Clothes for Baby, but what about me?

I love being pregnant. Maybe because this pregnancy is likely to be my last ,(5 children is a good number, and I am unfortunately not getting any younger,) I am enjoying this particular pregnancy in a completely new way for me.
There is only one issue, what to wear. That may sound very trivial, but I am down to 2 dresses that I can for the moment fit in. I went downtown yesterday to try to find some maternity clothes. I did find some very very expensive ones, and some not so expensive ones, but truly blah ones.
I shared my thoughts with Mr. SockPixie at breakfast. His answer was: "Make them!" He said: "You have the tools and the skills, make the clothes yourself!"
I love how he trusts that I can do anything!
So this morning I rummaged through all my fabrics, and of course made a real mess in the process. But who cares about the mess, I have a mission: to make a dress today, that I will proudly wear tonight when our friends come over for dinner.
I am excited about the idea, but at the same time I have the image of Lucille Ball in my mind, you know in the episode where Ricky tells her she cannot spend any more money, and she has to make her dress herself, and perm her hair herself!

I might just pop an I Love Lucy DVD in while I sew this morning!

But let's be serious now. I have picked the fabric, a light cotton.

I love the colors and the patterns. Now I have to decide on a shape! Tomorrow, I'll let you know if I pulled a Lucy!

Baby sweater number 1

Here is baby sweater number one! I designed this cardi to be a one piece seam free cardi, in a soft oatmeal Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino with a subtle fairisle yoke pattern in a cream color, which of course is practically impossible to photograph!

I also got some buttons for it yesterday at my new local yarn store. That is one thing I forgot to tell you, a new yarn store opened in my neighborhood JP Knit and Stitch. I just love the place! Genevieve, Jennifer, and Pat are the onderful owners. They carry yummy yarns, and gorgeous fabrics. I spent a few hours there yesterday just knitting, and chatting. I am so happy they are here!


Here are the buttons, simple and cream white echoing the fairisle pattern.

The lovely JP Knit and Stitch ladies have offered to test-knit the pattern for me!

I am back!

I logged into the blog today, and gasped when I read the last post date. November 17! I can hardly believe it has been this long since I last posted!

Mind you we have been busy. Little Miss SockPixie took longer than we would have liked to recover, but I am happy to say that she is completely back to normal now.

Then, there is the big news! Mr. SockPixie and I are expecting a Mini Boy SockPixie! We are 19 weeks pregnant!
The whole family is overjoyed.

The most exciting part is that I have started knitting for the baby! So over the next few months you can expect a lot of baby knitting!

Here is Mini Boy SockPixie saying hello!

Color Fun

2 new colorways! One breezy, the other dramatic...

And the Winner is....

Thank you so much for your comments, and suggestions. Thank you for all the lovely names. I have the really hard task of picking one now. I expect the pattern will be ready by this Saturday.

Now for the winner of the giveaway...

corycoakley said...
I left this open all day because I couldn't think of the flower this reminded me of...columbine was the one! of course, a few others beat me to the punch. But columbine, totally.

Congratulations corycoakley! Use the contact me button on the right side of the page and send me your full name and your address. I will send you the supplies by mail, and will email you a copy of the pdf pattern by Saturday!

Now it's off to homeschooling for me!

New Furry Baby!

Every Monday, the boys and I host an animation group for teens at our house. Yesterday, one of the mothers brought 2 little rescue kittens with her, wondering if someone wanted one of them.
My motherly instinct kicked in right away, and so within minutes "Mittens" became our baby.

Welcome home Mittens!

Doll Play

A little doll fun for today.
Meet Wednesday, Betsy McCall's dark, spirited twin sister!