FO: Guernsey Wrap

I loved knitting my Guernsey Wrap (by Jared Flood.)  It was so fun and simple to make.  It's huge, so it'll be perfect to wear to Cyclocross races--when it's early morning in the fall, or just, you know, walking outside.  Or sitting on the couch.  Because I'm always cold.

I knit this with Cascade 220, which is not the softest, but it'll soften up every time I soak it.  (I use Soak--have you tried it??  It smells so good!  I use it on all my super delicate hand-washables, as well as all my hand-knits.  My favorite scent is celebration!)

I've worked on this everywhere--the coffee shop, the school pickup line, Cyclocross races...I finished it up Monday, while we were at the hospital waiting for Fini's surgery to be done.  Which is the most stressed I've been in awhile.  He had tubes placed in his ears, and a laryngoscopy to see if there was a physical reason he keeps getting croup (there's not.)  His surgery went well, and he's back to being a crazy little boy!

And now I've moved onto my Follow Your Arrow!  I'm only on the first clue, but it is so fun so far!!! And my yarn is SPARKLY!!!

Blessingway

My dear friend is having her fourth baby in just a few weeks.  I've been her doula for the second and third, and am crossing my fingers and toes that even though they are moving shortly it will all work out for me to be there this time as well.  I've thrown her a baby shower the past two times (we didn't know each other when she had her first baby) and this time I figured a Blessingway was more appropriate since they already have everything they need.

She's in love with all things pirate and kraken, so I quickly decided on a baby kraken theme.  I made all the food gluten free as she's fighting low blood platelets.  The cake recipe can be found here, though I doubled it, and baked it in two 9 inch springform round pans to make layers.  I used this ganache recipe.  It was really good!  The cake toppers were purchased from ThroughThickandThin on Etsy.

I knitted the new baby a sweater--details are on Ravelry!

I did henna for the first time ever!  I've been interested in it, and even have a kit, but decided to go all out and make sure I had the safest henna possible for my pregnant friend, so I purchased this dye from a doula friend who is internationally certified as a henna artist.  She was so sweet to give me a few pointers when I picked it up.  Typical to me, I didn't have time to practice first, so I was super brave and decided to wing it.  Thankfully, it turned out really well!