Knitting Update 2/21/12 (current/newest projects)

I'm currently working on a romper for Declan, a pair of shorties for a charity auction winner, and I recently finished two pair of longies for Declan.

I need to cast on a few items for work.

Declan's romper I'm sort of winging too. I followed the Euclid Cardigan pattern for the top as I know that "math" fits him perfectly. I'm going to add a few sts and join in the round just before I start the gusset.

The yarn, I suggested this idea for a custom colorway in a coop. I have two skeins of it on another base too. :)


The start


Where I'm at right now


The shorties for a charity auction winner


And Declan's newest longies

Knitting Update 2/21/12 (catching up)

It's been a while...the last update was posted 11/27/11
http://www.mrsmissymuffet.blogspot.com/2011/11/knitting-update-11-27-11

Probably because my needles have been on fire. :) Patterns used are linked in my Ravelry project page: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/melissalaurel

I got MIL's shawl done just in time. I grossly underestimated the time the second half of the shawl would take me to knit. It made for a two day knitting marathon I will never forget. She's worn it and received compliments so in the end it was worth it. I love knitting for others. 



Modeled by Billy is my mom's shawl that I knit for her birthday. Photos are of an unwashed/blocked shawl. Photos of her wearing it are on my to-do list.






I knit a little romper for Declan's doll (no pattern, knit it to fit the doll)


I finished Declan's Double Chocolate Lollipop longies


I knit all of these for work (www.laurellove.com and www.bittyfluff.com)


















And I knit a few hats for my boys

A trip to the beach in February!?!

This winter has been warm. Not just a little warm, but go-outside-and-play warm.
Warm enough we drove to Popham to check out the fort. Which was closed.

Here are a few pictures from our day...
These two shots are straight out of the camera, no altering or color enhancing at all. It really was that beautiful of a day. The sky, the water, the rocks, made me long for warm summer days. If you look closely you can see there is an ice "film" on top of the water.





There were a lot of people walking around with huge cameras with even huger lenses...and me with my "little" Cannon T3i...


















We noticed the gate to the State Park was open so we drove there to see what the beach was looking like these days and were sad to see how much has changed, again. It's still beautiful, it's just a different beautiful.

Glancing back and charging forward.

Looking back I don't know how I did it. I was 19, and it was a really rough pregnancy. At the time I didn't know better, but now, 6 pregnancies later, I know it was a tough one. I'm so proud of my 19 year old self.

Logan was born at 9:46PM after 2.5+ hours of pushing and 16hrs of labor. 9lbs 3oz of baby changed every single thing in our world. The second we saw him, there was no going back. Everything he did was amazing and Logan became the center of our universe.

Today, I'm a crying mess. I can't believe Logan is a teenager.

The teenage years are so hard. We're had a taste of them in the past year but I'm certain the tough years are still ahead of us. I may need to get a part time job just to feed him. I wish I were joking. His words can be so mean, his interests have all changed. At times I wonder if I really know him at all.

As hard as the years ahead seem, I know we'll be okay. I know he's still there. I've witnessed it with my own eyes. 

Every morning when Logan comes out of his room, Declan runs to him and hugs his leg. And Logan reaches down with his strong arms and embraces him. He may be too old to hug and kiss his Mother, but he still has it.
He still has that sweet sweet heart of gold.
I can't wait to see what the future holds.

Happy Birthday Logan!