sigh... new yarn... and it was on sale too.. can't beat that!!.. I needed a bit more sock yarn.. and someone didn't care for the colors of SWS for their scarf ..." would prefer.. plainer colors.." they said.. so I bought some gray to black wool called araucania nature wool..the pretty purply alpaca yarn is for another pair of knitty thuja
















here is the progress of my current project...I'm almost to the toe of sock #1..
















I probably would have finished that sock already if I hadn't casted on and started knitting another Halley's comet hat .. this time in charcoal manos del uruguay....
















and this was another purchase... anyone who knows me .. knows I'm not crazy about wood needles..maybe because i knit on the firm side and the stitches do not slide very well on wood...and I knit my socks on 2 circular needles.. but I had only one metal needle and the other one was wood .. so I ran to ac moore to pick up another metal circular needle after our visit to Jayden yesterday and the only metal circulars were susan bates... I was pleasantly surprised when i opened the package .. the cable that is usually thick and stiff.. was.. thinner and very soft .. more like the other brand of metal circular needles I use.. and...I really like this needle.. it fits just right in my hand.. yay for susan bates.. on the circular needle upgrade.. (^_^)

Doesn't this just give u the warm fuzzies... mom and baby together at last.. needless to say I didn't get much knitting done today.. I was taking some pictures of mom and baby.. baby getting changed.. baby drinking from a bottle for the first time.. dad with baby.. and more baby pictures. We are hopeful that Jayden will be coming home soon... I did get a little knitting done.. not much.. maybe I'll post that tomorrow.. (^_^)

Yay!! man size socks are finished!!!.. they are a little bit big for me.. I have small feet..
















The next pair of man socks.. are on the needles.. I have to say there is a big difference in .. $20 sock yarn and $5 sock yarn.. the mountain colors weavers wool was so soft and almost silky...the $5 yarn is soft but more crispy feeling..anyway I'm hoping to get some knitting done in the hosital today..
















Greetings from the glass head.... creepy..

















and this little guy is improving by leaps and bounds each day now. This was taken last night.. he is breathing on his own .. very relaxed.. eating well... we just heard they have taken all the tubes out this morning and he is being moved to the regular crib.. and will be feed with a bottle now.. most important.. mom can finally hold him in her arms today....(^_^) today is a good day..!!!

Progress is being made slowly but surely... I put one coat of black paint on the bed.. finally !!.. we are going to let it dry ... set it up in the room and then I'm going to put a final coat on it.

















the second sock is also growing a bit slow.. but it IS growing!!..

















the flowers I planted a while ago are starting to fill in and are pleasant to look at .. they are lining the entrance to my house... little Jayden is getting a weee bit better everyday.. he is off the respirator and they are giving him his mommy's milk every few hours.. I will go and see him again tomorrow. I saw him last night and he was breathing on his own and was very relaxed.. It was wonderful to see.. I have to thank u all for your prayers.. good wishes .. hope and kind words..they have ment a lot to us at this time of great stress for our little one.. thank u .. thank u .. thank u.. !!!!

iT's A wRaP+*+

It's a man sock!!.. and it fits..!! Until recently this sock has been my purse project that I carry around with me and work on here and there.. but after I finished the frilly wrap... it has become my main project.. my cast on was a little tight on the first sock (because i have mostly been making smaller socks for girls).. so i made sure i casted on extra loose for the second..I really like this yarn (the color is granite peak) which I bought a year ago.. (these socks were supposed to be for Christmas last year.. 0.0) some how they never got made.. and they were my socktoberfest sock and some how never got finished in time.. but as u can see in the second picture .. sock #2 is moving along quickly and I'm already up to the gusset.. :D I wish I was like they yarn harlot.. she can make a sock a day.. I really don't know how she does that...I don't feel I could ever make a sock a day..






























and here is my finished frilly wrap.. made with lion brands moonlight mohair.. the yarn seems a little rough in the ball but after u knit with it .. it gets soft.. I'm pleased with how it turned out..
















I'm off to run to the hospital and visit little Jayden.. knitting in bag.. .. I'm ready!!!

soO tiReD

I was so tired last night when I blogged that I couldn't see straight.. I had wanted to post this picture of Jayden so that Brit could see it from the hospital..the nurses had removed the tubes from his nose for a minute before putting a larger one in and they let me take a picture. Jayden was blowing some bubbles and still had one tube end in his mouth.. but mostly tube free. This picture is for u Brit..

In the midst of Jayden's birth... running to two different hospitals.. and much stress.. I forced myself to finish the curtains for the upstairs bedroom.. shew this room is almost done.. I just need some brown pillow shams that i haven't been able to find anywhere so I might have to make those too... and I still have to paint the mate to the bed that is there black..

















Little Jayden is doing better than he was yesterday but is still a sick little guy.. he is off the respirator but is still connected everywhere else. I got to touch his little hand and his soft hair...Brit is going to be released from the hospital tomorrow and mommy and baby will be reunited again ..I'm sure both of them will be comforted by this. This little guy needs lots of luv right now....
















and.... yes .. I have been knitting.. I've finished a sock and started the second one.. and finished my frilly wrap.. its still lying on the coffee table where i left it yesterday.. It just needs a touch of steam to block it... knitting is a good stress reliever..yay for knitting..!!