Baby love and the crochet madness.

I’ve been snuggling a sweet (but super spit-up-y) baby boy as much as I possibly can. But I’ve been squeezing in the knitting and crocheting and baking and sewing in the cracks… Here’s an update:

I’ve crocheted a baby blanket, a full-size afghan and two fancy squares from Jan Eaton’s 200 Crochet Blocks. I’ve knitted 2.5 fish-shaped dishcloths and a pair of socks and cast on another pair of socks.

And I started crocheting another baby blanket.

And I cut out the pieces for Edda’s Easter dress.

And I’ve been baking bread almost every day. (We’ve switched to homemade bread for our sandwiches and toast. Yum.)

It’s been busy around here! I have been sacrificing “blogging time” for “doing time” lately (obviously), but I think things are finally calming down enough around here for me to get back to blogging again. I certainly hope so, because I enjoy it.

I have caught the crochet madness. For some reason, crochet has never been my favorite craft. Maybe I have too many itchy, red heart, great-grandmother afghans in my past. But now, the crocheting has me hooked (ha). I am really enjoying it! I want to crochet more and more and more. Blankets, specifically. I’m about to start another afghan as a wedding present for my sister, who is getting married in May. Because it’s totally sane to add one one more work-in-progress to this pile.

This, unfortunately, is the only photo I have for you today. I promise, this thing looks waay cuter in person.

It’s the “Wishy Washy Fishy Tawashi” (say that five times fast). They are addictive… cute, made of cheap, readily available yarn and so quick to knit that you can make 10 in a week…. if you wanted to… Not that you should or anything. But I do… hehe.

some crocheting and “big news”

I’m having a crochet revival of sorts. It’s really fun! Here is a potholder I made using a block from 200 crochet blocks (great book, by the way) and a simple brown square for the back. The yarn is Lily Sugar and Cream, which, in my opinion, is the only yarn for potholders.

In other news, yesterday we found out that we are expecting our second child! This is so exciting to me, as I have been wanting another baby for quite a while now. It still hasn’t completely sunk in that we will have TWO kids, though…

time got away from me.

I’m actually separated from the computer from which I usually do all my blogging, so I can’t post any photos. The lack of posts is not an indicator of lack of knitting, however. I have been knitting up a veritable storm, but sort of secretly.  As soon as I can get to my photos, I will begin to share some of my goings-on with you.

Hey, I do have a few photos on flickr that I forgot about:

some homemade jam and a ballband dishcloth as a birthday gift for my grandmother

and some lovely, delicious socks for myself.

oh no…

I think I have been bitten by the ballband dishcloth bug. It had to happen at some point.

My mom and granny simultaneously cheer (because they know they will be recipients) while all my other friends shake their head in confusion.