Wednesday, November 23, 2011

W.I.P. Wednesday and a special day

Here's my Work In Progress for the Needle and Thread Network. Click on the link and visit the other needleworkers who are taking part. It's always nice to see what others are working on.

It's knitting once again for little Luc. His mom chose the yarn - she didn't like the baby colours they had in the recommended yarns. This one makes its own stripes and as you can see from what's on the needle, the two sleeves that I am knitting at the same time will be different. I figured it would be easy to distinguish what is the front and what is the back of the sweater this way. All you have to remember is what sleeve gets the dark stripe at the cuff and which one is the light one. I am hoping to finish it soon since I have other knitting that I started and should finish up. This one apparently is an easy sweater and I wanted to try out the pattern. Hopefully, next week I will have some quilting to show.

Today I am looking after Arja, a Shih-poo who belongs to my youngest son and his girlfriend. Arja is a bundle of high energy and loves old Baxter and the kitties. They, of course, want nothing to do with her. So, I guess we will be taking lots of walks today.


And 31 years ago today I gave birth to my third child, a little girl we named Maili.

I don't know how many years apart these were taken and the top one is several years old now but I thought it was nice to see.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAILI!!!!
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13 comments:

  1. Marjorie's Busy CornerNovember 23, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Oh how nice...the pics are lovely...Happy Birthday to your daughter. Happy knitting. I used to knit when my 3 boys were little; but now it makes me tense...lol. The longer I knit; the tighter the stitches get. Oh well; just have to quilt, I guess...lol. Have a wonderful day.

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  2. mtnquiltrNovember 23, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Your baby sweater will be so cute! I like the colours. I used to tie a small wool bow inside the back neck, you could try that.

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  3. Michelle in SaskatoonNovember 23, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    I think the sweater will be adorable, I like the colors too,

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  4. elleNovember 23, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    I'm not much on baby colours so these look wonderful to me.

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  5. hettyNovember 23, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    Love the yarn you are using. That is going to look great! Happy Birthday to your lovely daughter.

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  6. SheilaNovember 23, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    What a cute sweater ,I also knit a lot when my boys were young.Happy Birthday to your daughter .

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  7. HollyMNovember 23, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    I too enjoy making baby sweaters.
    My 30 year old son's birthday is today as well.

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  8. Magpie's MumblingsNovember 23, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    I'm not a lover of the typical 'baby' colours either, so this sweater would be a favourite.

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  9. AllieNovember 23, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    Happy Birthday to Maili! Dolores, your sweater looks wonderful, I love non-baby colors on babies. This will be very sweet! Arja is so cute, hope you got some knitting done in between walks, lol!

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  10. Joanne HuffmanNovember 24, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    I love the look of the sweater - I think the color choice is great. Happy Birthday to your daughter.

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  11. LeanneNovember 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    That is beautiful yarn and will make such a nice sweater.

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  12. Draffin BearsNovember 24, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Hi Dolores,

    Love the sweet little sweater you are knitting for Luc, the colours are lovely.
    Happy Birthday to Maili, great to see the photos of you both.

    Happy weekend
    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  13. monika@mysweetprairie.caNovember 25, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Awe what sweet photos! Yeah - moms love earthy and natural these days, don't they. Thanks for linking! I hope it brings extra traffic from some lovely canucks : )
    ~Monika

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