And here she is, the cutest little god daughter there ever was, Miss Violet:


I know I left the red leggings she was wearing on her, bad choice, oops!


And her and her mommy. I can’t believe how long the little munchkin is getting. Those pants are going to last like a week. But they are like hilariously cute, so it was worth it. And I love that the sweater opens the way it does, really easy to get on a baby. Next up is knitting Violet’s dress for the wedding. All the guests actually going to the ceremony (only about 20 people) are coordinating (what I couldn’t help it!). The woman are wearing green, so I’m going to reknit that little baby dress I did for Michele’s shower in a green colorway of Koigu, (on that page second down, forth over) swoon.

In New Year’s eve news… I went out! I had an alcoholic beverage!  Bj had more than one, and let’s just say the Max was not his friend. We made a couple of attempts at riding it (while it was horribly, horribly packed) but we only made it to the zoo stop (very weird at 2am, we got off with a biker gang, and I don’t mean motorcycles), and called in an S.O.S. Lauren, our Saviour had to then do an emergency pull over. To be fair Bj has horrible motion sickness anyway… Now I have an extra "day off" (well really only a day off from going to the post office) because of Ford’s death.  I still can’t bring myself to take down Christmas, as it all seemed to happen so fast, I don’t want to believe it’s over! I’m working on January jars (yum, yum) and a newsletter, so expect that soon!

Actually my little Christmas holiday was quite dull. I got to spend time with friends (love ya Tex!) and family (hello to my flower girl, Brianna!) which was wonderful, of course, but I mostly just vegged. Bj and I spent a few days up at his parent’s place. Did I take pictures? No. Did I eat way too much? Yes. Did I knit. Oh yes I did:


Started my swatch for gage on the drive up to the tri-cities on Friday and put the buttons and elastic on tonight. One week baby, I rule. Hehehe, well actually this pattern is really easy: Design 3 – Side opening jumper with raglan sleeves and matching pants. I got the book my local knitting shop recommended by Cleckheateon: 10 Simple knits baby knits in 8 plys. Great book, easy to follow patterns, and unique twists on simple baby knits. There’s a sweater in the back that’s "cleverly knitted in one piece" that I want to try also. That might get some competition because I got  the Greetings from Knit Cafe book from my step mom and it has tons of cute things in it (including knit boxers!) Back to my little set. I made it to match a shirt I got Violet right after she was born. I’ll show more pictures tomorrow, because let’s face it, knits are much cuter actually on the baby. The yarn is machine washable Debbie Bliss Donegal Aran Tweed.

In other news Bj and I got separated returning Christmas gifts:


I mean personally I would have realized at about five missed calls that I didn’t have my phone with me, but hey I guess 21 times is the charm.