Eyelet vest from Debbie Bliss

Finally, finally managed to finish this project (it was finished the day before my b-day, in between moving houses, packing and unpacking, and cleaning, etc).

I bought some beautiful handspun wool - pumkin spice- to make a little vest for Francisca. I went for the "Eyelet Vest" from Debbi Bliss: Special Knits book. I love the book it has beautiful projects.

I am happy with the result, the only sad thing is that she won't fit it for very long. The pattern says for 6 to 12 months, my little one is 5 1/2 months, but she is a big baby... :-( never mind, she will be wearing it every day from now until it doesn't fit anymore hahaha...

Knitted Baby Socks

Well, apparently I thought I was expecting a premature baby. Most of the things I knitted while expecting Francisca are far too small, the little cardigan and all the little socks... my midwife suggested that if I have any spare time (yeah right, spare time) I could knit some baby socks and booties for SCABU (special care baby unit) cuz my little socks are really small she thought they could easily fit premature babies. So, I may donate the two pairs of socks that she doesn't fit any more and finish a couple of more little booties (when I get some spare time hopefully before Xmas)... and give them away.

I manage to take some photos of Francisca wearing one pair of little socks... (feet close up)

Our midwife came to see us and to measure Francisca, and she was as surprise as I was with Francisca's growth. She put on 420 grams and grew 3 cm from 54 to 57 cm, this could well be normal but it seems pretty amazing to me. Hence none of the things I made for her are fitting anymore ...  well I may have to make some more!!!

Bufanda( the scarf)!

Hola- Con el invierno me dieron ganas de empezar a tejer de nuevo.Como los dias son mas cortos no hay mucho que hacer, y ahora que el tiempo no es una limitante para hacer otras cosas que no sean solamente "homework", estoy ocupando parte de ese tiempo libre en tejer! Al parecer por estos lados no es muy comum q "los jovenes" sepan tejer. Aqui tengo mi primer proyecto terminado. Una bufanda y un gorro! Tengo un par de pedidos q terminar, antes de comenzar otro projecto! I learn how to knit a long time ago, my mother use to knit all the time and so my grandmother. I know some of the basis stiches. I don't usually use patterns, but decided that I want to try some different stiches.The other day, I bought a magazine with basic stiches, basically to learn how to read them in english. Uffs, I am having a hard time. I don't have much vocabulary about knitting in english, I know the words that are used but not in the knitting context. It is a little bit funny! Probably, I am going to have to ask Jean for her assistant.