Yeah, that’s right, I’m going to blame it on pregnancy food cravings 
I’m sitting here as I type this watching “Biggest Loser” and eating a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream! How’s that for irony?
Baby-wise things are moving along . . . she and I are growing – up 4 lbs in the past 2 weeks (and no, its not from icecream – really) and it turns out I’ve developed Iron deficiency Anemia. That wasn’t a huge surprise since I’ve been borderline anemic most of my life . . . but it turns out that the anemia likely explains why I’ve been short of breath and tired a lot of the time lately. I’m now taking iron pills and have been told that after a few days I’ll likely start to feel better. That will be nice.
The little guy and I also managed to get a cold – I’m pretty sure we (okay, he) picked it up at the Musuem of Science when we went this past Friday. He loved the museum! We’re thinking of becoming members and taking him often as he had such a good time.
The tide pool was easily his favorite – he just loves playing in water . . . now I just have to convince him not to splash the other kids or to drink the water! Say what you like, but this little guy is all Boy!
Knitting
The Minimalist Cardigan is done! I finished the knitting on Friday, blocked it over the weekend and sewed it together on Monday just before knitting group.
I actually got blocking wires – steel rods frome a welding shop – on Saturday so that I would be able to block the sides straighter than they turn out with pins. The blocking made it a lot easier to sew up, I think. I had worried a little that the texture of the Moss stitch would make sewing it up that much harder but it worked out.
I had changed the gauge from 5 st/inch to 4 st/inch which meant doing a bit of math . . . there were a couple of things I would do differently but overall I’m happy with how it turned out. Naturally, since I’m the size of the “Goodyear” blimp it doesn’t fit quite the way I’d like it to fit at the moment.
I’m working the sleeves of the next sweater . . . I’m doing an EPS Yoke sweater in the style of the Icelandic Yoke sweater though, again, my gauge is different . . . but since its and EPS sweater gauge isn’t an issue.
The plan is to knit this one up quickly as practice for this style of sweater and then to do a KAL with a couple of the ladies from the Monday night knitting group – we’re going to do the Fair Isle Yoke Sweater (or the Icelandic as an alternative) and I plan to steek the front and turn it into a cardigan.
And since I just have to share the cute photos – this is the little guy on a rocking horse that a friend of mine from knitting gave me last night for him. He was soooo excited when he saw it this morning and rode it on and off all day.
