Oy vey. one of these days I'll get it right. The yarn I initially wanted to use for Kiki's present is not working out. I fell in love with the yarn the moment I saw it at The Red Thread a few weeks back. It's actually the banner photo at the top of this blog. You might be able to tell that the yarn changes from super thin to very thick which looks very cool and the color/sheen is perfect.
At first I thought it was just going to be a little harder to work with it but when I got to the 16th row of 18 I stopped and realized the yarn was not laying flat at all. And that's when I felt like crying. I pulled it back and figured out that I had completely misread the pattern on several rows. Yeah, wanted to cry again. Instead of attempting it again I went out a bought normal yarn and the progress is going so much faster this time.
I plan on using the yarn I tried first at some point but I'll have to do a little research to figure out what pattern to use to make the most of that yarn.
On Friday Bug turned 2. Kinda blows my mind that he's two already. On April 18th we'll celebrate our 2 year anniversary and I've loved every minute with him. Saturday my mom and I went back to Bug's house for his birthday party. We were happily surprised to see some friends down from New York and it was a great party.
On Sunday I grabbed up my nephew since he didn't have school on Monday and his parents still had work.
Yesterday my mom and nephew came with me to Bug's house. We got to start the day off a little late because Bug had a routine doctor's appointment. Again we got to see our friends from New York before they left for home. Our plan was to go swimming at a local aquatic club but that was squashed when we found out they weren't open for public swim in the morning. We then decided to try the play area at Ikea. I have very fond memories of the ball pit there when I was a kid.
No such luck.
First off Bug is in the process of being potty trained (and rocking it!) but he's not there yet and my nephew was 2 inches too tall. Instead of trying at a new place we walked around Ikea. My nephew and Bug had a great time trying out the furniture and then the toys in the kid area. And when we got back home Bug basically passed out after lunch.
Today we got back into our routine. During Mason's nap I got several rows of Kiki's gift behind me. It looks great. I'm only on row 7 but already it looks longer and lays like it should so that's a huge relief. And maybe it's because I've basically done the whole thing once before or maybe it's because I'm using the right yarn this time but I find the pattern a whole lot easier to follow. I actually don't have to check the pattern every few stitches for once...
So that's the long & short of it. I sincerely hope I don't keep this kind of thing up all year!
At first I thought it was just going to be a little harder to work with it but when I got to the 16th row of 18 I stopped and realized the yarn was not laying flat at all. And that's when I felt like crying. I pulled it back and figured out that I had completely misread the pattern on several rows. Yeah, wanted to cry again. Instead of attempting it again I went out a bought normal yarn and the progress is going so much faster this time.
I plan on using the yarn I tried first at some point but I'll have to do a little research to figure out what pattern to use to make the most of that yarn.
On Friday Bug turned 2. Kinda blows my mind that he's two already. On April 18th we'll celebrate our 2 year anniversary and I've loved every minute with him. Saturday my mom and I went back to Bug's house for his birthday party. We were happily surprised to see some friends down from New York and it was a great party.
On Sunday I grabbed up my nephew since he didn't have school on Monday and his parents still had work.
Yesterday my mom and nephew came with me to Bug's house. We got to start the day off a little late because Bug had a routine doctor's appointment. Again we got to see our friends from New York before they left for home. Our plan was to go swimming at a local aquatic club but that was squashed when we found out they weren't open for public swim in the morning. We then decided to try the play area at Ikea. I have very fond memories of the ball pit there when I was a kid.
No such luck.
First off Bug is in the process of being potty trained (and rocking it!) but he's not there yet and my nephew was 2 inches too tall. Instead of trying at a new place we walked around Ikea. My nephew and Bug had a great time trying out the furniture and then the toys in the kid area. And when we got back home Bug basically passed out after lunch.
Today we got back into our routine. During Mason's nap I got several rows of Kiki's gift behind me. It looks great. I'm only on row 7 but already it looks longer and lays like it should so that's a huge relief. And maybe it's because I've basically done the whole thing once before or maybe it's because I'm using the right yarn this time but I find the pattern a whole lot easier to follow. I actually don't have to check the pattern every few stitches for once...
So that's the long & short of it. I sincerely hope I don't keep this kind of thing up all year!