Just off the needles and in urgent need of blocking is this adorable newborn sized Gnomey, Oh! hat. It was one of those rare patterns that jumped to the head of the queue as soon as I saw it. I can now hardly bend my left thumb but it was worth it for the end result. I needed a small project after my epic shawl knit. Someone asked me to make a shawl for their baby-to-be. They didn’t need to ask hard:
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It’s been hard work maintaining my composure lately. 4 teenage boys hit me and nearly mugged me for my bag in broad daylight. Thank god someone pulled out of their driveway next to where they had me surrounded. The hormone pills have me feeling like a 90-year-old nana who needs a nap to recover from her hard afternoon of doing nothing. My scan and blood test is tomorrow then the next day I start pessaries which caused all sorts of random pains last time. If last time had worked I would be 13 weeks pregnant today.Why yes, I am an optomist. You should hear me when I’m in a bad mood.
But…the fence was finished on Friday and I am still trying to wrap my head around how something so simple…a fence…can change a person’s life. It’s tall, we have complete privacy in our own backyard and the top is nice and sharp (I sliced my wrist when I slipped so I have proof!). I feel safer in my own home and I can’t wait to have a little one running around the backyard with no chance of prying eyes.
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Our second cycle has begun! Yes! I am 8 days in and have an embryo transfer scheduled for mid May – dependant on the outcome of the scn and blood test. Only one blood test! Pills, not needles! Lots and lots of pills but still…no needles. I’m getting lovely throbby headaches but they are really a piece of cake compared to an egg growing cycle. It’s all good. But you know whats not good for IVF success? Stress. Stress like fence vandals who think it’s funny to do this:
We’ve got padlocks and extra locks on our property but then they go and remind us we have a 20 year old piece of crap fence with rotten paling that are too far apart and not high enough. Ever since I realised how exposed our property is I have lived in a state of constant…stress/fear/worry/hyper ninja alertness. It takes its toll!
Nothing like making you feel vulnerable. Winter is so close now, the rain has arrived this week in fact. But rather than wait for late Spring when the ground dries (our clay soil turns to a bog in winter) for a new fence like we had hoped to we suddenly decided that it was clearly time. Now. ASAP. After a trip to the bank the builders started yesterday by demolishing the old fence.
Bye you piece of crap fence! No more vandal friendly palings to kick in. But until we get that lovely tall coloursteel fence up tomorrow we are 1 night into our 2 nights of being completely fence free. This is not an area where that is a recommended lifestyle choice. Sleep was not an option last night. But tomorrow we should have a lovely and taller green steel fence that hides our washing line (the old people who lived here before us basically had their undies on display for 20 years!), prevents access to the property SO much better, hides any kids toys that might one day end up scattered around the lawn and means that we can finally have a back yard that is not on total display.
It’s all on the list of things to do to prepare for a child one day soon! The only big thing on the list after the fence is…strip and paint the nursery! I have the colour chosen, the only problem is which shade? There’s like 20. I think I need a trip to the bakery.
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I’m knitting a shawl for someone at the moment and I am in love with it. I plan to have it done by the time I get the results of my next cycle (so I can continue the baby knitting!) and that is coming up very soon but I thought that just in case the real winter weather arrives even sooner than a result it might be prudent to make myself a quick winter cowl. Something solid, no lacy holes, thick and squishy and definitely something long enough to cover my nose in a biting cold wind. New Zealand get fierce southerly winds right off Antarctica in winter. Guess how much they suck? Ravelry notes here.
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After casting on a month ago I finished my claret cowl inspired by Ginnys gorgeous yellow one. This is the first ‘just for me’ thing I have knit. Which possibly explains why it took so long. The Malabrigo silky merino yarn was my consolation purchase for being unsuccessful at IVF cycle 1. If I hd succeeded it would been my ‘reward’ though because lets face it – I’m never going to pass up a chance to buy Malabrigo. This was my first try using silky merino whih is a DK weight and while it pilled a little it is like butter against my skin. I thought that it would be a bit bluer/grayer than it turned out to be when it arrived. I was like “pssshh, a purple sky?” Turns out even we get purple skies. That shut me up!
And I thought I better mention that my appointment with Doctor Handsome went very well on the 10th. He is even more delicious than I remember and he said that we can try again next cycle. I will be doing a manufactured cycle which means there is a small mountain on pills and pessaries waiting for me. But if it works then I know that all the hassle will feel like it was just a tiny little moment in time!
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I started this little (0-3m size) Beyond Puerperium cardigan during my 2 week wait (which is technically 9 days but anyway) and finished the body in 6 days. After I got my negative I took the best part of a month to finish the arms. I swear I knit and I knit and the bloody things never grew. But finally last night arm number 2 was officially the same length as arm number 1 and I was done. There are more mistakes in this little cardigan than I want to think of, it really is riddled with them. But I’m philosophical about it now it’s finished – a baby won’t care as long as it keeps them warm, an adult won’t notice once a baby is in it and if anyone points out my mistakes I’ll just bop them in the nose. Simple!
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A bare branches cowl in Malabrigo Silky Merino. I think it will pill in about 5 seconds flat but silk and merino? I’ll probably wear it until it falls apart. Because it’s for me. Knitting just for me. Not for a baby or someone else. Oh I can barely stand how happy it makes me.
Dave’s BIL is obsessed with orange and his wife has asked me to make him a hat. I picked Malabrigo Rios this time. I like to vary my Malabrigo obsession. 4 months ago I hadn’t knitted a stitch with it and now I have so much of it stashed you’d think I had shares in the company.
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