I honestly used to think that knitting was the perfect activity for being pregnant.  I imagined resting my hands on my belly and having a nice little shelf to work on.

Yeah, not so much.

I can't really sit up straight anymore without the baby shoving upwards into my lungs, or getting heartburn, or just feeling like I'm being scrunched to death.  I can't find a good position for knitting.

Crochet works though, since it's one-handed and I can kinda do it in a Cleopatra side-lying pose.  So when I have the energy for anything, it's mostly been crochet.

I wanted to make a pig.  I found the perfect cute pattern.  I started said pig and discovered he was gonna be about as big as a tennis ball.  Cute, but not really what I envisioned for my child to cuddle.  I want to try to size him up with some really fat yarn and see if that works.



I also managed to finally finish some lapghans I started ages ago for the VA hospital.  My crafting group teased me because every week I would show up, not having made any progress since the week before.  Slow going, but they're done, and just in time.



The second one is a lovely pattern found here.

I've also worked on some gifts for other people, but those can't be revealed until later...

Posted by: Sarah at 10:33 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 Still working on my bodysuit?

Posted by: Chuck Z at January 17, 2010 10:57 AM (bMH2g)

2 Very nice blankets. I have a ripple for by BFF sitting half done since almost 8 months ago I think. I always begin aghans with purpose with my short attention span tends to get the best of me. So I do smaller projects like a variety of hats, baby blankets or toys. I can just seeing trying to cleopatra crochet. You know you can't wait til baby girl is big enough to randomly pick up the balls of yarn you are working with and tangle them all over the place. Most of the kids I sit from 2 - 12 love that trick. It'll be great. We'll have to send you 'baby's yarn' versus your own. lol

Posted by: Darla at January 17, 2010 11:58 AM (XvIN7)

3 Oh, that second on is beautiful.  You are so talented

Posted by: Kate at January 17, 2010 02:52 PM (J1l7A)

4 That little pig is cute.

I like the first one - I like your choice of colors on it.

When I was a kid, Mom crocheted, but all I could ever do was chains.  Haven't tried since, but I'm not sure I should try to pick up another crafting hobby right now...

Posted by: Miss Ladybug at January 17, 2010 04:59 PM (vqKnu)

5 I do love both the blankets, but I absolutely LOVE the pig!  Cutest thing ever!

Posted by: Mary at January 17, 2010 09:05 PM (/hR4y)

6 Now I want to go home and see if I can make a pig for my grandson!  Too Cute!  Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Laura, A Military Mom at January 18, 2010 03:48 PM (oLHZ3)

7 Am I the only one who thought the pig was designed to be two-legged? I didn't realize it had four legs until I saw this side view. Even with a full set of legs, it still seems like a walking head. A porcine Mr. Potato Head! But unlike Mr. Potato Head, Pig Head is squeezable!

Posted by: Amritas at January 28, 2010 12:49 PM (+nV09)

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