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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

groovy baby


september 15th, i'm going to have my own groovy baby. grandbaby that is :-)

whoohoo!!!! i can't wait!

needles on fire, i'm channeling austin powers -


with this psychedelic baby blanket -






or maybe rowan and martin -






look at the groovy colors of this superwash sock yarn dyed by claudia, regenbogen colorway,



maybe cream -

or peter max -


raja approves, or it could be the catnip ;-)



the center mitred squares are finished, and claudia has shipped some skeins of rittersporn (larkspur) for the garter border. i used the basic mitred squares from the koigu book.



dd's feetsies looking cosy in anne's red mountain pass, er shingle creek trail socks. these are going in the christmas prezzie box.

i've already pre-ordered the new boudica socks kit.

every day i count my blessings that my children are safe.
my thoughts and prayers are with the parents of the virginia tech tragedy. i cannot even begin to imagine their loss.

28 Comments:

Blogger Pumpkinmama said...

How exciting - congratulations!

1:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hooray! Hooray!

1:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oy gevalt. I've never liked mitered squares, but this is something I MUST KNIT!

1:25 PM  
Blogger Anne P said...

Congrats, congrats! What wonderful news.

Nice socks too, BTW. :)
Anne in SLC

2:17 PM  
Blogger Carole Knits said...

I've been waiting for you to make this announcement. Congratulations!

2:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A grandmother? No way, really? I would never have guessed that you had children old enough to have children. ;-) Congrats!

Oh, the socks, the socks... love them :-)

3:21 PM  
Blogger Mary in VA said...

Congratulations on the new grandbaby! I can't wait to see what else gets knit in the months ahead! That blanket, well really the entire post, makes me think of the test patterns that were run on the SciFi channel when it was running down to startup.

Oh, and thanks for luring me to the darkside of ordering more sock yarn!

3:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Congratualtions!

Love the socks!

7:14 PM  
Blogger Denise said...

Congratulations!

Groovy graphics, man, and that blanket is outta sight!
;-)

12:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

congratulations! what wonderful news. i love that blanket, as well as the socks.

11:26 AM  
Blogger Melanie said...

A little Virgo in the family! What a treat. I'm groking the groovy blanket, and the socks are lovely.

4:28 PM  
Blogger knitspot anne said...

congratulations—all play and no work with a grandbaby!

4:47 PM  
Blogger judy said...

I don't know which of you is the luckier one, you or the grandbaby. Congrats! You may have shifted my opinion on the miered squares. Fanfreekintabulous!

6:22 PM  
Blogger June said...

A grandbaby - woo woo!!! Congrats to you and your family.

7:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Join my voice in the chorus of congrats! What a lucky baby:-)

Elizabeth

6:05 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wonderful news, Vanessa.

Congratulations to all of you.

11:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A new grand-baby -- what a blessing! Congratulations to all concerned. The blanket will undoubtedly be treasured by the new mom - it's striking and unique. Thanks for making us wait for a great blog entry - it was worth it.
Peggy

1:01 PM  
Blogger zippiknits...sometimes said...

That is a beautiful blankie for the new little one on the way. Congratulations to you and your family! Whoot!

7:43 PM  
Blogger Spinny Bunt said...

Love the blankie and congrats!

7:54 PM  
Blogger Dorothy said...

Congratulations on the upcoming grandbaby! The mitred blanket is perfect and very groovy.

Great socks too.

12:27 AM  
Blogger Jennifer said...

Thanks so much for stopping by my site!!! And congrats on the new grand-baby :-)

8:25 PM  
Blogger LadyV said...

Vanessa what great and happy news! Congrats to you and your family.

9:25 PM  
Blogger Jennifer said...

Wow- congrats to your daughter! Mum posted after you and said that your daughter's going to Florida. That's great! Does she know what she wants to study yet?

10:52 PM  
Blogger Nicole said...

Congrats! I love the blanket!!

11:06 AM  
Blogger PJ said...

WOO-HOO! Fantastic!

11:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yay, congrats!

10:44 AM  
Blogger gail said...

absolutely fabulous baby blanket--and thanks for all the music nostalgia along with the baby announcement. I have deep grandbaby envy, but none of the older kids are reproducing.

11:09 AM  
Blogger cyndy said...

Happy news! Congratulations!
The future looks as bright as the colors in the psychedelic baby blanket!

...love those socks!

7:26 AM  

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