Long lasting knitwear?

DSC_0435, originally uploaded by a-chan.

I knit this shrug when Sabrina was 6 months old in the 6 month size. As of today, she is 14 months and still wearing this little sweater. She is on the petite side, but just a little. I'm very surprised at how long she's been able to wear this.

I'm knitting another one for my cousin that's expecting and after that, I think I'll knit one the next size up (18 months) for Sabrina and we'll see how long she can wear it this time.

She's become quite the adventurous little one!

Yummy Keys!

Yummy Keys!, originally uploaded by kay_skay_790.

Picture courtesy of my cousin.

There's no reason for this entry, I just thought it was a cute picture. We ate a few Friday's ago at Pambiche. They have wonderful Cuban food! I'm so going back. Even Sabrina liked it (as well as the keys, yuck!).

I am in love!

I'm not sure if this is real love or an extreme infatuation... But I'm going to act on it. Yes, I'm going to order yarn from the internet and I am going to knit a loverly shawl with it... Yes, I will. I love the yarn so much. It's Twisted from Blue Moon Fiber Arts in the Beached colorway. I fell in love with the the little preview, not the actual skein picture.

And then there's the shawl, Shawl that Jazz. The Yarn Harlot knit it in Pucks Mischief (ravelry link). I'm smitten. It's like a triangle shawl, but no point. I'll have to buy the pattern, but I think it's worth it!

*swoon*

In other news:

My baby is 1! And she's walking! OMG! I'll have to do a proper post for that, though. But here's an obligatory picture (or 2) to keep you occupied.




(Lego phone: Can you hear me now?)

So, I joined a swap

It's a hotpad/potholder swap. I have to crochet 5 hotpads in the same pattern (different colors are okay), ship them in and I'll get 5 different ones in the mail.


I'm a little nervous about this swap because it's my first one. It makes me nervous because I don't want to be the one that screws everything up. I'm not going to screw up, but that's beside the point.


Because I'm lazy, here's the post I made over on their blog:


I started out thinking I would test a couple different patterns, but I really like the first one I tried. They are (thankfully) a bit over 6 inches across. This has turned into quite the stash buster. So far I've used Plymouth Fantasy Naturale that was leftover from a pinwheel blanket and a baby shrug. I'm hoping I have enough without having to buy more.



The pattern is here. (ravelry) The construction is very interesting on these! Without the video, I would have been totally lost. I can see many more of these in my future.

umm.. wanna chat?

I'm playing around with Omegle, a random, one on one chat room with a stranger. It's not as fun as I thought it would be, but oh well.


Stranger: everyone is rediculous on this thing

You: no doubt

Stranger: i guess thats to be expected though

Stranger: have you had any good conversations so far

You: no, just started... the first one started good, but then got immature.

Stranger: ive had 3 that lasted 10 seconds

You: I hear that's common

Stranger: even if you do find a good conversation it still seems like it would be a little lacking

Your conversational partner has disconnected.

Then I talked for awhile with some 15 year old about bands. We didn't really connect except for liking the older Fall Out Boy stuff. I'm following him (her?) on twitter for shits and giggles. That's probably the best convo I've had yet.

Here's some more:

Stranger: I'm a horny gay guy.

You: 42

Your conversational partner has disconnected.

You: 42

Stranger: 9001

You: 685

Stranger: 504

You: 311

Stranger: I see what you did there

Stranger: i mean 604

You: oh yeah?

Stranger: damn

Stranger: it happened again

Your conversational partner has disconnected.

You: 42

Stranger: 21

Stranger: ....Penis

You: not another one

Stranger: ...Wanna have a penis fight?

You have disconnected.

I guess nobody has read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The only one that got it was the very first one:

You: 42
Stranger: is the answer
Stranger: to the universe?
Stranger: amidoingitright?
You: and everything
Stranger: ;darn
Stranger: it doesnt answer y i ******** too much though
Stranger: :(
You: are you sure?
Stranger: maybe
Stranger: u have me confused with some1 else im sorry


I'm not sure this is something I'll keep doing. One good match out of 10 isn't good odds. Although the penis fight one had me loling.