Celtic Cast On

T started swimming lessons at the local pool last week.

She is enjoying it so much, a regular little fish. The first day of  class it was pouring buckets out, I figured she wouldn`t want to get in but it didn`t fizz her a bit, she loved every minute.  There are lots of fun toys to play with and a good amount of  people watching too.

 We bought a little blow up pool to have at home, Boss and Moo are enjoying being able to play too. 

Dame Edna eat your heart out!

Water is a fun way to cool off on these hot hot days.

Happy and Denny agree!

 It’s the simple things in life that bring so much joy and pleasure.

Watching tiny hands…

Holding tight…

Enjoying the simple pleasure…

Of a swing!

I’ve been working away on my mystery socks. Time is definitely a ticking and I’m unsure at this point whether I’m going to make the June 30th cut off.

One sock is complete and the other is in the works….

I was trucking right along until last night when I picked up my sock and realized I had  skipped the cuff altogether and started off with the leg chart. *groan* I made sure to use my highlighter second time around, highlighting CUFF, LEG and RIGHT SOCK. This was just before I frogged the entire thing. Hopefully it won’t take too long to re knit.

I’ve had lots of questions about the yarn I’m using. It’s  A Piece Of Vermont in the Jam colourway gifted by Lynne. The dyer is no longer making this yarn which is unfortunate as I have really enjoyed working with it  and seeing the subtle colour changes as I knit. It looks quite a bit different knit up than it did in the skein, I was quite surprised to see deep blues and some pinks throughout.

Boston and Molly are enjoying lots of outdoor time but wish black fly season was over. It’s much more enjoyable when you aren’t getting your ears eaten.

Boston : “I know I heard something squeak in here, you find it yet Moolee?”

Moolee: “sniff sniff sniff, Nope!”

I’m so happy with my little Lupin bed. Two years ago I made the bed and planted two packets of Lupin seeds just before Fall. Last year only two plants grew out of about 20-30 seeds with 3-5 flowers on each. I was quite disappointed as I was expecting it to be full of them. This year however the Lupin’s have bloomed VERY early and I have over 20 flowers on each plant. I just need one more plant in the front there and my little bed will be perfect. Can you imagine what it would have been like with 30 plants?? lol I bought some more Lupin seeds yesterday, packets with multiple colours, with plans for more Lupin growing this year. We have a whole side hill that would look sooo awesome covered in colourful Lupin’s.

So you all knew I was 6 months but did you know…..

I started solids….

I have TWO teeth!

 I can sit up by myself!

I love great grampy and grammy’s air conditioner…

and I can say BaBa, NaNa, and MaMa!

Not bad for a month’s work huh!

Where has the time gone??

Spring has sprung on The Ridge and we’ve even had some lovely summer days lately.

The dogs are enjoying the fresh air and ability to get out for a good romp without being clabbered in muck.

T has reached the 6 month mark, learning and doing new things every day.

and I????

I have been KNITTING!!!!!!!!

Albeit only here and there when I get the chance but some knitting is better than no knitting right?

Here’s a little run down of what I’m working on :

Manu: Manu is…..well….. not even on the needles yet, turns out I don’t have the right size needles to even swatch for this one yet so its sitting patiently waiting for me to cast on. I’m excited about this one because stockinette is super easy to pick up at any point and knit a few stitches and also proves to be good car ride material, I can see me getting alot accomplished on this in a short time once its off the ground. I want those needles ASAP!

Minimalist : That poor half a sleeve I have left to finish. I’m at a point in the pattern that I have to increase after knitting so many rows, this requires pen paper and counting…… by the time I drag all that out it will be time to put it all away again.

KrisKnits Monthly Discloth KAL:  I’ve been keeping up with this and have some finished cloths to show you save February’s cloth where I ran out of yarn… doh! I only had a few rows left too.  It’s sugar and creme so I’ll have to wait until we go for a little weekend in Maine to get more to complete it.

Mojo’s : AHA! Now this one I have made progress on. One sock is down with only one more to go but as it turns out I need those needles for another project at the moment so sock number two is on hold. * I didn’t knit these two at a time because each sock is a different pattern.*

Here’s a little look at the after thought heel on my mojo sock. It was my first attempt at this technique, very simple to do  just like knitting a toe and fits well.  I’d say my first toe up sock was a success, I will definitely be knitting more toe ups!!

What’s on your needles? 

From all of us here on The Ridge!

Its been a beautiful weekend with temps in the 20’s. We’ve taken full advantage of the good weather and enjoyed some play time outside.

Hanging with dad, washing the truck,

Cleaning up the flower beds and…

just being incredibly cute!

Hope you spent some time with family this Easter! 

No your eyes are not deceiving you that really is snow! Yes I said snow, and its October 14th…… *sigh*

Sarah posted a few days ago that they got a skift but I did not think the “chance of snow” the weatherman talked about was THIS MUCH!!!

This is what our yard looked like just as the fluffy stuff started to fall….

Amazing huh??? Apparently the trees weren’t prepared for this either, they are all bent over and we even lost one on our trail down back, I had to detour through the pine trees to get around it this morning.

Molly was not impressed with the wet flakes falling last night….

but when she realized the fluffy edible stuff was back to romp around in she was ok with it.

Boston enjoys being outside in any weather but I think he too is a bit partial to the fluffy stuff. He’s just waiting for a snow bank to perch on top of so he can survey his land.

I on the other hand would prefer that my winter jacket buttoned, my snow pants zipped and that I wasn’t currently wearing the winter woolies I would usually be donning in February!! Tadpole will get a shock to the system when he arrives!!

This last week I’ve been quite miserable as I seem to have caught a cold that I really needed to get with just over 2 weeks to my due date. I seem to be getting a bit better but it will be nice when I have some energy back and can breathe through my nose again.

I have WIP’s, FO’s and packages to get caught up on so I best get posting.

                            I’m officially 31 weeks, and with only 9 left to go we’re getting pretty excited! Its hitting home that by the end of next month I’ll have my own little person to look after and care for.

Totally pumped and a little nervous of the changes that will happen, I know everything will be fine and after that first week it will be like we’ve never been without Tadpole but I can’t help being a little antsy.

At the moment Tadpole is breech, doc said its normal for this stage but i’m still hoping he decides to turn in time for the birth. Meanwhile he sure is using those big feet to his full advantage and booting me in the ribs every chance he gets… not so fun.

I’ve been working away bit by bit at Tadpole’s room, I’ve changed my mind soo many times on what I want to do its crazy. I just hope I can pull it all together before Tadpole decides to arrive.

After month’s of not being able to find buttons to match…..

I can finally show you my finished BSJ!

Pattern:Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann

Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport  multi in Bittersweet

Needles: 5mm circs

Start Date: March 3rd 2009

Finish Date: April 6th 2009

I don’t seem to have ANY notes from knitting this sweater… bad knitter! I do remember that I didn’t want to knit it again anytime soon, it seemed very fiddly to me always having to count to make sure I had enough stitches on either side etc. Once I got nearer to the end it seemed to get easier but it definitely wasn’t the relaxing knit that I was hoping for.

Luckily for me this sweater is for the Tadpole so I won’t need to make another one anytime soon

Just because they are soooo darn cute……  My babies!!

They were perched on top  of the sand pile we were using to make a level spot to put the pool…. don’t ask how it went, we no longer have a pool…. Bosty however loves to dig and enjoyed snoking and digging his little heart out while Molly preferred to use it as a crow’s nest to keep a close eye on her Dad.

Enjoy the sun we are finally getting!

Enough already with the SNOW!!!!

At 8 o’clock this morning I was out shovelling snow from the fence, no not the driveway the fence!!! 

We’ve had to dig a trench all the way along the fencing of our property. There is just sooo much snow that it was actually higher than the fence we put up and Boston was able to just walk right out on to the road. Leave it to my little devil to find a way out.

We were blattered with 30cms of snow in a meer 7 hrs in the early hours this morning which easily filled the previous trench we had dug on saturday. This morning it was back to trench digging while Moose plowed out the driveway.

All that work for this little Bohemian trench jumper!!

I did of course have my trusty trench guard on duty to make sure there was no trench jumping while I dug it out again. 

After 3 hours of digging we’re back to a jump free zone only to find out we’re getting another 5-10cms before the day is out.

PLEASE SEND SPRING!!!