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I used to do crafty things

Remember when I knit the Best. Baby. Sweater. Ever.?

I've made quite a few baby sweaters and this was the best one I've done.

So imagine how tickled I was when this photo came in a holiday card! First of all, look at my friend John's little girl. Second: check out that awesome sweater! Wooo!

The most amusing part of this sweater is how I thought it would fit in the fall of 2004, when Mary was not quite one. Uhm, she'll be two in February. I guess I'm a loose knitter.

Wait that sounds bad.

Kitty Cat Hat

I completed this hat a very long time ago but it took me 5 months to learn how to make pom poms. Rah Rah!

I made the hat from my very favorite yarn in the world....Mission Falls 1824 Cotton. How can you not love this yarn? If you don't love this yarn there is a cold dead place where your heart should be and I pity you. Pity you.

I used this pattern and adjusted it a little to make it the 'Kitty' hat featured in this book.

About 5 of the 10 things I have ever knit have been in 1824. Including this great sweater.

I love my daughter, but she has the same photo issues I do.

Poor, poor thing.

It's ridiculously difficult to get her to smile and look like her cute self, in general. So I did the best I could. (Check out our 'Snaggle Tooth' daughter! I love that big gap.)

Best Baby Sweater Ever.

I am a slow knitter. A very, very slow knitter. I have a virtual graveyard of unfinished knitting projects in my bedroom. There's the maternity sweater I started a few months before I even started trying to get pregnant with Max. It's still not done but the days of getting pregnant are long gone. The good news is, I have a difficult time getting the correct gauge. So the sweater will fit me, though slightly loose, if I ever finish the sleeves and sew it up.

I mentioned before the baby sweater I was frantically knitting for this really cute (and I'm not just saying that) baby.

This week my friends baby turned 18, so I thought the sweater would make a great graduation gift. It might be a little small but that's cool. At least I finished it and it wasn't abandoned for the Knitting Graveyard.