Fewf!

The jumper’s finally finished.  All that’s left is the blocking and buttons. (By the way, I’m so glad I took that Frearless Finishing class last fall.  It totally paid off – my seams are beautiful.)  I haven’t purchased the buttons as of yet.  That’s what I’m going to do after work today.

I hope all this fits Patrick.  He’s so small.  Even if they wait a month to have him baptised… I made the smallest size though…  I hope they won’t be disappointed if it’s big.

I stopped counting my hours when I finished the gown but, I have at least 20 hours in this thing.  Isn’t it adorable though?  I had to modify it drastically from the pattern but, it turned out great.  I was genuinely afraid to modify the pattern in case it didn’t work but, I pushed and it worked.  Lesson:  Don’t be scared.  If it looks funny, rip it back and start over.  (I did the sleeves about 6 times.)

Left:  bonnet and booties!  Piece of cake.  (Oh, and weaving in all my ends on the dress – that’s just gross.  Then blocking everything.) 

So, I think spring is finally here.  I haven’t had to put shoes on in weeks.  It’s like everything went green overnight!  I played in my flowerbed last weekend – took out the dead stuff I didn’t have a chance to cut down before the snow.  I had some of these:

I don’t know what they are but aren’t they pretty?  My mom probably knows what they are.  My tulips are coming in as well and I should be able to photograph them this weekend if the rain lets up.  BUT, I don’t mind the rain because it’s taking care of my flowers. 

I love spring.  Everything comes alive with color (mostly green) with a pop of yellow (daffodils) and red (tulips).  It’s just beautiful.  I walked outside Tuesday morning and all of a sudden, my trees looked like this:

GREEN!  I love it.  They’re even fuller today with the rain.  This is why I love where I live.  Without effort (and because I choose not to have curtains) I see this every time I turn around.   It’s fantastic.

It’s time for work now…