Baby Season Comes To An End

Well, you know I've been knitting like crazy because I know about nine babies being born within a 60-day period. I believe the final babies have now been born. Our friends had their little boy on the 13th of November. His name is James Connor Sargent. He's huge and very handsome. I have also learned of a few clients of mine having babies after the fact so the total is a bit higher than 9, but I wasn't anticipating these arrivals. If you have a good easy and quick baby booty pattern for a boy, please send me an email.

Soon I will be able to focus on the holidays. Have a good one. I'm off to Dayton, Ohio later this week for a wedding. I get so much knitting done when I fly.

Happy Thanksgiving!

So much going on...

I have so much news. First, it was so great seeing Alexis. She is the coolest woman, mom, artist, friend - I could go on and on. We stayed right on 6th Street, which was party central. It was odd being in Austin for the "Texas Takedown" and not even knowing there was a game or even who was playing.

Stitch was fun. We met some very nice people. I also got a chance to see some of the original work from Craft Camp in person. I have a feeling she will have an Etsy site very soon. Everyone wanted to buy her personal purse, which she made. It was pretty interesting to see all the vendors and their various pricing.

I worked on some knitting while in line early for a free gift bag and on all my flights, but since I was working on Christmas presents, I'll hold off on the pictures until after the gifts are given.

There is some other big news to share. Another family baby has been born. Today around 5am. Her name is Elsie Rose Kenson and I can't wait to see pictures of her. Sounds like she may be another redhead, just like her mother, brother and cousin. She will soon be the recipient of some of my knitting. Some complete and some I should be working on now.

And finally, I completed my third baby blanket. I used the same pattern, but this time I used Patons Melody in Peacock and Fun' Games, which is a thinner yarn than what I had been using. I doubled up on the yarn using two strands as one. It was a lot harder to knit. I now understand the importance of using the right yarn and needle combination. I definitely should have been using larger needles. Oh well. This blanket is a lot thicker and perfect for winter.

I guess that is all the news for now.

One last picture. Alex took this picture of me shopping in SoCo. I love all of the Day of the Dead stuff they have for sale in Austin. I got a few things for next year's Halloween Party.

Final Notes for October

I wanted to say that the "other baby boy" I referred to was born yesterday on Halloween. His name is Anthony Michael Puglisi Jr. and he is very, very cute. He was born early so I am not ready with my knitting, but I'm working hard to catch up.

For those of you who know me, you know how much I love Halloween. I'm not sure if it's because my sister's birthday is October 30th and I was jealous that she always had Halloween themed birthday parties or what, but I was definitely raised in a family where we ALL dressed up and got really into the holiday. My favorite thing to see on Halloween blog sites are the pictures from the 70s of the kids dressed and ready to go trick-or-treating. I particularly like this one. Each year for Christmas I ask for a framed picture of my daughters in their Halloween costumes and I am developing a great collection. Here you can see me with my dead husband :)

Next week I am heading to Austin to meet my friend Alexis. She lives in New Orleans and has a great blogger site called Craft Camp. If you haven't already, you should check it out. She has a studio and tons of creative ideas. Can't wait to spend some time with her in Austin. If you live in Austin and know something that I should do while I"m there, please email.

Well, another October to rest and according the stores, it looks like it's time to buy Christmas stuff.