Finally back to knitting!!!

Its been a very long past few weeks, mostly including (but not limited to) nausea, sleep deprivation, constipation, bloating, more sleep deprivation, more nausea, clothes not fitting, more nausea....

Okay I think you get the point!!! This pregnancy has been kicking my butt! Today my little baby is the size of a raspberry and just 8 weeks old! The past month has gone by very slow, so heres to hoping that the next month is fast! I think it will be too, because I have a lot of deadlines for upcoming knitting projects.

At Gymboree class, where I take the toddler to get out some energy a few times a week, I ran into a previous swim mom! We quickly reconnected, and I was so surprised to see how big her oldest daughter had gotten!!! Come to find out, this friend of mine does photography! I love connections! Anyhow, she has gotten many requests lately for newborn shoots! Immediately I got excited and we started talking ideas about pom hats and chunky textured yarn! YAY! And, she has a shoot this weekend (yikes!). I immediately picked up the needles and pumped out 2 hats. The first came out bigger than I had planned (check your gauge nanny!), but the second was perfect thanks to a helping hand from an old friend, Baby (the doll from my childhood that I still have, and yes Dad, her foot still needs to be fixed!). Turns out, Baby is just about the size of a newborn and provided the perfect template for fitting hats!!!

I just love the result I got with both hats. Chunky yarn is definitely the way to go when in a time crunch! Big needles and big yarn = quick knit! My friend has several newborn shoots coming up and Im sooo excited! 2 of which happen to be for boys!!! I found some great chunky yarn in baby blue and white and cant wait to make some stuff this weekend! But first, Mary Poppins!

I managed to knock out the final belle ruffle glove this evening. All I have left is the wrap. Shouldnt take long, and I hope to knock that out tomorrow and Friday so I can get back to knitting baby hats (which by the way, only take 2-3 hours!).

So the pictures above are my friend's beautiful 4 month old trying out the bigger hat (she loved it and kept in on til we took it off!) and Baby wearing the smaller pom hat. Love them both and cannot wait to see what my friend is able to capture!