life as we know it....over

We have a crawler here!

At 8 months old, he has become such a busy little boy!

Unfortunately, my knitting time has gone way down because we have put our home for sale on the market and have been searching for something a little bigger. We are in a 2-bedroom house currently and would like to find something with at least 3 bedrooms and a little more elbow room, if you know what I mean.

But, I have managed to finish one of my stripey socks! Just plain stockingette stitch, this one really went fast. Also, I wanted to show off a new set of fabrics I got from Pink Chalk Fabrics. It's the Red Letter Day collection by Lizzy House. I totally fell in love with it when I saw it online. The picture does not do it justice. Since I am trying to keep the house spotless right now, I will have to settle for just drooling over it until after we move (and who knows when that will be).

a lesson for "savers"

I have a bad habit of buying something that I love and then "saving" it. For instance, one time I bought this lotion that I loved the scent of so much that I hoarded it and only used it very sparingly and infrequently. Years later I found it buried in the cabinet under the bathroom sink and it had sat there for so long that it wasn't any good anymore. Moral of the story, use things you love.

You see, I've had that stack of Amy Butler fabrics for over a year now (see previous post) and I decided that I must use them now or they may never get used.
So, after a trip to the quilt store for inspiration and an afternoon sketching on graph paper, I came up with this: I only had 15 fat quarters to work with so I had to come up with my own pattern so as not to waste any of it.

I am SOOOO pleased with how this came out. Now I just have to quilt it.

happy things.

With summer right around the corner my thoughts have turned to quilts. Or, I should say....the sewing of quilts. I ran across several awesome blogs that have so many inspiring quilts!I've had this stack of mostly Amy Butler fabrics for a while now but I just can't decide what quilt pattern to make with them. I've put them out on my table so I can drool over them on an hourly basis.

In the mean time, I've started stripey socks. This is Knit Picks Felici Self-Striping Sock yarn. I am totally in love with this stuff!!! It looks like a very thin yarn and I expected it to feel even thinner, like the KP Essentials Sock. In fact, it is very firm and soft and not splitty at all! And these colors just make me smile! I think this is the discontinued Coney Island colorway.

I've actually had a good bit of time to knit the past few days since I am recovering from ingrown toenail surgery (sorry, gross, I know). It's been a great excuse to just sit on the couch in between taking care of the baby.