adorable, I think.


(I do think it's a little too "girly" for a boy though. The jury is still out)

So my current dilemma, as usual, is the buttons.

I give you 3 choices (well 4 actually):

1. The eclectic look

2. The tarnished button look


3. Baby blue button look


4. Back to the drawing board.

Let me know what you think.

Long weekend preparations

I don't work Fridays.

Actually, I don't work outside the home on Fridays. I work AT home. I love never being at work on Fridays. Especially when it's a long weekend. It's like getting a supersized extra long weekend. Good times.

So I started this one with a beer on the patio (in my backyard) and my long-awaited copy of the Knitting Workshop. I put in a request for an interlibrary loan months ago, and the library called me today to tell me it was in.

In it, I found one of the coolest EZ patterns I've seen. Actually they are all amazing, but this one is gorgeous.

If you have a Rav account go here. If you go here there is another version, just not fully finished. Love it.

The black and white ultra mod construction is too nice. I need to make this sweater.

Along with my Ravelympics project, finish Stinky's Thing 1, knit some baby stuff and get started on Christmas things.

But how long do you think it would take to crank out a garter stitch cardigan?? Shouldn't take too long, right???

Right.....

Arrivee a Paris

I made it into Paris. Safely. I dragged my body around the country following the riders with my knitting needles, over the undulating foothills of the Pyrenees to the snow-capped peaks of les Alpes.

Now I can sip champagne and wear mon maillot jaune.

And I think my golden fleece is a little bit more stylish than Sastre's.

Somedays I needed a suitcase full of courage to keep at the gull lace stitch when I really wanted to knit some socks. But I did it. In less than 21 days. I have to say I'm pretty darned proud of myself.

I'll miss my friends Paul and Phil. A Bientot my boys.

So, just like a lot of the cyclists, I'm now heading for Beijing. This time as part of Team Edmonton in the Ravelympics in the event of the Scarf Stroke (why do I do this to myself?). I guess I'd better get off the bike and into the pool!

Ladies.

I want to introduce you to my lady sweater.

I'm currently in love with her. Deeply and madly in love.

Unfortunately I've been too busy to spend much time with her lately.

I've had this to deal with.

Poor me, right?