Wow, having babies makes posting even more difficult than before... (Duh!)
For that reason, I've opted out of Secret Pal 12 since it wouldn't be fair to a spoiler not to be able to get a sense of who I am, other than as a very busy, and sometimes slightly insane, mother of four. The babies are doing well. They're three and a half months old now and I feel like we've finally turned some kind of corner and I'm able to get a few things done aside from nursing all day and half the night.
During one of the darker hours before we turned that corner I decided I
needed an easy project for some knitting therapy, so I picked some
chunky baby alpaca out of my stash and started a seed-stitch scarf.
It's intended for my friend M, whose favorite color is periwinkle. I bought the yarn online and I'd say it's more of a cornflower, but it's lovely and soft and definitely works for a project to knit on when there's little actual brainpower available. (As an aside, it seems Typepad made some changes between my last post and this one and I'm not sure how the whole image insertion is going to behave now.)
Back to the babies before I post a photo of the amazing Rockin' Sock Club colorway for May. It's the end of the single-color studies (Yay -- I really joined for the amazing multi-color colorways STR is known for, not these studies, although they've been interesting) and it's my favorite of the year so far. I do adore purple/violet and I'm glad if we were in for another color study that's the one we got. Anyway, babies, sort of. We had their three month portraits done on Friday and before we went I remembered to grab these booties that belonged to my dad. The rumor has it that my grandma was convinced he was going to be a girl, so they're mostly pink. They look like they were made from a kit, with knit uppers and sheepskin soles. Unfortunately, moths got to them at some point so we didn't have the babies wear them, but hopefully some of the pictures the photographer took with them and the babies feet came out well. I'm anxiously awaiting a call back about scheduling a viewing session.
And last, but not least, the May selection for the Rockin' Sock Club. I don't know if I'm going to sign up again next year -- July's and September's kits will probably be the deciding factor. I love the idea of an annual club, but can't afford more than one and I'd heard wonderful things about Sundara Seasons club (plus, having more control over color ranges is very, very appealing -- I may be looking to sell or trade my Dragon Dance to another club member. I just don't think I'll ever use it myself). Here's the lovely Incredible Shrinking Violet: