a little "Goblin" for a near Halloween stocking

These longies are about four months in the making, but they're finally done and ready for my reopening on Thursday. This medium pair of longies was knit with Mosaic Moon's "Goblin" colorway on Cestari. This colorway is beautiful with deep rich colors.





I have enough yarn left over to make a matching hat and/or mittens. I hope these longies find a good home soon!

You can find them here: http://hyenacart.com/pumpkinpiebaby/

finally reopening

After having my baby earlier this summer, I thought my store would only be closed for a couple of months. Somehow more than four months have gone by. In the past two weeks, however, I've had several people contact me inquiring about customs and whether I'd be reopening.

So I've finally pulled myself together enough to reopen Pumpkin Pie Baby. I'll be offering customs for now, just enough to keep me busy but not overly so. (I'll be completely honest...I love knitting and crocheting, but at this point in my baby's life I'm finding her smile and giggles addicting.) But I'm definitely looking forward to working with my customers again! Check out my reopening on Thursday, October 29th at 2pm.

I'll be emailing my newsletter subscribers a discount code within the next few days. If you'd like to subscribe to my newsletter, please go here: http://hyenacart.com/pumpkinpiebaby/index.php?info=560

Fundraiser for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

I can't imagine the pain of losing a child. As a parent myself, I know it's one of my greatest fears. I'm participating in a fundraiser for the organization Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. To learn more about Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, you can visit the agency's website here. They provide an invaluable service to any family who has lost a child.

Many work at home mothers have donated items to the fundraiser. To see the list of items and to bid in an auction or buy a raffle ticket, you can visit the fundraiser here: http://hyenacart.com/NILMDTSFundraiser/



You can bid on these longies starting on Monday, October 5th at noon.

some things for my family

I didn't realize until today that it has been almost 2 months since I've updated my blog. In July, I wrote about the unfinished projects sitting in my project bin. Four out of five of those projects still aren't done! And one I decided to rip out and maybe start over. It's pathetic really.

I have started and finished some projects for my family though. I made both of my girls a newsboy cap in hot pink, like they requested. And they actually wear them which makes me even happier.



I made my daughter a pair of mittens. It's been getting into the 30s and 40s at night, so it's still cold when she leaves for school. She hasn't had a chance to wear them yet because we're all of a sudden going through a warm spell, and I'm not complaining about that. There's still plenty of time for it to get cold.



I am trying to gear up to reopen my store and can hopefully write an update about that soon.

i'm working on...too much

I have a problem. I cannot stay focused on any one thing for longer than a day. I currently have 5 projects going on in my project basket and the problem is that I want to start more. I always like having more than one project going at once, but I'm really losing my ability to concentrate and get anything done.

Here are the longies I started for my daughter with "Flamingoes" dyed by ...a time to dye:

I tried the WoolyWonderpants pattern and I'm magic looping the legs. This is my first time magic looping and I'm not enjoying it at all. I'd love to switch to my 12" Addi Turbo circulars to finish the legs, but the problem is those are tied up with the "Goblin" longies I started a while ago. I can't bring myself to finish the "Goblin" longies and I'm too lazy to switch the needles, so both are currently in limbo until I figure this out!

I also made 2 soakers for my daughter. The first pair was knit with "Esther" and dyed by ...a time to dye, and I knit the Curly Purly soaker pattern. I really like the fit.

The second soaker was knit with "Alice" on lindon merino and dyed by Three Irish Girls. I love this soaker too--the soaker is from the Juliette pattern by Julibeans. Only problem is that I'm incredibly lazy and haven't finished the drawstring or knit an edging onto the leg openings. Hopefully I'll do this before she outgrows the soaker!

I haven't made any more progress on Wisp, I'm working on a cocoon photography prop, and I have a sock that's half done and needs to be finished before the fall. If I can get this sock done by September, it will only have taken me a year and a half to knit a full pair. Thank goodness for store bought socks.

Check out the originator of What I'm Working on Wednesdays at Cute2Carry!

what I'm working on

It's Wednesday again, and here's what I'm working on...

I made some more progress on the "Goblin" longies I had started last week. I'm learning how nearly impossible it is to knit while caring for a newborn!

And here's the start of Wisp for me.

This pattern is fairly straightforward, but I'm finding it challenging for a few reasons. I started knitting this on straight metal needles. The needles were very slippery and my stitches kept sliding off the needles. I kept dropping stitches and having to count, which I hate. I finally switched to bamboo circulars because that's the only other size 8 needle I have. While the bamboo is an improvement because it grips the yarn better than metal, the cord on the circulars keeps getting in my way. Add to this that I can only work on this after 10pm when I'm exhausted, and I'm finding this a challenging knit, but I'm determined to keep at it. I just love how it's turning out already, so that gives me hope.

Finally, I said last week that I wanted to start on longies for my daughter. I've managed to knit the waistband and I'll be starting on the body soon. Here's the yarn. It's "Flamingos" by ...a time to dye. I hope to have more pictures of the pants next week.

Thanks to Tracey of Cute2Carry for creating What I'm Working On Wednesdays!

road to nowhere in particular

My daughters are planners. Every night at dinner time they ask what we're doing tomorrow. This summer my answer has almost always been "I have no idea." Last summer the girls and I lived at the beach and the park. Since the beach is just minutes away, it was easy to go a few times a week. And since the park is within walking distance of our house, we could easily go to the park too. Since having the baby over a month ago, and with the awful weather we had in June and early July, it's been really hard to get out of the house or to have friends over. We've only been to the beach and park once. Needless to say, my older girls get antsy to do something.

So today, with "nothing" to do, we went outside to ride bikes. But to make things more interesting for the girls, I drew a highway on the driveway with chalk. I included pit stops for coffee (Dunkin' Donuts being our favorite), gas, and hopscotch. We also drew houses for our friends and family so that the girls can stop by for a visit. We spent hours outside today and this satisfied the girls' question of "what are we going to do?"!