I’m nesting… September 2, 2008

That would be the reason for the silence on this blog, at least that’s what I’m claiming.  I recently had to shut down my business to customs.  It was a hard decision, because I have major issues telling people no and I enjoy the knitting. But I realized that time was going much quicker than my fingers.  I have this long list of stuff to do for the Little Dude who will be here in 3 weeks (!) and I couldn’t work on all of it, unless I give up something, like sleeping.

So I shut down my store to customs and hope to open it again by Halloween.  I woke up one morning with the incredible urge to either knit every yarn I have in my stash, or to sell it.  So I sold a BUNCH of stuff and started knitting a bunch of stuff.  If you frequent my Flickr account, you probably see how much stuff is coming off of my needles.

I also decided that I needed to work on a homeschooling room.  It turned out really nice and Magdalena is very excited about it.  I have plans to order the rest of her books for this quarter of her curriculum on the next payday.

We are also excitedly anticipating the local Pork Festival.   Magdalena has been talking about going to parades since the festival ended last year.  It’s also the last thing on her calendar before her baby brother is scheduled to make his appearance.  She’s a very experienced and excited big sister you know.

Carmina is also seems to be understanding that their is a baby in my belly.  And I think she gets that he will want to nurse and that she will have to share. Of course, telling her that the baby will nurse, just makes her want to nurse right away.

Anyway, a busy month.  Hopefully I’ll get better about posting.  And Erich will be posting here and there and will also update when the Dude makes his arrival.

Birthday Beauties

Suzanne has been hard at work hand knitting wool pants, hats, and sweaters.  Her latest and biggest project was just completed last night, a baby blanket for our up and coming son.  Its the first time she’s knitted in blue.  I jokingly gave her an approved color list after she came to me with some wild oranges.  I told her that if Eddie Bauer didn’t have it in their product line for men, then she wasn’t allowed to let my son wear it.  You may have heard that our oldest daughter wanted to buy her brother a pink towel.  Suzanne talked her out of it, but despite my forementioned rules I would have allowed it.  I guess you could say I value my daughter’s pride over my own.  I am looking forward to the birth of our first son and will probably be posting more during and after the delivery, so I wanted to sort of “warm up the crowd” to my presence by posting now and again before the big day.

PS. Suzanne is doing good. She is making t-shirts for all three birthday beauties today.

Another Busy Month Here at the Castle ;) January 11, 2008

As always, I always have a long list of crafty projects. Obviously there is knitting for my little business, but there are other things I like to do. Once in a while I like to actually knit for my family. LOL And I get little urges to do things. Currently I have the urge to sew up diapers, especially some night diapers for Carmina. But I’m running into some roadblocks, a) I can’t find my favorite pattern and b) I don’t have any hemp fabric. I hate ordering that stuff online because I find it to be a PITA to ship. Also coming up I need to sew up the girls Easter dresses. I’m also going to knit little boleros to go with them since Easter is in March so it will most likely be chilly. So I should probably get those going and ready while I have a lull in custom orders. I’m also working on a 16″ limbed waldorf doll for Magdalena’s birthday. I really can’t believe she’ll be FOUR in about a week! Crazy stuff.

Click below to see some pictures of my latest creations.

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Magdalena’s Blanket Closeup November 20, 2007

Magdalena’s Blanket
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

Magdalena’s Blanket

Magdalena’s Blanket
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

Finally finished! I’ve been working on this off and on now for, well let’s just say a long time! Glad to have it off the needles!

Anne Carson September 25, 2007

Anne Carson
Originally uploaded by Mommy2StaufferBabies

20″ waist
23″ hips
21″ rise
12.5 thigh
12″ inseam

seed stitch cuff
elastic waistband

Knit with “Good Earth” on Beaverslide- dyed by A Time To Dye
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Updating January 23, 2007

I updated the craft blog. Link can be found in my profile. I’ve been spending a majority of my time on knitting, so it only seems right that I start updating that and showing off my stuff.

Brushing Off the Dust

I’ve been busy busy but have neglected to update this blog. But I’m going to change that. So let’s see.

Currently I have a couple of projects cast on. I’m almost finished with a blanket for Magdalena. It’s using the same pattern that I used for Carmina’s blanket, but Magdalena picked out the yarn. I’ve been working on a afghan for my Mom. It’s knit in 12″x12″ squares that are pieced together at the end. I’m loving this because the squares knit up quick and I’m not stuck in what feels like a gigantic project (if that makes any sense). And the last project I’m working on currently is slippers for Erich because he complains about his feet getting cold all.of.the.time.