It's A Girl!!

My granddaughter, Olivia Grace, was born at the stroke of midnight on Saturday, October 19.  She is absolutely beautiful and perfect!

Big brother, Jameson, loves her and helps with diaper changes by unzipping her onsie and pulling wipes out of the container.  He loves to hold her and beep her nose.

Now that Olivia has arrived, I don't need to hide the items I am making for her.   This is the Kirby sweater by Berroco made out of West Yorkshire Spinners Bo Peep DK in the Piglet colorway.  It took just under 2 skeins to make this sweater. As mentioned in the last post, the remaining yarn is becoming a romper for her.

I also have a linen quilt in the works for her but my progress has slowed.  Someone likes to lay on it whenever I try to stitch on it.

The day my daughter was in labor I was very anxious.  To occupy myself, I crocheted a hexi block using instructions from Noble Character Crafts.  I'm not sure if this will turn into anything yet.  Maybe a blanket for my granddaughter.  We'll see.

This fall I've been taking a drawing class.  I never got to take any art classes in high school and have always wished I had.  This class is a Saturday morning adult enrichment class offered at the Columbus College of Art and Design.  Below is my final sketch.  There is going to be an exhibition in a couple weeks, but I'm not sure I'm going to attend.  It is the same day as my husband's family's Thanksgiving celebration and I was volunteered to host.

The instructor said  I have a good eye for composition and asked if I'd be interested in taking another class from him.  I would like to take my drawing further and also try watercolors.

In my knitting world, I started a pair of socks using some yarn I purchased in 2023 at the Kentucky Fiber Festival.  I don't remember the name of the vendor and they were going out of business shortly after the event.  The yarn is a sport weight blend of baby alpaca and mint.  It is an absolutely beautiful yarn and is working up into the snuggliest pair of socks.  

The socks are going to be a bit big on me, but I don't care.  They will be house socks anyway.

I finished my Galanta sweater.  I am happy with how it turned out and will wear it often. 

There are only two things that make this not perfect.  The sleeves are too tight and the length is a bit short for my liking.  I'm not going to do anything to the sleeves (I should try to lose some weight which would help) but I am considering lengthening the body.  I'll have to cut along a row of plain stockinette mid-body and the knit a couple inches before grafting the pieces together again.  This may be a project for later because I can't manage it right now.  Reason will be revealed below.

I cast on my next sweater project.  It is another Audrey sweater from Knitty McPurly.  I'm going to do the same modifications I did with the first one.  Squeaks approves of my plan.

But for now all crafting projects are on hold.  Yesterday I had hand surgery to remove a cyst and a bone spur.  Doing anything the requires my thumb is difficult, if  not impossible.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back to knitting soon.  I have a lot of WIPs to take care of.

 

While I recuperate, I'll just spend  more time reading and practicing gratitude.  I am truly grateful for many things right now.  My health is good.  I have a wonderful husband and brilliant children.  I have two perfect grandbabies.  I live in a country that has restored my faith in humanity.  Thanksgiving is in a couple weeks.  I will be thanking the Lord for his abundant blessings in my life.