2024: Wk of 4/21-27; Rainbow Baby Blanket and Raining Babies

RAINBOW BLANKET

It’s a girl!!! My daughter called to say she is having a girl. I’m so excited. My rainbow blanket goes with any baby. This has been a pretty fun knit except for having to make sure to cross over the border yarn with the central rainbow line so that there aren’t gaps as I switch between black edging and rainbow yarn. It means I’m juggling three balls of yarn. Not always smooth. I stopped by JoAnn’s to get another ball of black as I realized there was no way one ball was going to make it. I think this is going to be a big blanket compared to my usual baby blankets.

What’s in the water!!?? Our friends that always invite us to join them at their beach house in the Outer Banks just informed us that their daughter is pregnant and due one week after our daughter! It will be their first grandchild. Guess I’ll have to knit a sweater for the baby. My friend and her other daughter both crochet so they already plan to make blankets. One of my Cincinnati knitting friends is also having her first grandchild this summer!! Goodness gracious.

ABYDOS TEE

Gosh I love this top. I’m also fortunate that the designer has been patient with my “dumb” questions. Last week I asked about how to do the tuck row. This week I was confused by the German Short Row instructions. I just couldn’t visualize it. Also, this is my first time to do short rows on “flat” knitting. The pattern assumes you know to “turn the work” when you reach the end of the row so it didn’t tell me. I was confused on the first row as I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to “turn” or start knitting the front and back together. Duh. The fact that you purled the stitches was kind of a big hint that you needed to turn. I can be a bit dense! This indeed is an easy knit while being unique (to me) with the rounded stripes on the yoke and the shaping around the armholes. Now it’s just straight stockinette in the round until I get to the ribbed hem. I’m definitely going to knit one for me.

FIXATION SOCK

My poor Fixation sock hasn’t gotten a lot of “love” over the past month. I take it on visits to Dad but seems I never get a chance to knit. I took it to the soccer match last night and actually did some knitting during the game. Working on my knitting while not looking. This is a low priority knit so it will be on the needles for a long time. Too many sweaters and tees I want to knit this year.

MISCELLANEOUS LIFE STUFF

Got Dad moved into the assisted living facility Thursday. He slept through the whole thing. Sounds like he was more wake Friday and actually ate 3 meals!!! He got to eat dinner with 2 other men which was also our hope that he’d get to socialize. Dad has lost another 4 pounds over the past week so he really needs to eat!

Aldi’s had a great deal on a backyard firepit. It’s only 24″ wide but just the right size for me. Looks like it’s finally going to stop raining here for a few days so I’m looking forward to using it tonight. After a year, we finally got our propane supplier to hook up our new gas grill. My stepson bought us this nice cover for grilling in the rain or just to have some shade while grilling

Hubby and I took a gardening class on how to grow mushrooms. It was fun but I didn’t realize it’s such a long process!! I don’t know if we will ever actually start some mushrooms but it’s fun to think that we could. I can see getting him an indoor kit just as a fun Christmas present.

Well, that’s it for this week. I hope you had a fun week of crafting and you are enjoying Spring. This has been a Year Of Projects Ravelry post. A group of fiber crafting bloggers that create an annual crafting plan and then share weekly updates.