I’m back again, with a new WIP to boot. I’ve needed to take some time away because unfortunately my DH and I were suffering through a miscarriage. We were so excited about the possibility of our first baby, and before we knew it, it was all over. These past two weeks have been by far the hardest I’ve ever had to go through, and every day is getting a little easier, but I still have my moments when I break down. I am happy that I have told people about the miscarriage and what I have been going through. It’s amazing how many people I know, either at work or otherwise, who have been through the same thing, and they have all been so supportive trying to help me through the pain. It really is a miracle that anyone is born considering all that we women have to go through to have a baby!
My sister-in-law’s baby shower was the same weekend as my miscarriage, so of course I didn’t go, but I did send the layette set I crocheted for her. Unfortunately, with all that was going on I forgot to take a picture of it. It turned out adorable, and I’m sure I’ll make it again when someone else I know has a new daughter.
After the miscarrige, I was cooped up at home for about a week, and with nothing to do, I started crocheting granny squares.

I had this yarn hanging around in my stash, so I decided to put it to good use. My mom has been donating squares and blankets to Project Linus through her church, so I thought I would finish this, and give it to her to donate as well. I’d like to make it large enough for a child to use, instead of just a baby blanket, so I will probably need four or five more strips. The good thing is that crocheting is much faster than knitting, and I can usually make about one square in an hour. Unfortunately I can’t crochet for as long as I can knit because it hurts my wrist. So, because my whole stash has been moved out of our condo to decrease clutter while we are trying to sell it, I had to buy some more yarn for a knitting project when the crocheting gets to be to much.
I got this yarn at Michael’s

It’s actually Vanna White’s new line of yarn for Lion Brand. I broke down and went for the acrylic because I am so bad at handwashing my knits. They sit forever in the bottom of my hamper because I am too lazy to wash them. Anyway, for acrylic, it’s so soft, and almost looks like wool. I’ve just started a cabled shrug, of my own design, using this. I’ll post a picture when the cable pattern starts to stand out a little more.
My other exciting Michael’s find was these two knitting bags:

They are both Knitpickers brand. The tote has plenty of small pockets for tool storage, and it looks like it could hold about 8 skeins of yarn. The smaller bag has a hole on either end that you can pull the yarn though, so now when I am knitting with my yarn sitting on the couch it doesn’t get so full of cat hair. With the 40% off coupon in this week’s newpaper, the bags were a good deal too!
I promise not to be too absent from now on, and I’ll be making the rounds to everyone else’s blogs too, so hopefully you’ll be hearing from me again.
TTTFN!