Comments on: Killing Time http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: danielle http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3546 danielle Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:04:22 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3546 It is, how you say, super cold here? My eyes watered in the car, as it was warming up. The vet said that Shannon does not need to be cold, thanks to her arthritic joints, so she's enjoying the warm warm house, and I'll have to shiver at the gas bill later. I love the bump shot, but the colors on the sock yarn kind of hurt my eyes. I can't remember if I've told you my favorite baby trick yet. I watched this little girl Anna several times a week from the time she was 3 months until she was 2 1/2. Her parents made around 10 identical baby blankets - not big, around one foot square - a fuzzy flannel with satin-like edging. A blanket was only brought out at nap and bed times. At first, of course, there was no association, and they'd place the little blanket by her hand when she was itsy bitsy. As she aged, the association became very powerful, and when the blanket was brought out her eyes practically drooped at the sight of it, and she'd rub the satin edging with her fingers as she fell asleep. Multiple blankets was a charm, too, as one was always in the wash, or left at a relative's house, and then some just disappeared over the years. It was amazing, and I'm definitely going to try and replicate it when I have kids. (p.s. I'm working in the nursery at camp, so maybe I'll get the honor of caring for the mini miracle.) It is, how you say, super cold here? My eyes watered in the car, as it was warming up. The vet said that Shannon does not need to be cold, thanks to her arthritic joints, so she’s enjoying the warm warm house, and I’ll have to shiver at the gas bill later.

I love the bump shot, but the colors on the sock yarn kind of hurt my eyes.

I can’t remember if I’ve told you my favorite baby trick yet. I watched this little girl Anna several times a week from the time she was 3 months until she was 2 1/2.

Her parents made around 10 identical baby blankets - not big, around one foot square - a fuzzy flannel with satin-like edging. A blanket was only brought out at nap and bed times. At first, of course, there was no association, and they’d place the little blanket by her hand when she was itsy bitsy. As she aged, the association became very powerful, and when the blanket was brought out her eyes practically drooped at the sight of it, and she’d rub the satin edging with her fingers as she fell asleep.

Multiple blankets was a charm, too, as one was always in the wash, or left at a relative’s house, and then some just disappeared over the years. It was amazing, and I’m definitely going to try and replicate it when I have kids.

(p.s. I’m working in the nursery at camp, so maybe I’ll get the honor of caring for the mini miracle.)

]]> By: Lynne http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3547 Lynne Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:09:01 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3547 You can't go wrong with any debbie bliss baby knit. Aren't they the nicest patterns? Oh, and, the baby is very, very cute. At least from what I see! You can’t go wrong with any debbie bliss baby knit. Aren’t they the nicest patterns? Oh, and, the baby is very, very cute. At least from what I see!

]]> By: Crazy For Yarn In Alabama http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3548 Crazy For Yarn In Alabama Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:39:49 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3548 Awww....LOVE the view from your perspective!!!! AND....a big thank-you for the May Day and Wee Tiny Sock Swap!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!!! Awww….LOVE the view from your perspective!!!!
AND….a big thank-you for the May Day and Wee Tiny Sock Swap!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!

]]> By: Anita http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3549 Anita Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:04:55 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3549 Ooh, I hope I don't miss the unveiling of the MiniMiracle! We leave for vacation #2 in another week. If I do miss it, I'm praying that everything goes quickly and smoothly. And thank you for the May Day Sock Swap. So fun! Ooh, I hope I don’t miss the unveiling of the MiniMiracle! We leave for vacation #2 in another week. If I do miss it, I’m praying that everything goes quickly and smoothly.

And thank you for the May Day Sock Swap. So fun!

]]> By: elizabeth http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3550 elizabeth Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:12:28 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3550 I'm surprised the nesting instinct hasn't resulted in all those socks getting darned! Happy Valentines! I’m surprised the nesting instinct hasn’t resulted in all those socks getting darned! Happy Valentines!

]]> By: Laura http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3552 Laura Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:44:12 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3552 Yay! Sweet Bump! Happy Valentines! Happy Time Killing! So Happy that you'll be doing the WTSS again this year! :) Yay! Sweet Bump! Happy Valentines! Happy Time Killing! So Happy that you’ll be doing the WTSS again this year! :)

]]> By: nichole http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3553 nichole Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:38:55 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3553 love the mini me cardi! love the mini me cardi!

]]> By: Rachel http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3554 Rachel Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:02:34 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3554 Hold on for just five more days (yes, I'm all about winning the contest)! That little cardigan is just too darling. I think it has finally pushed me off the fence on which I've been teetering about whether or not to buy DB Special Knits. Although yes, what is so freakin' about a little schematic? I mean, it's easy enough to figure things out for a cardigan, but some of her patterns assemble in slightly non-intuitive ways. People have been bitching about this in blogland for years...clearly neither she or her publisher ever reads the internet. Ahem. Enough on that tangent. Love the cardigan. Hold on for just five more days (yes, I’m all about winning the contest)!

That little cardigan is just too darling. I think it has finally pushed me off the fence on which I’ve been teetering about whether or not to buy DB Special Knits. Although yes, what is so freakin’ about a little schematic? I mean, it’s easy enough to figure things out for a cardigan, but some of her patterns assemble in slightly non-intuitive ways. People have been bitching about this in blogland for years…clearly neither she or her publisher ever reads the internet.

Ahem. Enough on that tangent. Love the cardigan.

]]> By: Carole http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3555 Carole Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:25:54 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3555 It won't be long now! It won’t be long now!

]]> By: Teyani http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3556 Teyani Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:29:44 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3556 love that wonderful bump! and you made a great baby sweater.. hey, I'm glad you haven't quite finished "cooking" yet - means I might just win! love that wonderful bump! and you made a great baby sweater..
hey, I’m glad you haven’t quite finished “cooking” yet - means I might just win!

]]> By: Jessica http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3557 Jessica Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:11:06 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3557 Such a cute bump! And the wee little baby cardigan is precious! :-) Such a cute bump! And the wee little baby cardigan is precious! :-)

]]> By: kathy b http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3558 kathy b Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:13:31 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3558 I love your little belly. Happy hearts day to you and baby. Wow you have some cool swaps going. I am thinking about 2008 being a year of no socks for me. Hmmmm think I'll make it? I love your little belly. Happy hearts day to you and baby. Wow you have some cool swaps going. I am thinking about 2008 being a year of no socks for me. Hmmmm think I’ll make it?

]]> By: Jennifer http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3559 Jennifer Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:43:33 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3559 Happy Valentine's Day! What a cute little cardigan! Happy Valentine’s Day! What a cute little cardigan!

]]> By: The Darling Sister http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3560 The Darling Sister Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:50:51 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3560 Always gotta do things your own way. Never what I want. Boo. Why can't you get hopping, you have 8 hours left of the 14th?! I could still get my extra Chocolate prize. Course, if I don't win the prize I will get my hat.... ooo, tough one. Always gotta do things your own way. Never what I want. Boo. Why can’t you get hopping, you have 8 hours left of the 14th?! I could still get my extra Chocolate prize. Course, if I don’t win the prize I will get my hat…. ooo, tough one.

]]> By: KT http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3561 KT Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:18:27 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3561 Ah, babies certainly keep their own timetables, don't they.It all looks wonderful. Tell us where the yarn miracle back came from, please? Ah, babies certainly keep their own timetables, don’t they.It all looks wonderful. Tell us where the yarn miracle back came from, please?

]]> By: Theresa http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3562 Theresa Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:08:39 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3562 In total agreement about the Debbie Bliss patterns. I hear rumors that some of the newer books actually do have schematics, though, so there's hope! In total agreement about the Debbie Bliss patterns. I hear rumors that some of the newer books actually do have schematics, though, so there’s hope!

]]> By: Ruth http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3563 Ruth Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:45:37 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3563 Very cute cardigan! You've been very productive, nesting perhaps? Very cute cardigan! You’ve been very productive, nesting perhaps?

]]> By: katie http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3564 katie Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:21:28 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3564 I knitted that ribbon-edged cardi (sans ribbon), too, and I feel the same way about the DB patterns. She never has schematics, unless she has recently started adding them to her patterns. Makes me crazy. But at the same time, her designs can be so sweet. I really love the eyelet vest in the same book. Addie outgrew hers way too quickly. Getting excited about the sock swap...I bought my pal's yarn today and I think I have chosen the pattern! I knitted that ribbon-edged cardi (sans ribbon), too, and I feel the same way about the DB patterns. She never has schematics, unless she has recently started adding them to her patterns. Makes me crazy. But at the same time, her designs can be so sweet. I really love the eyelet vest in the same book. Addie outgrew hers way too quickly.

Getting excited about the sock swap…I bought my pal’s yarn today and I think I have chosen the pattern!

]]> By: Becky http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3566 Becky Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:10:36 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3566 Now Em, you know that little cardigan should be PINK!!!! (haha just kidding, but hoping) It's adorable and so is the mini bump! Looks like you're ready for the mini-event! Now Em, you know that little cardigan should be PINK!!!! (haha just kidding, but hoping) It’s adorable and so is the mini bump! Looks like you’re ready for the mini-event!

]]> By: Melissa http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3567 Melissa Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:28:03 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3567 Just checking in to see if the little one has made an appearance yet. I can't wait to see pictures and compare stories!! :) Just checking in to see if the little one has made an appearance yet. I can’t wait to see pictures and compare stories!! :)

]]> By: Sydney http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3568 Sydney Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:05:01 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3568 Cute cardigan! I've got a sweater I need to darn but I keep putting that off too. I'm looking forward to Mini's appearance! Cute cardigan! I’ve got a sweater I need to darn but I keep putting that off too. I’m looking forward to Mini’s appearance!

]]> By: MJ http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3574 MJ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:39:06 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3574 I've knit a few DB patterns, and that was my complaint as well, the lack of schematics. Oh, and no charts. I know it probably has to do with space in her pattern books, but it would sure help to have a visual! Bump looks good. Big. Can't wait to see Baby! I’ve knit a few DB patterns, and that was my complaint as well, the lack of schematics. Oh, and no charts. I know it probably has to do with space in her pattern books, but it would sure help to have a visual!

Bump looks good. Big. Can’t wait to see Baby!

]]> By: nstssj http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3576 nstssj Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:25:59 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3576 Wow--best thoughts and wishes for the new little person who'll soon be here in the world! Also, adorable cardigan! Wow–best thoughts and wishes for the new little person who’ll soon be here in the world! Also, adorable cardigan!

]]> By: Jen http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3577 Jen Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:55:44 +0000 http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/02/14/killing-time/#comment-3577 What a cute baby bump and cardigan! Just yesterday I was thinking about how I was behind in my blog reading and was worried I missed the Wee Tiny Sock sign up. My sock from last year is on my knitting bag, and I have so many people ask me about it. I can't wait for another round! What a cute baby bump and cardigan! Just yesterday I was thinking about how I was behind in my blog reading and was worried I missed the Wee Tiny Sock sign up. My sock from last year is on my knitting bag, and I have so many people ask me about it. I can’t wait for another round!

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