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the thing is...

So a few things. 

I got my invite for Ravelry!  yay!  I have one friend.  hahahaha!  Actually I haven't really been looking much at the site (yet), but I'm wondering how it all works.  So far I've only been adding things to the queue.  I don't even have my profile updated.  Do you have a Ravelry account?  Let me know so that I can add you! ^__^

Another thing, the new Rowan mag was on my doorstep when I returned from the Vegas conference!  That was kinda fun to come home to for sure...

a couple of stripey good things

The last thing, I keep seeing TONS of people knitting baby stuff.  Baby stuff looks so fun & addicting!! But, remember these?  Okay.  I honestly did not want or expect an over-indulging mention of thanks...but I definitely could not have prepared for the reply that I received.  Instead of an even lackluster "thanks." I got an extremely condescending "Wowwww.  You must have soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much time on your hands if you could knit this."  Um.  I wanted to say, "No.  I wanted your baby to have them, so I set aside time every damn day to work on them until they were finished."  I didn't.  But, geezus!  I was almost done with a matching hat, but after that comment from my friend's wife, I haven't picked it up and am considering frogging the project.

baby pants...

They're done!  Take a look:

Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece & Rowan cotton
US5 circulars, twisted cord string to cinch!

They needed another hit of color at the hem since I made the waistband green...

And, I have to say that I do like how the inside of the waistband turned out. There is the little 1/2" of elastic to help with snugness, but ahhh, no whipstitch to be found!! :)

so simple and clean looking

Now I can put these away until the baby comes! yay!

weaving ends = ugh.

I really don't like the weaving-in part at the end.  Sometimes I will come to a screeching halt on a project just b/c I'm dreading that stuff.  Case in point, the NBaT still sits in a pile, not put together purely b/c I am dreading the ends.  Well and b/c it's in a box someplace and I don't know which one.  I've lost weight since I knit it, so I wonder if it will be a bit too big.  The Simple sweater still sits w/o the last sleeve done, though in my defense, I'm still going to order a zipper so it won't be immediately finished anyway...

For the baby pants, I started weaving in the ends and seamed up the legs like a champ--Yes, I surprised even myself.  But the waistband.  gah.  I was dreading that whipstitch thing.  Yes I realize it sounds easy (I mean Alison can get this done while her baby naps in her arms!!), but again, I don't like the ending stuff...so, instead, I'm doing a knitted hem while binding off at the same time. 

no whipstitch for me please...

I will have to get the elastic this wknd, perhaps tomorrow? 

delivery4

Okay, I don't really have a knitting-related delivery (new spiffy pink sports bra and a new dri-fit top from Title 9 -- yay!), but I do have knitting news.

I didn't work on the Simple sleeve last night, just couldn't bear it for some reason (I am seriously dreading weaving in the ends for the sweater...ugh.), so I picked up something else.

I started this the other night...but didn't say anything about it.  Stealth knitting perhaps?  ha.

pretty in pink

Can you guess what it is?  Okay, look below!

wonder how much yarn for my size?

Little pink pants for a friend's baby girl that is coming soon!  I'm using Alison's pattern.  They're turning out pretty well I think!  I'm using Brown Sheep cotton/wool for this project.  I wanted to try the Knitpicks Shine, but I didn't have the patience to order and then wait for it to be delivered.  Wish we had that stuff locally!

I don't want to even admit this, but I knit this completely wrong when I started (geez!).  I missed the "every 6 rows" thing and increased every alt row and well, that made them into kind of a baby hotpants kind of thing.  eek.  I knew that just could not be right and sure enough.  ribbit. 

10 peanut kid mohair, remember?  I swear I'm losing it.