First off, here is today's belly shot. Joel was too busy to take my picture, so I tried to do it myself. The lighting isn't too good, but you get the idea. We have just under 3 weeks to go! Yesterday we had a doctor appointment and an ultrasound and everything is looking good.
The rest of this post is about all the things I've been knitting for Oliver lately. I decided to make myself a list last week, so I would get a little motivation to cross things off the list. I actually finished quite a few projects because of this, but they were mainly the little projects.
Here is the beginning of my Log Cabin Blanket for baby. The pattern is from Mason-Dixon Knitting, but there really isn't much of a pattern. Just cast on, knit for awhile, cast off, turn, pick up stitches, knit for awhile....and so on and so forth. I ordered yarn from Knit Picks for this project, and I have a feeling there will be a lot left over so I'm having fun thinking up things to make with the extra yarn. The back of this blanket won't be so pretty, but there isn't much I can do about that and I've decided to find the ridges from picking up stitches charming. :)
Next is a hat and socks that I finished up this week. I was almost done making them when I realized that they matched the "Little Acorn" clothes I got on clearance from Janie and Jack. Hopefully the socks aren't too big because they have quite a bit of stretch in them. We shall see.
Next are some balls I knitted. I made them quite awhile ago, (hence they aren't on the recent knitting list) but just realized that I never posted a picture. Alice tells me the orange and white one looks like Nemo, but I prefer to think it looks like a creamsicle.
Last, but certainly not least, is the Blue Cable Blanket. I can hardly imagine how many hours I have put into this one, and can't quite remember what possessed me to cast on a cable blanket with fingering yarn on size 3 needles. I think each cable set is about an hour of knitting. (AND I KNIT FAST!!!) There are still nearly 2 skeins of yarn left, but it is starting to seem big enough. Right now I am more excited about the log cabin blanket, but I need to keep making myself knit on this one. (Oh, and the bottom edge will lay nice and flat after a good blocking.)
Close up of the cables.
