PROJECTS IN PIECES

So it goes. Sage is now almost four weeks old, and yet I am still slow in taking up old projects. But I am also struggling with that feeling of "got to do more than eat, sleep and poop" like a four week old. So here is where we are at these days: projects in pieces.

First up, a long overdue Monkey by Debbie Bliss (mentioned over a month ago as almost completed). Still in pieces, but a few more - everything but the ears is knit, and mostly assembled. I had intended to make this for my son (who we called a monkey for a long time), but I think it will be loved more by our friends new son, Paul. He was born just six weeks before Sage, and they will be good friends. She’ll get her own stuffy another time.

For now, her project is a Debbie Bliss Raglan Sweater, from one of her beginner books. I’ve knit at least five of these now, and that has inspired probably another dozen from local knitters on Bowen. I hope to make one for Sage and a matching one for 3.5 year old Siena. Then I’d love to make me an hourglass sweater (Last Minute Knitted Gifts) to match… we’ll see. So far, this is all we’ve managed to do: ball the yarn.

And then there is Sage and all the goodies we can make for and around her. Here is the beginning of thank you cards for all the beautiful and thoughtful things we’ve been given. I had a huge plan of gluing and punching and using doo-dads, but in the end, I think we’ll just use the computer print out that takes a lot less energy and time away from actually spending with Sage. I guess the older kids will enjoy all the tags I’d already punched and stamped.

Finally, without even a picture, is Sage’s birth announcement. More on this later.