First tooth!

Charlie's first tooth finally came through this morning! It was one of the bottom fronts. The other one looks like it should come through any day now, too. He'll be munching down Cheerios before I know it!

For my knitting, I've thought about making the ill-fated Chunky Monkey into a Tom Turkey and giving the "Chunk" a new go. I really wanted to make something special for Charlie.....Cartman Pumpkin-head is not it! Oh well, we all have to learn somehow, right? My left handed version of "Cash" is now available.

Well, that's all I've got for now. I was just SO excited about Charlie's tooth, I had to share it with the world!

Ready for purchase

Bats in the Belfry is ready for purchase! It is available for $2 USD. Here is a better picture:




Please email me if you're interested. It will be available on Ravelry, too, as soon as I'm set up to sell.

Bats in the Belfry

Pattern #2! I finished up my first Halloween bib last night. It's so cute! I wish I had some Halloween buttons, though. I would have done a different neck band and used a button instead. It is being test knit and will be available for sale very soon! Here's a pic of Charlie wearing it:
Email me if you'd like to purchase the pattern! It is available as a PDF file, or if you need a different format, let me know! I'll put a better photo of just the bib up when my test knitter gives me the thumbs up that the pattern is error free and I officially list it to sell.


Well, Melodie finally got front seat this morning. She was up before me and in the tub. Ari was crushed. Like every other day this year wasn't enough for her. Oh well. We may be getting a new old car tonight. Dan is going to take a look at an old station wagon. He says he'll be happy to go anywhere I want if he has an old station wagon to drive there. We'll see how long that lasts!

Happy Mabon!

Happy Mabon everybody! (That would be Happy Autumnal Equinox for all the muggles out there!) After our big wind storm the other day, the leaves sure have started to change. We need to start setting out food for our feathery and furry friends! Ari dearly loves squirrels and always makes sure they have a special treat.

This morning, we were actually on time, and dare I say it a bit early, for school! Ari still got ready first, but we were there with 15 minutes to spare! Yay! (Okay, it only happened because my aunt and uncle are leaving in the morning and Melodie wanted to say goodbye to her cousin tonight, and I told her if she didn't get moving, she had to stay home. I know, I'm mean, but it got the job done!)

I've got my second bib pattern finished! I started knitting it up last night. I'm about 1/3 of the way done. It's a bib for Samhain (Halloween.) Hopefully I'll be able to finish it up tonight and get a pic up tomorrow! I was going to change the neck band, but I think I'm going to wait. I think it would be so cute to do orange, purple, and green Halloween bibs for a picture. I know Dan would NOT be happy with the baby wearing a purple bib (he's weird about that stuff.) So, I think I'll do the purple one with a different neck band for my cousin's baby, since she can't have stuff that goes over her head. Plus, that will give me some time to look up how to make a buttonhole!

Purchase "Cash"

Ok, I am ready to put it up for sale! The Cash right hand knitting pattern has been tested. Until I get set up through Ravelry, you can contact me and I can send a PDF directly to you. The pattern is available for $2, payable through Paypal. If you're interested, my email is madams (@) sssnet (.) com (remove parentheses and spaces.) The lefty version is being tested and will be available shortly. Thanks for looking!

I am.....Charlie Cash

Well, I got the bib done! My first extensive design of my own! (Ok, so it's a bib....but we know me and my math abilities...this is a big accomplishment!) If any left handed knitters are reading this out there who would be willing test this, I'd be thrilled to hear from you! I'm getting a good response from righties....now I just have to adjust the pattern! I feel for left handed people. I just knit left handed. I can't imagine having all kinds of stuff in life that is just so downright opposite of what everyone gets. I know Thanksgiving dinner was hard enough growing up with 4 lefties and 3 righties trying to sit around a round table. Ugh.

Anyway, here is a picture, if anyone is interested.....


It will hopefully be available for purchase on Ravelry shortly!

As for the wind clean up...it's still going! We were really, really lucky. I was out and about yesterdy for the first time, and the rest of town didn't fare so well. There were huge trees uprooted. Scary stuff!