A stack of beautiful grey swatches. Some ideas that have already been explored in depth, others that I'm itching to really dig my teeth into.
A pile of beautiful greys (and a touch of pink!) These colours were sitting together in my bin and I had to play with them. I settled on a simple hat, no pattern, just stitched away until I had this.
Pattern: Improvised.
Yarn: TFA Green Label Aran Weight Yarn in "Almost Dove", Chris Grey, Perfect Pink (ooak) and Sand.
Ravelry project page here.
I'm loving the subtle tones, the subtle shifts in colour, the subtle scallops.
Pattern: Improvised.
Yarn: TFA Green Label Aran Weight Yarn in "Almost Dove", Chris Grey, Perfect Pink (ooak) and Sand.
Ravelry project page here.
I'm loving the subtle tones, the subtle shifts in colour, the subtle scallops.
It looks cute in pictures perched back on my head like in the photo's above, but in real life I wear my hats pulled over my ears like in the photo below. Might be a little less stylish, but it's a lot more warm and comfortable for me to wear them that way. Plus the brim frames my eyebrows nicely... so, there's that.
We are in week #5 of our basement reno. While we're counting weeks I'll also add that we are less than 3 weeks away from my due date. Lots of excitement! I keep waddling down to the basement where our amazing contractors are working hard, and I'll rub my belly, pretending like I have questions to ask them but really I'm just making sure that they get the hint that I'm super pregnant and super eager for them to wrap it up so I can get my house (and laundry room!) back. I think that my not-so-subtle hints are working because they brought in a few extra guys today and have promised to be outta here by the end of the week. The space looks fantastic, it will all be worth it, I just have a few more days of chaos to deal with before I can let my nesting/cleaning/organizing instincts run wild and get our entire house back in better shape then ever.
By now we've lived through a few pretty major reno's and I think that I handle them quite well. I actually kind of love them. I love designing a new space, I love seeing that space being torn apart and then magically be put back together. I LOVE designing tile schemes! Mixing high and low, maybe adding a pop of colour in an unexpected place to make the space seem really customized and cared about.
What I don't love about reno's is all the physical and mental clutter that is involved. It seems to take over my whole brain leaving me with very little mental energy left over to devote to anything else. I can only handle simple knits at the moment. Anything more is just too much. I can feel the reno-chaos and accompanying mental fog slowly lifting and I am ready to tackle some new projects. Probably nothing too monumental since as soon as the reno-fog lifts the new-baby-fog will settle in big time I'm sure! We'll just take it day by day. As long as I have pretty skeins of yarn to calm my nerves when I need them I think that we'll all be just fine.
You are so right. We finished our basement last year and had guys in our home almost daily for over five months. It is mentally exhausting and my completed knitting projects for last year were way down.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the basement and most importantly with the baby.
I love that you are using your baby as blackmail against the construction workers. Made me laugh. I bet they want to be in your house working when there is a new baby just about as much as you do!
ReplyDeleteIf your tile designs are anything like your improvised hat design, your house sounds like it could be my ideal home! I love those colours SO much.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous hat!! The colors are perfection! That cracked me up about you going down to the basement and rubbing your belly to give the construction guys a hint. While I was pregnant, I noticed that some (note: some, not all!) men were really kinda freaked out by a pregnant belly. (Exhibit A: My boss, who not only said ok, but looked extremely relieved when I asked to work from home every week for about a month before I had the baby.) I can't wait to hear about how the reno turns out!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful toque! i love that you can just "stitch away" and come up with such a beautiful combo! love it! i'm excited for you! new basement, new baby... so much happiness! i LOVE the nesting phase too. i go crazy with it. haha have fun! xo
ReplyDeleteLove the color shift on the toque. Hope your reno gets done in record time.
ReplyDeleteDoing the reno before makes so much more sense ... when I had #2 I came home to find the siding on the back of my house torn off and a hole under my living room window. We had been complaining about an insulation and water leak problem since we moved in (2.5 years prior!) and the builder chose 2 weeks after my baby was born to fix it ... because one has nothing better to do than patch drywall and paint with a newborn, lol.
ReplyDeleteI hope it all gets wrapped up quickly so you can get settled in before baby, those first few weeks are so special.
I love grays and creams together - those two top colors look super yummy together (is that sand and chris gray?). The hat turned out well. I do hope you're feeling well and sleeping well in these last few weeks of your pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hear you about reno and mental drain. I went through a 5 week reno earlier this year, and the men were right outside my living/dining room, and I have loads of windows. It was absolutely not my most productive time, exactly when I really needed it to be. Grrrrr. :)
That is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors on that hat! They are simply divine, and it looks super cute on you!
ReplyDeleteThat hat is awesome, I love those colours together! the little hit of pink is perfection.
ReplyDeleteI hate to mention it but there is a bit of a fog that comes with pregnancy/new babies. Not to worry though as your most important job will be to adore that baby.
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