Plath’s Adventures

I’ve been feeling lazy this week, so here are my updates. I’m working on knitting up a pair of longies right now, but no pictures yet. I’m not really happy with how the yarn is pooling, but I’m going to consider them my practice pair.
Last weekend was my shower in Michigan, and I survived the flight Here are some pictures from it.

In my lazy stupor this week, I did do a bit of sewing, and managed to actually follow a pattern for the very first time. I made this little set:

Before, however, I made this mistake (with other fabric, obviously):

Oops…

And last but not least, here’s my latest belly shot, taken last week at 28 weeks.

It’s hard to believe I have less than 10 weeks left!

I fully realize I’m becoming a boring blogger… what’s exciting to me right now, is certainly not exciting to the general public, or even the majority of the knitting community. After all, do most people get excited at the idea of an adorable cloth diaper or little wool covers for them? I do… It’s kind of crazy how cute cloth diapers are nowadays, but it’s easy to let it become an obsession. Here’s my stash of diapers so far.
Newborn/Preemie:

Small/Infant:

Random Covers and Fitteds:

There’s a whole world of cloth diaper-obsessed out there. Don’t believe me? Check out Diaperswappers.

Here are the wool covers (aka soakers) I’ve been working on. They go over either prefold diapers (the ones that look like big squares or the “old school” kind) or fitted diapers. They’re so easy to work up while watching a little tv, or the second season of Big Love on dvd, as I’ve been doing. The only problem with watching tv shows on dvd are that I’m SO disappointed when it’s over, and you have to wait so long until the next season comes out.
I’ve been experimenting with a few patterns: Little Turtle Knits Original Pattern, Punk Knitter’s Pattern, Little Turtle Knits Hybrid Rib. I still need to knit up a few pair of shorties and longies.

I’ve been freaking out a bit this week, as we don’t have any furniture yet for the baby, with the exception of this wardrobe, which we picked up at an antique shop here in Mooresville. As you can see, I already have it stocked with a few things. I love consignment and thrift store shopping! Almost all the clothes are from a local consignment or thrift store.

Paddington and the rocking chair were Jason’s when he was a baby, and many of the books were either mine or his as a child.

I got a bug this morning to pull out the sewing machine, which I haven’t done since we moved down here. Here’s what I quickly worked up in a few hours.

Two burp clothes (made out of remnants from Joann’s) and a ribbon snuggly –which is like a taggie blanket, but way less expensive ;). Now I just need to figure out how to wind the bobbin again… I’m so sewing machine stupid, it’s crazy.

With my lack of posting… I really have no excuse, so I won’t bore you with apologizing. Jason and I finally got around to registering for the baby. Boy was that exhausting. A little bit fun, but a little bit weird, too. I’ve always felt weird “asking” people to buy us stuff, which is how registering makes me feel.

In crafty news, I’ve been attempting to hand quilt the crib blanket my dh’s grandmother pieced, and his mom put together for me. I don’t know if I’m doing it right, but I suppose the baby won’t mind if I’m not.

We didn’t register for any bedding, since I didn’t really see a purpose for it, so this will have to suffice. Most people tell you the bumpers aren’t safe to use anyway, plus the sets are ridiculously expensive! The only one I liked at Babies R Us was $200! I’d rather people spent that amount of money on the cosleeper we really want. Plus, that will give me the motivation to get the crib quilt finished. If I keep going at this rate, it will take me at least until the baby is born to get it done!

I’ve also been finishing up a few soakers I started a couple months ago


The first uses the pattern from Punk Knitting LJ, and the second from Little Turtle Knits (LTK). I just cast on for another last night using the LTK pattern.

We start our birthing classes tonight, which I’m kind of excited about
Marzipan wants to say hello, too.