Zero-to-sixty in two seconds on the panic-ometer

Remember this?

The cardigan I was designing/knitting for a co-worker due around the same time as me?

Well, since there was just sooo much time left before her baby got here, and because I was really just using it as a test knit anyway, probably...I frogged it about two weeks ago to make my friend his tartan birthday socks:

And that seemed like a pretty good decision.

Until today.

Today I found out that my co-worker's shower (for which I have absolutely bubkus on the needles at the moment, see frogging story above) is next Tuesday.

And here I am with no yarn and an uncompleted pattern design.

So screwed. So, so screwed.

Maybe I can make it to the yarn store tomorrow before they close...

What was I thinking?

Star Trek costume for baby #3

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SEW UP BLACK KNITTING?!?

Coach cardi for baby Johnston

Well, I got some people telling me that the texture pattern looked like what it was supposed to look like, and some people who just couldn't see it. So naturally, why not give myself extra work...I started all over again with a slightly modified chart.


(I tried to fiddle with the colour to get it to picture accurately here, but I don't think I did a very good job - it's a basic primary red.)

Ruby for DD1

Starting a Christmas gift. In May. Sure, why not?

(No picture, sorry - DD1 is hanging around right now and I don't want to spoil the surprise by risking her seeing any visuals.)

Sourpatch for DD2

Sure, why not start something totally new and frivolous.



It is cute, though, you have to admit.

In good news, I did manage to finish and send off the "secret sample thing" submission. Also, I've almost managed to psyche my way up to doing the test knitting that's needed for me to finish off the writeup for a new pattern.

No telling what Startitis will make me do next instead, though!

Feeling human again

The last two times I was pregnant, I came into contact with people with all manner of colds and flus. Each time, I thought I was sunk - I was going to get sick, and have to be miserable without the benefit of being able to take any medication to make me feel better. But no! I never, ever got sick when I was pregnant.

Until now.

This time around, my immunity pregnancy mojo is gone. Toast. Consequently, I am only now almost completely bounced back from a multiple-week stretch of what can only be described as "bleargh".

Not a whole lot of knitting got done during the worst of it, and as you can tell, I was not at all moved to do any blogging. However, with better health came more knitting motivation, and I've been getting a fair bit done since.

Secret sample thing

I can't really talk about this, but I am pretty excited about it. Proposal submission deadline is coming up fast, and I need to hustle a bit more than I've been doing. Sadly, though, I keep getting distracted by things like...

Federation uniform costume for baby #3

I've been wanting to hold off on knitting a whole lot of stuff for this baby. I only have so much time to devote to baby knitting, and so each project for it needs to be something that I really want to do. And frankly, there's a whole whack of really awesome girly patterns out there that I've been itching to do, and what better recipient than my own child? However, we are not finding out the sex beforehand, so I wasn't planning to do a whole lot of knitting for the baby until after it's born.

But a few weeks ago, I started thinking forward a bit and realising that the baby is going to need a Hallowe'en costume. :) And geek that I am, what could be better than a Starfleet uniform? I've had my eye on Sara Swärd's "Star Trek Junior" pattern for quite some time, and this was the perfect excuse. It does get a little tricky when you join the legs together, but I eventually worked it out. Here are my progress shots so far:

Coach Cardi for baby Johnston

I am not the only person in my office who's expecting. One of my colleagues is about two weeks ahead of me with her first baby. It's very exciting, and I've been mulling over what to do for her. One serious contender was Browneyedbabs' "tall tiger" pattern (it looks like Hobbes), but then I checked out her Facebook info (yeah, I stalked her online, so sue me, it was in a good cause) and discovered that she's interested in fashion, jewelry, etc. So I thought, heck, why not start her baby off early with expensive tastes. :) I whipped up a chart for a texture pattern and started a cardigan:



What do you think?

Feather and fan charity set

And finally, finally, this week I got back out to my LYS' bi-weekly charity knit night for the first time in about a month and a half. Not only that, but I finished up both the scarf and hat that I'd been working on since last fall.

Here's the scarf:







And here's the hat:







No specific pattern, I just kind of whipped them up. They're roughly tween-sized. I've got yarn left over, so next time I'll probably start on some matching mittens.