My Father Knits Wonderful Things

My last SP9 box came in yesterday, and it was bitter-sweet! As always my pal (who I now know is http://www.tuabella.blogspot.com/) sent positivly lovely things, but it was a little sad to see the end of such a great round of SP! I was truly blessed this round!
So to Jenny I say Thanks for being my best ever secret pal!!!!
And just look at the goodies she sent me!

An awesome box full of baby patterns, 3 skeins of alpaca yarn in yummie oranges, note cards, orange-ginger lotion, coconut shower gel (my fav!), and the cutest lil hat and bootie set! I mean seriously, isn't it just the cutest?!? And just this last weekend I made room in the dresser for lil beeb things! Perfect! Although, I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of another wee one being around here very soon!

Thanks again Jenny, you're great!

Thank you again secret pal for the lovely book and supplies! These are my attempt at the 'class sock' from the Sensational Knitted Socks book, on two size 1 circs, in peaches and cream cotton (had some sitting around, so I thought I would practice with it)!!
I did notice that my gage was different for the second sock, but I don't know why. The second sock is a tad tighter and smaller than the first, but at this point I don't really care! I'm just jazzed that I (lil miss can't-walk-and-chew-gum) was able to knit a pair of socks! WOO HOO!!!
And as an added bonus, I think they will fit the new baby by next winter!

I must be a bad mommy or something....I'm nearly 27 weeks pregnant and have only knit one lil thing for my baby. And it isn't even a big knit, it's a lil hat that took me all of two evenings!

This lil hat is knit with Debbie Bliss Cashmerino superchunky, that was gifted to me by dear Heatherly [she is one of the wonderful people in my life who can embrace my deep love of all things orange, instead of giving me a 'are-you-kidding-me' look]! I didn't have a pattern, just whipped it up off the top of my head. I hope it fits our lil beeb (who is still nameless btw, 'cause his mommy and daddy can't agree on anything...ugh!!!)!

And speaking of the beeb, here he is:

Technology is so cool sometimes!

So last August Heather and I went to Sacramento and took a spinning class, ya know, the kind with drop spindles, not bicycles! It was really fun. And of course we had to do a little stash enhancement afterwards. During our shopping, I came across an ounce of baby camel top (the softest fiber to grace my hands, btw!!!). Now if any of you know my brother Duane, you know that this is a big deal, and I had no choice but to buy the camel down and spin it into my first completed hank of yarn: The lonely little 1oz. of fiber spun out to be 18ish yards of bulky weight camel yarn!

And of course, if you know Duane you'd know that I had no choice in the matter of what this lovely (cashmere soft) camel yarn needed to be knit into: That's right! A camel finger puppet! I was pretty pleased with how everything turned out! The yarn had a lot of thick and thin sections, but over all not bad for my first attempt. And the little camel was such a fun little knit! It only took me an hour to knit it up; as opposed to the several evenings it took me to "master" the spinning of camel fiber! But I think the most exciting part of finishing this lil camel was the fact that now all my Christmas knitting is done! HOORAY!!! Now I am off to finish some birthday knitting and start my first pair of socks! :)