What a Life!

There are too many crazy things going on right now – including a $1225 dental bill for me. Today’s weather is crisp and sunny, reminding me of fall, so I shall talk about knitting (and try to forget everything else).

This is the little sweater I’m working on for my niece, Susan Elizabeth, who is set to arrive around October 26th (same due date I had with Joey a year ago). It’s blocked and seamed and ready for a crocheted edge which I will do using the dark pink yarn.

This is the stripey sweater for Joey I talked about here. I have the first half of the front finished (shown here) and have started the second half.

I’m working on sweaters for the boys for this fall. I cast on my version of IK Fall 2007’s Cobblestone Pullover for Ben using the yarn from the Charcoal Slogalong. This project interrupted the stripey sweater above for practical reasons – I needed something simple to take with me on our trip to Oklahoma for Grandma’s funeral. This was a very good choice, both then and now, considering all the craziness at the moment. The downside, blogwise, is that it is simply too boring to photograph, so no pictures.

Finally, this is a picture of Joey’s fall/winter wardrobe. I dug through Ben’s old clothes and found some long-sleeve 2T shirts which are the same size as the 18-month long tee-shirts a la no graffiti that I found the other day at Target (oddly enough, somehow everything seems to shrink with washing so one-size down for used clothing seems to be the rule rather than the exception).

I bought six shirts but will be returning four of them. They happen to be navy, dark red, grey and white. I seem to be tired of those colors as they are about the only colors I am usually able to find in plain shirts so Ben wears them a lot. Ironically, the yarn I bought on sale earlier this summer coordinates very well with these shirts, further proving my fatigue with those colors. [For details about the yarn, click on the picture.]

The yarn will be knit into Longies which are wool pants which double as clothing and diaper covers for cloth diapered children. The yarn is grouped with the shirts the pants will be worn with. Ah! Nice browns and earth tones for this season. No red, navy, grey or white (oh? did I already mention that? I must be really tired of those colors).

Not to worry – the sweaters I’m making Joey including the Stripe Sweater and Cobblestone Pullover knock-off (both discussed above) will be worn either with jeans or corduroy pants. Something about a knitted sweater being paired with knit pants just doesn’t work for me unless they’re part of a complete outfit. The yarn I’m using is the wrong color anyway. The longies and shirts above will just be everyday clothes. The other sweaters will be when we want to dress up and make people think we’re normal. Just saying is all.