Lucy's first sweater

I knit this wrap-around sweater for my little girl while she slept under the bili lights in the NICU nursery. She was a tiny girl, only four pounds ten ounces at birth. She was swimming in the hospital sweaters and needed something preemie-sized for her week-and-a-half stay in the nursery.

Here is the preemie sweater compared to the one I worked on next (that she has long since outgrown.) I also knit her a hat to keep the chills at bay in the hospital.

Purple Magic Circle Blanket

I started this yesterday during nap time. Who cares that it's on needles other than the pattern calls for - I'm knitting again! Eventually this will be about 7 feet across, as long as my cat doesn't decide it's her new toy, like she does with everything else.

action shot

a baby sweater

Finally finished this sweater after starting it while Lucy was in the NICU, and she fits it now! I also made a preemie sweater and matching hat for her while she was there, but no photos of them... Also finished the purple socks I started this summer, but....no photos. Life with a baby - you either get to knit or take photos, but never both.

Most of another sock

fun with dots

(That's my sister's floating head and hands, and my dad's floating leg.... )

I went back home in March for a few weeks. The first night I was home, my mom and I were browsing some quilt magazines because she had mentioned possibly making a baby quilt. A polka dot design caught my eye, so the next day we picked out fabrics and started cutting everything out. It's hard to see, but I picked out small prints that would blend as neutrals, but had fun stuff going on when you looked up close, like bugs, cowboys, musical instruments, and such. Between that and the bright colors, I really like how it turned out.

wool socks in July

Hopefully the recipient of these will remember to pull them out of her sock drawer in December.