Wizard of Oz Set Done!

I am SO loving how this set turned out. It is for my sorority sister Jen B. who is due July 21st with her first baby. She is having a girl and I wanted to do something for her tht wasn't really traditional. I knitted her a cute little blanket (Lionbrand Yarn Pattern) and also a set of Good-Bye Yellow Brick Road Booties and an Unoriginal Hat by the Yarn Harlot in a blue and white hat with a cute red flower. The only thing I would have done different if I would have had time was to make her a yellow blanket instead of a purple/pink/green one just to add to the Wizard of Oz theme, but I was already almost done with the blanket by the time I came up with this idea. Here are some pics:








Now, I just have to finish one more bootie for my friend Darci's baby and I will be DONE with other people's baby gifts! At least until my friend Emily has her baby in August! But, gonna wait for that, she doesn't know what she is having and I want to do something specific for her! :)

Carli-too funny! I love those bags too! The LYS here, River Knits, has the pink messenger bag for sale. Believe me, if I had an extra $92 lying around, I would SO own it!

Please keep praying for my cousin Crystal. The biopsy came back that the masses are cancerous. She will have to have surgery on them. Her Mom's mother passed away this week, so she is putting the surgery off for a bit, but will still be getting it. I will see her tomorrow and am glad. I pray that she will be OK. Please continue to pray for her and her family!

My newest obsession....

SOOOOO, just to add to my purse obsession, I found these FABULOUS knitting bags from Jordana Paige. Love...love....love....love...love them. They're called "The Knitter's Satchel" and I can't decide if I want one in Pink or Ocean Blue.....

However...buying one of these is more of an extravagent purchase...so maybe for my birthday next year.....

Magic Slippers

Hey, Lady....keep me posted as to how your cousin is doing OK? She's in our prayers!


So I found the funnest pattern! It's called "Pocketbook Slippers" (I think that makes them sound like an old lady's shoes, so I renamed them) and They're very easy to knit and fairly quick! I'm not so fast at K2, P2 ribbing yet, but I'm getting there, and I think that's the only thing that slowed me down! I made these for my mom who loves the verigated yarn I bought. Hopefully she'll like them! I added the flower to the side just for a little more Character!

Prayers Please

I know this post has nothing to do with knitting, but prayers are really needed! My cousin who is a month younger than me is up at Mayo Clinic right now. She has already had her thyroid taken out a couple of years ago due to cancer. Now they have found 2 masses in her neck. They will biopsy them, but she will most likely have to have surgery to do it because the biopsy treatment they would normally do (shooting alcohol at it) can't be done because one is wrapped around her vocal cords. She is a mother of 2 beautiful little kids and has just finished law school and was recently sworn in to the bar. Please pray for her. Thank you.
Theresa

Oh So Cute!

Both sets of booties are SO cute Carli! I love the varigated Yellow Brick Road ones and really like the idea of using ties instead of buttons! The Chucks...OMG...I can't wait to make a pair for Jillian! I have some perfect yarn for them too! Good job! I am waiting with anticipation to see the pair on Hazel!

On my knitting front...I have had to change my goals around (once again!). I did finish everything for Stacey's Baby Shower in time (see pics below). My friend Darci had a new baby girl last week so I am trying to finish everything for her. I have made her new baby a hat and am making her booties as well (Saartje's Bootees) with Caron in Watermelon and Soft Yellow. I made her big sister (who is Layla's age) a coordinating hat as well. All I have left to finish are the booties and I am about 25% done with them. Then I have to make a pair of the Good Bye Yellow Brick Road Booties (found on Ravelry...I'd give you the link, but it doesn't work.) for my friend Jen's Baby Shower and finish her blanket as well. I am told her shower is the 8th, but I have yet to receive an invitation. So, that is what I am going with and want to be finished by the 7th. I have to get Darci's stuff done first though because I have to send it out to Connecticut! So, hopefully I will be done with her booties by the end of the week and can focus on Jen's stuff...wish me luck!

I will be glad when I am done with those things though, just because I want to knit some things for me (and my girls) and I haven't been able to do that much. I have many many plans....too many plans probably...oh well! Life goes on!

Finished Chuck!

Just wanted to post my finished chuck shoe for H!!!! I've only got one done, but I thought it was cute! Hopefully I'll get the other one done by mom & tot's group next week so H can wear them! It only takes a few hours to knit one up, so as long as I get over this creepy crud I've got going on, finishing the other should be no problem!

Weekend Recovery

Thank you love! It was a very mellow day yesterday, which I was fully OK with! We went and had Ulster Fry at the Ballygally castle and then went shopping for my birthday present...I got some clothes and 2 pairs of shoes. Then I knit!!!! Are you surprised? I found the cutest shoe pattern on Ravelry! They're mock Converse All-Stars! I love them, so I knitted up one to try on Hazel to see if it fit. It did, but I did it in verigated yarn, so it doesn't photograph very well.


I DID knit up Hazel some of those Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Booties! Too Cute! I used the bright verigated yarn I'm using to knit myself some footies. I think they're so cute done up in the verigated that i think I may go buy more verigated in different colors just so she can have a bunch!!!!!

The ties called for either buttons on the T-Strap, or ribbon, but I simply twisted coordinating pink yarn and used that as ties...I think it fits perfect as I think ribbon might have been too fancy for this yarn!

I can't wait to get the converse shoes finished! Here's the website! I used the alternative pattern as the original really didn't make sense. Converse Booties