Boy or Girl?

Since we don't know the gender of our bun in the oven, I'm always being asked if I have a "feeling" whether it's a girl or a boy. For the longest time I felt it might be a girl because the ultrasound tech said "she" at one point during our appointment even though we told her we wanted to keep it a surprise. Over the last few weeks I've change my thoughts to the baby being a boy with a heart rate usually hovering around 136beats (anything below 145 is supposed to be a boy, anything over is a girl, according to ol' wives tales).

Well, I wasn't able to commit to either one of my feelings so I've been making gender specific hats and I'll just sell the hats I don't end up needing.

Here are my girl hats

And here are my boy hats

This one could be for either a boy or a girl, but it's pretty colourful so I see it more of a girly hat

Baby blanket blunders

This "boy" blanket is giving me some grief! I started with a chunky white yarn but didn't account for the gauge change when I was choosing my other yarns. The greens and blue I chose are much lighter than the chunky white yarn so I'm experiencing some puckering I guess you could call it. I ended up removing the center white stitches to help the blanket lay flat. The end product is more circular than square but I think once I add the border it will square it up.

Since I was getting so annoyed with my boy blanket, I started my girl blanket (I usually have a few projects on the go at the same time). Again, not learning from my mistakes, I didn't think about my gauge and I used a chunky yellow cotton yarn that doesn't have as much stretch as my other yarn choices. I think I've also lost or added some stitches along the way, giving it a rounded shape. I think the border should help once again.

Still going...strong?

Well, I'm still pregnant. I should be glad because it gives me a chance to finish the 2 blankets I'm making for the baby (we don't know what we're having and I have too many yellow and green blankets, I wanted a colourful girly one and a nice blue one), as well as all the baby hats I keep dreaming about.

My son doesn't like when I crochet, he always says "no, no, no Mommy" and pulls it out of my hands. It's a good thing he's cute or that would just be annoying. He gets the yarn caught between his fingers and it's hilarious watching him try to unravel himself. Much cuter than when my husband moves my projects and ends up undoing rows of my hard work!

So, while my son is napping and the house is quiet, I think I'll pour myself a cup of raspberry leaf tea (apparently helps to bring on contractions, I've been drinking it for a few weeks!) and stitch until the baby comes.

Hello blog world!

Well, I've been thinking about starting a blog to post my projects and little thoughts, but considering how long it took me to actually start my blog, my posts might be far and in between. You see, I'm 39 weeks pregnant, potty training a 2 year old boy, starting a crafting business and trying to keep my husband sane and happy through it all. I hope you all enjoy my quirks and projects. Please feel free to comment and leave me messages.