I think I haven't been posting as much because I hang out on Facebook more these days, AND I need to get my knitted items photographed.

Anyway, we were on vacation last week sailing in the San Juan Islands... photos here on Flickr. I'm happy to have come back with a tanned face and hands. This summer has just been so beautiful. This weekend I should be posting our sailing logbook on our Impulsive blog.

For my next knitting project, I am going to make Lucille, an heirloom sweater. I ordered Elann Peruvian Baby Cashmere in pewter and it's going to be gorgeous. I also picked up yarn in an eggplant color to make this cute cabled cardigan.

We finished the clay wall and fireplace re-installation. Before it was painted cinder blocks, now it has natural American Clay applied on it. The fireplace had a gold trim, which Jesper spray painted matte black. The electric source to the fireplace now goes through the wall to the power instead of on the outside on the floor. Project complete!

I finally have gotten some more photos together of what I've made. While on vacation, I worked on some baby socks. Actually three of the pairs pictures I've had for a few years stashed away. I have one more single done and need to make the second one as soon as I can find the other skein of yarn.

I also knit up this cute little dress in a weekend, it was surprisingly fast! It's Topaz, from knitty.com. I used Manos yarn. I have plenty of green left, so back in the stash it goes.
All these projects are stash busting, no new yarn purchases necessary!

I've been feeling quite good for my pregnancy, but in the last 2 weeks, I'm really obviously showing a pregnant belly. Luckily, many of my old clothes fit still and so I am not feeling low on wardrobe yet.

I'm enjoying riding my Vespa to work so much more now that the weather is great. I really toughed it out all winter in the cold weather and now it's a treat. Less gear to pile on too, so it's quicker to get going. I'll probably ride through the end of July, and yes! I'm being careful!


I'm looking forward to our sailing vacation to the San Juan Islands in early July, it's fun to plan the meals and the route plan. Hopefully it will be sunny too.

Jesper has been full-on building a greenhouse atop our garden. It's looking good and sturdy and might just be all done by the weekend. We'll see how it goes as far as increasing plant happiness. Our water bill will go up, but I think it takes quite a lot of water to really affect that. We're going to establish a strawberry patch.

Love this creative advertising!

We had our ultrasound today and the bun in the oven is a GIRL! The Chinese calendar was wrong, it predicted a boy.

It's still sinking in that we know, now we can get more serious about names, though we have a few ideas. We'll save the name reveal until October.

We had a great trip to Hoover Dam, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon North Rim, Coral Sand Dunes & Las Vegas strip in 4 days. We got a convertible Ford Mustang upgrade. It was a lot of miles (almost 700), so many, we weren't able to fit in Bryce Canyon. My favorite part was Zion, the land features are amazing and the colors are so vibrant. Jesper loved the immensity of the Grand Canyon. We stayed at the lodge in a little duplex cabin at the Grand Canyon, it was fun to sit out on the lodge balcony and see the stars. The temperatures were very warm. 80-100F on the trip. The heat was so dry, I hardly sweat. A nice change from any other heat with some humidity in it. To see more photos, I put them up on Flickr.

Last weekend I worked up a pair of baby socks and now I am addicted to knitting baby socks. I am going to knit a bunch more over the weekend. Super quick little project.

If you know how to knit a toe-up sock. Here is the numbers for a baby sock.
Using sock yarn and size 1.5 or 2 US needles.

• Cast on 18 sts with Provisional Cast-on.
  
  
• Work toe with 6 short row wrapped sts on both sides.
  
  
• Work 35 sts around with desired pattern. (st st on bottom, k2, p2 rib on top)
  
  
• Work until you are 1" from desired heel.
  
  
• Turn heel with short rows, 5 wrapped sts.
  
  
• Continue working leg to desired height.
  

Easy to memorize once you've done it once.

I had to start another project straight away and now I'm done again! What next... I think I am going to work on this Gnome I've been meaning to get to. I also have a stack of fabric waiting to be pressed and made into Hooter Hiders. And the fabric all cut to assemble some mei tai baby carriers for gifts and myself.

I decided not to make a hat after I weighed how much yarn I had left from the wooly pants. Now I've used up all the yarn and have the next size bigger. These are Size M-L shorts.

I finished Jesper's sweater a week and a half ago. He's wearing it most days lately.

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