Leg Warmers

For those of you who are recent followers of owls & monsters you will have missed my previous post about getting totally and maybe overly excited about knitting Rylee a pair of legwarmers. If you wanna catch up you can view it

here.

A little over a week ago I...drum roll please...FINISHED THEM!!! And they are too darn cute, they are a little big on Ry but all the better she'll grow into them and they will last even longer! They definitely took me longer than I wanted them to, but I'm just happy I completed them in time for them to fit her :P

I've started the next pair which are called "beach glass" which is kind of like a muted robins egg blue green kind of color. And now that Rylee is getting to more independent I can actually sit down and knit while she happily chases Seka (the cat) around the house!

Bringing Back An Age Old Hobby

Over the last week and a half I have been working on a new creation... legwarmers! I have knitted off and on over the years but I had never made anything circular like this.

I found a pattern and I purchased some bamboo/wool blend yarn (sustainable, and so soft making it feel great on baby's skin) but I had no idea how to work 4 double ended needles. So when in doubt I call on my mom to endow on me her knitting wisdom. She taught me her ways in a matter of minutes, I was amazed it was so easy!

I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on them but I try and find snippets of time when I've got my hands free like in the car or right before I go to bed.  Over the weekend I finished one and I'm so excited to finish the next one because I can't wait to get them on Rylee's legs and then start the next pair that will be an eggshell blue, and then ones with stripes, and then maybe ones with polka dots... ahhh the colors and patterns are endless!!

I love it and double awesome... this hobby could be the stemmings of an entrepreneur stay-at-home mommy