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I've been pattern-searching baby blanket patterns on Ravelry this evening, and all I can say is, I wish I were more patient! There are some beautiful blankets to be made. A few favorites: Beth's Little Star Afghan  (crochet) Fast Easy Crochet Baby Blanket Chromium Star Blanket  (crochet) Come Sail Away Baby Blanket  (knitted) Sweet Blanket  (knitted) Hexagon Baby Blanket  (knitted) Biased Granny Afghan  (crochet) Twin Lakes Blankie  (knitted) After looking at all these, and the hundreds I didn't post links to, I'm sure I'll be making another blanket attempt soon.... I've been thinking of attempting a scaled down version for one of the infant loss charities profiled in the Charity Knitting thread on Ravelry. I love Freddy's blanket, and I'm sure that there are plenty of mothers who lose babies who don't get anything soft to hold while they cry. I hate that, and I want to help. I should sign off for now though, as it is way past b...

For a long time, I insisted I was no sweater knitter. I liked small, quick projects. This last winter, though, I decided that maybe a baby sweater wouldn't be so bad. I have several cast on, and I finished one of them last month (It looks like this:) Yarn and needle info and pattern link here. Then, on Ravelry in the Charity Knitting group, there was a request posted for newborn items for a birth center in Guatemala. Here is a link to the post. I was getting a little burnt out on making things for The Box, so I decided I wanted to make some things to contribute (they would like knit or crochet or even boughten things, link to the organizations website: http://www.motyl-szary.com/midwife//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=84 This is the donation page on the site, although there are a lot of other interesting pages to read there as well, including some photo of the people [and babies!!!!!! :D]) So, I started searching around and found the cu...

Tiri had her six month check-up today, she has grown so much!! She's 16 1/2 pounds now, and she's 26 inches long. She started out at 5lbs and 19 inches. Here she is not too long after birth: She also had shots today. I nursed her through them... up until the first needle went in, anyway. I always feel so bad, she stops and thinks about it for a second, and then she cries sooooo hard. I want to cry with her, but that wouldn't do her any good. At least at her next one in June she won't have any shots. :-) I finished her sunhat today while we were waiting. The pattern I found on Ravelry, it was free, which my favorite kind! Here is a pattern link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flared-shell-brimmed-hat This pattern seems extremely versitile. I eyeballed it to her size, which was very simple, and there are instructions in the pattern for altering the size too. I plan to make more, some for her and some for the folks on Pine Ridge Reservation. I made...