More knitting for baby

I forgot to post a picture of this baby blanket I knit. I did it back in Sept and Oct when I was in California with my mother, when she was so ill. I needed something to do with my hands while I sat with her in the hospital and at home. I found the pattern online, as a free pattern. At the time I did not know it was a boy; so I knit it in white. It has teddy bears knit into the design, and is reversible. Knit stitch for teddies on one side, purl on the opposite side. I think the teddies would have shown up better had it been blue, or pink; and they show up better in person. I so enjoy knitting, and am trying my hand at knitting socks now.


This close up shows a teddy motif better.


Nikki

Cold and rainy November day

It's a good "soup" day, and I am making a big pot of cream of chicken and wild rice soup; even BETTER than Panera makes, if I do say so myself. My own recipe. We will be getting the remnants of the tropical storm today, and it is a chilly November day. So I thought I would post some pictures of other things I have been working on.

This is my first canvas work project. I bought the pattern last year on a trip to The Stitchers Corner ( remember Cindy?), and have just now begun stitching it. It's a design from Nancy's Needle called Amish Trip Around the World. I LOVE the way it looks, and is something different to work on. The colors will go so well in my bedroom.


This one is going to be a birth annoucement for my new grandson .It's a Vervaco kit and I just love it. The other grandmother is a stitcher too, and is doing a jungle baby sampler ( which is the nursery theme). I was going to do one also, but decided to let her do that, and I will do this one that the parents can hang in their room, I think.


Here is a picture of some fabric I got to make a crib quilt for my grandson. I gotta get started on it pretty soon. I found this picture on the internet and will make it sort of look like this, but a bit bigger and slightly different fabric. Isn't it cute? I figured if I made it a bit bigger, he could use it even as a toddler and small child.


It will look kind of like this when done


I also knitted a little blue set of booties and a hat too, but I think I will hang up my knitting needles for this baby until NEXT winter!!!


Have a good weekend. Nikki

Fall Update

It has been awhile since I have posted anything here. I have WONDERFUL news !! Jon and his wife are expecting a baby, and it's a BOY!!!! They are due Feb 10, 2010. Here is the latest Ultrasound scan she had. Isn't that awesome. Technology is so great these days.



I have already knitted up a storm for this baby. Some of the things I have already given to Jon and Amanda, a knitted turquoise baby blanket and about a dozen cotton washcloths, but here are a couple more things I have done and yet to give them.

This set I knitted before I knew it was a boy. The hat has a strand of white angora yarn in it, and is super super soft. It is a newborn size set.



This yellow hooded sweater zips all the way up the back and is knit in one piece, you just sew up the side seams. It was fun to knit.


I am working on a cross stitched piece for the baby too, and will try to get a picture of that up in a couple of days so check back.



Nikki

My latest finish

Here is a stitching I did for a friend of my daughter who had her baby on June 3. I mounted it in a Photo Album I bought at the Christmas Tree Shop. I think it turned out really cute, and the mom loved it.


And here is a picture of baby Michael who I stitched it for


I have some news to share, but will leave that for another post, hopefully by this weekend, and more pictures. Stay tuned!!!

Nikki

It's been a long time

I haven't posted in such a long time. Shame on me. I have been in such a stitching slump recently. I haven't really done any stitching to speak of in months. I have had some medical issues too, so that has put a damper on my feeling like doing anything. I did finish the Blue afghan, but then boxed it up for next Christmas as a gift. Here is what it looks like.



I also did some knitting for a friend of my son who had a new baby girl in January. I made her a hat and mittens.


I also stitched her mommy and daddy some little footprints with her name


The only real stitching I have done since January is a new project I started. It's called Wild Flowers from the Feb 2009 Stoney Creek Magazine. Here is what the finished project will look like and then my WIP




It's good to be back posting. Maybe it will make me want to pick up my stitching more often now !!!

Nikki

I started a new project

I decided for the New Year I needed to do something different. This weekend I began a crocheted ripple afghan in shades of blues and white. I haven't made one of these in years. I am using Caron Simply Soft yarn. It has been so cold this weekend. I made a big pot of cream of turkey and vegetable soup today, and a chocolate cake for dessert, and have just been working on my afghan. It's back to work tomorrow; these weekends just don't last long enough..


Nikki

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone ! A lot has happened in my life since the last time I posted to my Blog. My 81 year old mother has been very very ill since mid September. She lives in California, and I live in Maine. I flew out twice to be with her. My daughter went with me in October for 1 week, as well as my oldest son and his wife. My mother was still in the hospital at that point, in isolation, with a terrible Staph infection in her colon, which had spread to her blood. She was hospitalized almost 2 months total. I flew back out there right before Thanksgiving to help her when she was released from Rehab and came home. I stayed 3 weeks that time. I missed Thanksgiving with my family here in Maine, but cooked the traditional turkey and trimmings for my mother and sister in California. I came back to Maine 10 days before Christmas, and had to hurry and put up the tree, and shop for a few things for my grandchildren. It was a quiet Christmas, and I am tired, and worn out, and trying to get back into the swing of things again.

I did do a little stitching while I was on the west coast. I stitched these 3 snowmen from designer Mount Forrest Frameworks. I love snowmen, and think these are adorable. I will finish them off as ornaments for next Christmas.



I have decided to take a bit of a break from cross stitching for now. I decided to crochet an afghan for my oldest son for next Christmas. It is a ripple afghan done in 3 shades of blues and white. I will post pictures of my progress on that, but right now just have a few rows done.

I am cooking a turkey for New Years day dinner, as my family never got one for Thanksgiving. I made a apple pie first thing this morning for dessert. Have a safe and happy New Year.

Nikki