Some old pictures...

I finally managed to get my digital camera pictures downloaded despite the fact that the camera battery is deader than a doornail. Better late than never? Does that work as a phrase anymore?

A couple from my birthday... notice my tie-dyed cake. Also notice Lili hamming for the camera.






On the 7th, my friend Jenna had her baby shower. I've already shown pictures of the knitted kitten I made for the baby... here is the crocheted sweater (pattern is Baby It's Cold Outside from Crochetme). This yarn is evil. I also made her a set of baby booties (the One Hour Baby Booties from SnBN) and a baby hat (the cotton baby hat from Last Minute Knitted Gifts) with this yarn. No pictures of the booties or hat yet, though...





As much as I hated this yarn with a passion, I have decided I would fight through another sweater for Seth's sister Chris and her partner Brenda's new baby. She's finally home from the hospital, so I figure now is a good time to get it done.

My big project right now is the Craftster Circular shrug... I'm more than halfway through knitting it, and hoping to be done by tomorrow night so I can wear it to work this week. I'm using Caron Simply Soft yarn, but it is a gorgeous pale blue color that I love. I also am 2 increase rows into a Clapotis made with Knitpicks Sock Garden (or is it Landscape?) in Gardenia. I love the way the colors are working, but since this is the second Clapotis I've made, it seems to be easier to put aside and work on other things.

Saturday I went out shopping with my brother and mom... my brother was looking for things to put on his new Buddhist alter. While we were out, we stopped at Yardgoods in Waterville and my mom thought it was so funny watching me fondling all the different kinds of yarn that she bought me three skeins of Plymouth Baby Alpaca Brush. This yarn is awesome... it will become the Spiderweb Capelet from SnBN once I am done with the Circular Shrug.

I want to thank Jessica at Knitfit for trying to give me ideas about elann peruvian wool on her blog... if you don't visit her blog already, you should. And thanks to hers and Kate's comments here, I am officially hooked on it for my Ribbi Cardi. I want to use blue... but haven't yet decided if I want to go for a solid color cardi or to do the two-tone version that is pictured with the pattern. Anyone have any thoughts on whether a light blue and a dark blue would work together in this way?