I feel like I pop in here every once in a while with a hello then disappear without saying Goodbye.

Life has been super busy lately… have I mentioned that I am a newlywed? Congrats me! And that I moved? And that I am going to be a grandmama? Very exciting times for me and my family at the moment. The most exciting, to me, is the grandmama bit. I am so anxious to start knitting little itty bitty baby things. I am awaiting the color scheme or gender which is due sometime next month. Yay.

Interestingly enough I had been on a long knitting hiatus when I became pregnant with my eldest oh 16years ago. My then husband didn’t even know I knit and purchased me a how to knit book with some baby colored acrylic and some aluminum strait needles to knit a baby sack. Kinda endearing except that I had hand knit socks and many a knitting book {mainly EZ} sitting around the house and I definitely recall mentioning my love of wool socks. In fact one of the first gifts he ever gave me that I recall is a pair of wool socks from the army surplus store. So I know he paid attention to the wool part of look at the wool socks I made myself. But, in his defense, it had been several years and I certainly did not spend our whirlwind courtship knitting in his presence.

I admit I have been on a knitting hiatus. Not cold turkey! Heaven forbid.

Last year I knit several toasts and a few socks and other useful things. Why are socks, scarves, and mittens considered useful or serviceable? Come to think of it a sweater sure would be nice about now but when we talk about knitting for the service or troops or charity it is almost always hats and scarves. Never sweaters. Why is that? Anyway I have knitted a few smaller items for gifts. Maybe one of those one ball sock yarn shawls.

The year before is basically the same although am certain I finished up 3 single skein shawls up in a month or two. Some socks for The Flame. Some hats for the kids. Some lacey frippery as gifts for the women in my family. See? Frippery vs serviceable again. I am sure the lace scarfs, knit in alpaca which is prone to trap little hot air pockets, are also useful.

Anyway point is a baby is on the way and my knitting juices are totally fired up. I have actually finished a project already this year but it is a gift. shhhhh I will post in on Ravelry next week and create a hyperlink at that time. I might even knit myself a sweater.

yarny days and knitterly evenings everybody