I won the baby race. I didn't get the blanket for my niece's baby done in time for the shower, but I did get it done before the baby was born. It didn't, however, get to my niece until the baby was about 2 weeks old. Kristin took it to my niece when she went to visit at the beginning of June.
One of my nephews and his girlfriend are expecting their second baby. I did a very deep stash dive to get yarn to make a baby blanket for the little guy coming in July. This yarn is at least 30 years old. I think I made a toddler dress out of the yellow for my niece who will be the aunt of this baby. I'm following the general directions for Purl Soho's Half and Half Triangle Wrap, but I'm doing my own thing with the colors. Stay tuned for a FO picture in the next post.
I cast on the Suri Shirt using some yarn I bought in April from a yarn shop in Newark, OH. It's coming along slower than I had hoped. I think the main reason is that I've lost my knitting mojo and can't motivate myself to sit for too long.
The pattern is top down, working the shoulders first followed by the armhole shaping. After joining in the round, you are supposed to knit the body and finish with the neckband and armhole ribbing. I decided to do the neckband before the body just to see how it looks. The ribbing is bound off using the Italian bind off, which is a sewn bind off similar to kitchen stitch. It took me an entire Saturday afternoon to do the neckband bind off. I had to rip out a couple times because my tension was wonky. I think it looks fine now.
I'm now slogging through the body. I'll finish that before tackling the armbands. The pattern just calls for ribbing at the armholes. I'm going to try it on before deciding if I'll add some short rows first. I'm not fond of my upper arms and don't want them too exposed.
Over Mother's Day weekend we took a trip to Charleston, SC for Ed's niece's college graduation. Everyone went except my son-in-law. It was a nice get-away, but not very relaxing. Almost every minute of the trip had an activity planned. We did manage to sneak off to the beach for a long walk on Saturday morning. My grandson had his first experience with sand and ocean water.
Trisha started making a quilt for her bed last year. Or maybe it was the year before. I don't remember. I helped her with cutting the pieces and with making the quilt sandwich, but she did the sewing and quilting herself. She asked me if I would sew the binding. She doesn't like doing that. I've been using this as some TV time activity. I need to get this done soon because she wants to use it with a family photoshoot coming up in July.
My grandson continues to grow. He is not yet crawling, but is babbling like crazy. He and I love our Fridays together!
