Mistress Stash Enhancer

So many thank you's I have to say!! My email box has exploded with well wishes and congrats, thank you to everyone for helping us welcome our new little sweet pea to the world! A few presents for Kailey have arrived in my mailbox as well that I have to share:

My friend and neighbor Amanda knit Kailey so many amazing pieces!

Thank you Amanda, for so many lovely gifts! (She has better pictures of the knitting itself on her blog, pop on over to see it) She knit a lovely baby blanket, a tiny pair of baby socks (for a while there I was blaming her for Kailey being late! Because she hadn't finished the socks! *L*) and the sweetest little hat, check out this hat!!

Kailey looks like a little flower when she wears it. When Mom and I went to Rhinebeck I picked up some fiber for Amanda (who feeds my cats when I go on trips). She spun up some of it and knit up this hat with it! Its so soft and she did an amazing job, thank you!!! I can't tell you how grateful I am to have met you 3 (?) year ago at the bus stop, I don't think I would enjoy living here as much if it wasn't for knowing ewe! *L*

Valerie of knitting in pink (go see the hat she just finished, amazing!) sent *the* cutest bib and burp cloth set from bamboo baby's etsy site for Kailey! Check out the fabric! I love it!!

Both the bib and burp cloth have come in handy already! I'm so happy that we where able to met at Rhinebeck and now I'm able to put a face with your name! Thank you so much for sending such a cool gift for baby girl!! : )

Cayli of Spin a yarn for Ewe (check out the yarn she spins!) sent Kailey the sweetest little hat and sweater!

She used the cutest little sunshine buttons on the sweater, that add the perfect touch! The hat is so soft and squishy, Kailey wore it to her first Dr's appointment today and it did a great job keeping her little head warm! Thank you so much Cayli! I'm so glad to have "met" you this past year! One more picture, cause its just too cute not to share!

Mom knit Kailey an adorable little sweater! I blamed her for a few days for Kailey being late, she had to block the sweater and add buttons to it. But I believe now that Kailey was just waiting for her Mema to deliver this sweater to her personally. I love this little sweater and the buttons that my Dad picked out for it, I think Kailey likes it too!

Thank you Mom!! Your sweater has kept Kailey good and toasty this past week while the weather here in Western PA has finally started to act like its January! We have snow! Not a whole lot (thank goodness) but we have snow!

A big thank you to Amanda, Valerie, Cayli and my Mom for sending such lovely gifts to little Kailey! She must now how much she is loved, not only by her family but by an extended network of friends. She is thriving and healthily! Today at her first Dr's appointment, the Dr proclaimed that she is a keeper and was happy that she had regained her birth weight plus 3 oz! (He said not to many babies do that in the first week, not even bottle feed! Yay!) Knitters are really the best kind of people! Thank you everyone, Thank you!!!

sometimes... I get this thought in my head that I can sew. Ok, I can sew. But I don't sew well. Even though Bryce who was watching me sew yesterday afternoon told me "Mommy, I don't know why you say you can't sew. Cause you do a good job!" Isn't he the cutest? Honestly, I'm never really happy with how my sewing projects look after I'm finished, or how they look after a few uses. But I always find myself buying more patterns, fabric and sitting in front of my sewing machine.

I think it has to do with the memories I have of sewing as a child. When I around 8 I would spend Saturdays at my Auntie Adair's house while my mom was at work, or my parents just wanted me outta their hair ; )  It was my Aunt that helped foster my creativity, she encouraged me to try new things and taught me things that her mother and her mother in law taught her. She always had fun things planned for us to do, and I can still remember kicking her butt playing Sorry!

When ever I iron fabric, the smell reminds me of Saturdays at her house. Using the sprinkle water bottle that was her MIL's and the hot iron sizzling away the moisture. Then the smell of her old singer as I would sew my Samantha doll a new dress. This weekend, after a trip to Jo-ann's last week I broke out my Lady Kenmore and tried to convince myself that yes. I can sew. At Jo-ann's I bought a nursing pillow and whipped up a cover for it using snuggly flannel

I finished up my Big Bad Baby Blanket Friday morning, after putting it and the flannel I bought for the backing through the washer and dryer I added the backing. Ha. Yeah. I can sew my ass. Piping, don't speak to me about piping. Apparently when my Aunt taught me her trick to adding piping it didn't stick in my head. I tried 3 times! THREE times, before I ripped it off for good and said screw it damnit.

I have to say though, the BBBB turned out great, the cotton tots fluffed up and softened like you wouldn't believe in the wash. I can't wait to wrap New Baby girl in it.

Stats:

Pattern: Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch and Bitch

yarn: 4 balls of Cotton tots in very berry.. I think... I started a different blanket with this yarn. Frogged it, and it marinated in the stash for a bit with out labels. So I'm not 100% sure how much I used.

needles: US 8 addi turbo

gauge: 4 sts/in before and after machine washing and drying

size: 27"W  x  32"L

notes: I only knit 15 rows of seed stitch, I couldn't take it anymore and just wanted to start on the pattern! I also used 1 yard of flannel to back the blanket, I hope this will help the blanket keep its shape. Since its soon to be loved and washed many, many times!  I was going to add piping to the edges, lets just say that didn't work out.

Also I sewed a receiving blanket out of some cute lamb flannel that I couldn't pass up, thanks to Wool Winder's post that inspired me to do this. I had a little bit of flannel left over from the nursing pillow cover, the blankets, and had some boyish flannel in the stash. Now everyone has a little blankie

Ok. So sometimes when I think I can sew, I can.

Prego update: still.no.baby. Today is my due date and I'm off to tempt fate to embarrass the daylights outta me. Because I have errands that have to be ran, and can not wait. Last night I think I slept 2 hours, thanks to some fluid behind my left eardrum that is causing this obnoxious freaking humming noise. My Dr told me to take sudafed for it, that damn never kept me up before. But hell I'm still freaking wired! I think the baby has dropped, but I'm not completely sure since my back and hips don't hurt yet.  Grrr... I'm sure I'm super pleasant to be around with all this whining! Seriously though, will someone tell the crazy person in my head to stop humming? Or at least hum a tune? urgh!