Knitted gifts for baby

July 11, 2012

This past weekend I went to a baby shower for some good friends of mine. I started knitting the baby booties on the drive home from Texas but I still had 1 baby booty to go and a bonnet to knit. There were only a few days between getting home from Texas and heading down for the shower and it was filled with unpacking, cleaning, organizing and so on. I knew I would have a super long bus ride and would have time to knit and that’s what I was counting on. I am the queen of last minute knitting! Good thing my projects were small. Even with 9 hours on the bus I still had knitting to do. Good thing I arrived on a Friday and the shower was on Sunday. I knitted after everyone had gone to bed and everything was done and wrapped before the party began. Talk about cutting it close.

Both of my knitted items were free patters from Purl Bee one of my favorite go to sites for all things crafty and beautiful. I made 2 sets of the baby moccasins and a matching baby bonnet (I wrapped it before I photographed it but I plan on getting pictures of the new baby girl wearing it).

Kalamazoo for the weekend

July 10, 2012

This past weekend some good friends of mine from college were having a baby shower. Since I didn’t have a car in Austin and won’t be in Michigan long enough to justify getting a car I decided to take the bus. It was actually not quite as bad as I expected. It was nice and cool, I had my own 2 seats with a charger, and I had plenty of time to work on my knitting baby shower gifts (about 9 hours, it would take 5 if one were to drive).

I went to school in Kalamazoo and still have a handful of friends there. I love the feeling I get when I’m there. It’s such a familiar place with so many memories. Since I left about 4 years ago this is only my second trip back. I’m glad I had a bit more time on this particular trip to visit some of my favorite places.

I stayed with my friends who are expecting and on Saturday I borrowed a bike to visit the farmer’s market. You know I’m a sucker for a farmer’s market and I do remember how much I loved it when I lived there. Despite the souring temperatures I rode all the way there with out passing out from heat stroke and had a nice time shopping around and chatting with an old friend once I stopped sweating so much and hydrated. Ha!

It was a bit of a dry weekend, as far as drinking goes, with a baby coming.  On my last day though when I was on my own and waiting for the bus I stopped into Bell’s Brewery for a beer before boarding the bus. Good thing it was only a quarter of a mile away. I got back just in time to head back home. Next time I visit I get to meet a new friend, a sweet baby girl. I can’t wait!

Moon scriggles

July 9, 2012

It was practically a full moon on the 4th of July and taking a picture of just the moon is rather unexciting so I made these moon scribbles (or scriggles as I’m calling them).