Ready for Baby

Hello Friends,

Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I am currently 36 weeks and 5 days pregnant - 23 days until my due date. Hopefully she is not late as it is getting very difficult to do much of anything. I am not a Happy Camper and I really do feel bad for J. He has been a good sport, and helps pull me out of bed when I can't sit up. Luckily pregnancy carpal tunnel syndrome has not been too bad this past week - knock on wood. I hate to even say that because I suspect tonight my hands and fingers will be throbbing.

The baby's room is just about done, a few more things to get and do but overall she could come today and I wouldn't feel like I had to do anything right away. Every since I made my first pink owl crochet hat I have fallen in love with owls. So we went with the Dena Happi Tree Owl theme for the crib bedding and matching wall decals.

Baby Boy Blue Owl Hat, and another....

Hello Friends,

I have been MIA for too many days. The last month of travel has been great, but exhausting. I am now back in Florida and will be here for many weeks before having to fly anywhere else (no planned travel at least). My recent trip as you know was to Buffalo for Thanksgiving. I never made it to the Alpaca Farm -- I will have to go next year, but I did manage to do some crocheting and even practiced my knitting while I was there.

First, I had another baby to see, this one named Declan. He needed an owl hat so I crocheted a blue one for him. The first hat I made was too small, sized for a new born. I whipped up another one perfect for 4 month old Declan.

Declan and his mommy love owls, he even has an owl themed room. So a perfect little owl hat was just what he needed for the cold winter in Buffalo.

He was able to put it on Thanksgiving night after a long day of visiting with family and eating lots of turkey (jk - babies can't eat turkey!). Isn't his bib just adorable?

The closed-eye owl hat is just so cute. I think since Declan loves owls so much he is going to need another one with open eyes to get him through the long winter. Babies grow so fast and this hat just fit him.

Since just about every post has one lately, this one is no different. You guessed it, another infinity scarf. This one was made on the airplane to Buffalo. A perfect amount of time to make this lovely scarf. I wore it in the airport during our layover in Baltimore and I caught several people checking it out.

I started at the airport and finished on my flight from Fort Myers to Baltimore, so I think it took me a little over 2 hours. 2 Skeins of Lion Brand Amazing Yarn in Olive Medley. I have a tan pea coat that I wear while I am in Buffalo and this scarf was PERFECT for it.

I told my mom if she knows someone who would like those colors she can take it, but I left it there because it goes so well with my coat. So it will be there waiting for me next Thanksgiving or if I travel to Buffalo in the next few months and the weather is still cold.

I will be catching up on blog reading this weekend, I can't wait to see what you are up to.
Have a fabulous day!!
xoxo Susan

McKenna's Fushia Owl Hat and another Infinity Scarf

Hello Friends,

I've been staying warm in Buffalo the last few days. The weather was nice and crisp but today was quite colder. I need a thicker scarf when it is this chilly! I found some photos of McKenna in her fushia owl hat and realized I did not show them to you yet. She will be in Buffalo, NY for Christmas so she needed the hat that fits her right so I wanted to make it while she was visiting me so I could make sure it fit her well.

She liked it for a little bit but I think she was getting a little too hot with it on in Florida.

The hat fit her perfectly, she looked like a cute little owl!

I also finished another infinity scarf with Lion Brand Amazing Yarn in Ruby. The colors look darker in person, but they are nice and rich.

Infinity Scarf, Lion Brand Amazing Yarn Ruby

Infinity Scarf, color - Ruby with Lion Brand Amazing Yarn

I just started one in Rainforest - the greenest of the Amazing yarns. Right now all of the yarn is looking green but I know there is some variation under the top layers, hopefully it will turn out looking just as nice as the other colors have. I hope you will have some time to crochet as you prepare for Thanksgiving!

xoxo Susan