Saturday, January 24, 2004
Sudden surprise and sudden action. Last week, Monday January 12th evening we got an idea of moving before the baby due. After some search on net, contacted to a real estate agency for a rent on Tuesday. Got an appointment at Tuesday evening, met them, arranged some visit to apartments on Wednesday morning. Got a day off with DH on Wednesday, decided to rent an apartment around noon of Wednesday, contacted some moving companies in the afternoon. Got the confirmation of contract on Thursday, got three appointments of moving companies for estimate in this weekend. Sunday morning, decided the exact date of moving and the moving company, asked to bring cartons and stuffs within the day.
So far from last Sunday evening, there are cartons and cartons anywhere in my apartment!! Unbelievable, unbelievable.... We move on Saturday February 7th. So I cannot update here so often until this big event!! My apoligies...but I will try to show you some photos in due course.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Hi! I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year, especially about knitting! Today I just show you my status for all current projects and one finished. Last year I have known the yarn from Marr Haven, by KR. I bought a corn of sport weight natural white and two hanks of Bulky weight heather shade. This is the Bulky one:

I love this yarn, but not yet tried because I didn't find the appropriate project for the yarn. Some weeks ago, a cold and windy winter day when I went out for DS to play at a child park, I felt I absolutely need a warm cap for myself, which can cover not only my head but ears. You know it was parfect project for this simple-natural yarn. I made this as the last project for 2003. I used slightly less than one hank:

In my great surprise, this yarn is REALLY confortable to be next to skin, not at all itchy, warm, lighty. Now I am impatient to go out with it!
This is my glove, for right hand. Not yet made for the left.

"Harry"sweater for DS is slowly progressing. I did it almost at my parent's home while new year's days. This Topacio yarn is really knitted up very quickly, so if I concentrate seriously on the project it could be finished soon. Oh yes, it is easy to say, not to do, kind of things....

This is the yarn for second socks project for DH.

The project has casted on on January 2nd.

And this is the mentioned cotton blanket, which I have not worked on since last November. Now I am too busy for current winter projects in need, and the baby is due at the end of April. I would be in maternity leave from the beginning of March, so it would be waiting status until then.

Other than that, I have some waiting-for-cast-on project as usual. The next waiting one is a vest for DS, by Rowanspun DK yarn. I have just got these yarn, and impatient to use it! And today, I received True 4ply botany shade "snowdrop"!
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Free Preemie cap Pattern |
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Yarn: cotton 100% fingering weight 15g or 0.5oz Needle: #1 and #2 4 double pointed each
Gauge: 31sts for 4" Finished size: 4.5"x4.5" apprx. Pattern: Cast on 72 sts using #1 needles and separate them on 3 needles. All the way work facing RS, round.
*K2, p2, rep from* to end. Work 9 rows. Change to #2 needles. Knit 12 rows. Next row 1: *K1, p1, rep from * for 1 round ending p1.
row 2: *P1, k1, rep from * for 1 round ending k1. Rep row 1 and 2, 2 more times and 1 more row 1. 7 rows of moss sts formed.
row 8: Work st st 2 rows. Shape Top: *K7, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 64 sts. Work 2 rows. *K6, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 56 sts.
Work 2 rows. *K5, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 48 sts. Work 2 rows. *K4, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 40 sts. Work 1 row.
*K3, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 32 sts. Work 1 row. *K2, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 24 sts. Work 1 row. *K1, k2tog rep from * 8 times, 16 sts.
K2tog 8 times, 8 sts. Break yarn and thread twice through rem 8 sts. Fasten off, weave the yarn inside.
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