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It's actually the "Newborn Vertebrae" but I did it in DK Weight. Newborn size numbers, heavier yarn. This will fit Baby G nicely in September and hopefully till Christmas. Yarn is from Fancy Image Yarn in Shelton Wa. Myra dyes all the yarn herself and she's a genius! Contrast is from KnitPicks, superwash wool of the andes. It's so stinking cute! I can't wait to see him in it! Actually I can't wait to see him! His due date was yesterday but he arrived earlier than expected so yesterday he was a month and a day old! Happy 1 month buddy!! sorry I completely jacked the photos :) but you get the idea...  In other news I apparently put a chip in the back of my tooth last night and have to go to the dentist today for a repair... Hopefully it goes better than last time when they numbed me so much I looked like this for about 60 minutes post filling... Happy Thursday!

12 years old! That's 84 in dog years! http://flipagram.com/f/EDSEKyJ8KE ---- Created using Flipagram Download for Free! (on iOS or Android) Carmel Creager

Not location wise because I'm still in the Seattle area... It's more of a where the hack have I been in the knitting world! I turn 40 and feel like I've disappeared. We'll, I haven't really disappeared but re-prioritized some things in my life. Mainly my health. I'm pretty overweight. By like 100 pounds So I made a deal with myself. I'm going to lose 100 pounds in 365 days. I'm exercising every day and eating a healthy balanced diet. No magic diet No restrictions Just burn more calories than you consume. D's been doing it a lot longer than me and is down a lot! Things I've noticed after a month 1. Clothes hang differently 2. My food cravings have changed. 3. I'm happy. Like really really happy. So, I'm still knitting I'm still doing the forum for Americas Knitting but I'm also exercising an hour to an hour and a half per day... That really cuts in to my knitting time but that's okay Because if I'm ...

This yarn. Big Bad Wool Weepaca. It's amazing. I bought this at Monarch Knitting in Pacific Grove with the intention to knit a wee tiny cable hat for George. first I did the ribbing wrong and ripped it out and started again... it wasn't grooving for me so I ripped it out again and set it aside. then I remembered this Garter Ear Flap Hat from the Purl Bee Blog and thought 'Perfect' It is perfect. The short-row shaping for the ear flaps is simple and charming. The decreases gave me some trouble... Mostly because I looked at the decrease and mentally took out one of the letters... the instruction was SSKP. I read, SSK. that's a big difference because one decreases two stitches at once and the other only takes down one stitch so last night I had to rip out all the decreases I had done and re-knit the yarn again. Hence the amazing part. This yarn held up like a champ with the number of times I ripped and re-knit, ripped and re-knit. It feels amazing...

With all the amazing colors in the area is it any wonder that artist flock to this part of California to paint?

Well hello life, thank you for making me busier than a nut burying squirrel! It's been chaotic in my world for the better part of two weeks. Catching up with work while I was away celebrating my 40th with my mom followed by Memorial Weekend. Memorial Weekend was great, and we bbq'd with friends who made me an amazing birthday cake! (picture in another post tomorrow!) Memorial Weekend led into a short week a week that was also month end at work which is always crazy for me couple that with the fact that a few people were on vacation and we all had to adjust and cover. Hence no posts at all last week! So now you get to see what I finished. Plus some good news! Good news first because it leads into the finished object. Baby G arrived. A wee bit (five weeks) early He clocked in over 6lbs and he's doing great. He just needs to work on staying awake long enough drink a full meal. He's super cute as well... As soon as I get permission from my Margie I'll post...