Happy Easter!!!

Those Easter baskets were a hit! They were taken out for a test drive on Saturday for our HOA's Egg Hunt. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring our camera. Instead, here is a picture of the eggs the kids colored.



On Sunday morning after mass, we hid 70+ eggs inside the house (limiting it to 2 adjoining rooms). They had a blast looking for the eggs. Last year, I put coins in the green eggs. It just so happened that Little Man ended up finding the majority of the green eggs. So this year, Pumpkin Girl kept asking what color were the money eggs. To make it fun, we put money in all the different colors. Can you tell from Pumpkin Girl's overflowing basket that she just zoomed through the rooms and picked as many as she could.

Here's a better picture of the baskets:

Easter Baskets
Pattern: Nantasket Basket
Yarn: Cascade 220 in Flamingo Pink/Soft Pink/Como Blue/Lime Heather
Needles: Brittany Birch 7mm DPNS and Addi Circulars US#10.5
Time to Complete: 6 nights for the 1st; 5 nights for the 2nd

What to do?

I'm loving the Green Gable in Red. However, I noticed an error on the left sleeve. Can you see it? I guess I wouldn't really mind it if it were on the back. I'm debating whether to rip and start over. By the way, Carrie is starting a Green Gable KAL.

Update: I ripped the entire sweater and rewound into balls on Friday (4/14). Somehow, I found it so liberating. I re-started again that evening and as of Sunday evening I'm 5" into the body. I'm definitely happier with it now.

Another one bites the dust

The second one went by even faster. I love seeing the basketweave pattern coming to life. If I didn't dose off at 7:30 last night, I could've done the I-cords. Oh well. C'est la vie!

One down, one to go

Pink Easter Basket is done!


The I-cord handles were knitted last night. I just need to weave in a few ends before it gets thrown it the wash. This is the scary part.

Mr. Bear having a little fun with the basket this morning.

Something Red

I've been distracted lately. I should've been done with the Pink Easter basket but I haven't touched it since. I really need to start on the Blue Easter basket because the deadline is coming up soon. Did I do any of these? NO!

On Saturday, I finished up the neckline for Pumpkin Girl's Sweet Heart sweater while she was in Jazz class. I even wove in the ends for the neck. All I had left to do was duplicate stitch the heart on to the front piece. When we got home, I had her try it on. Neck is too tight, we could barely squeeze her head in. I didn't have the courage to rip back a few rows and try again. Instead I cast-on for another project - Green Gable (in Candy Apple Red). I'm so glad I tried it on when it said so. I needed to add a few more rows otherwise my arms would fit like sausages.

I just finished the first skein and this is what I have so far.


I really need to get back to the Easter Basket projects before I start my 2nd skein for Green Gable.